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Many many props go to Macworld writer/editor Christopher Breen who just posted his editor’s notes entitled Is Apple on the Wrong Path? I think that this was an excellent article that really clearly puts everyone’s feelings towards many of Apple’s recent decisions, in particular the iPhone bricking issue, in words and presents an argument that makes perfect common sense. It definitely does it better than that “Is Apple the New Microsoft?” article that Computerworld’s Mike Elgan posted awhile back, which made totally unclear points. This article is really clear, and I really hope that Apple reads it and understands that what they did last week to iPhone owners is not cool, and is going to turn people against them. Apple’s success has gone to its head, and they need to wake up and start thinking about the actual consumer and what’s best for them, not what’s best for Apple or AT&T.
Internet celebrity Justine Ezarik has posted a video of the 300-page AT&T bill she received. She apparently has unlimited text messaging alongside her unlimited data and everything else plan, and AT&T took it upon themselves to not only print a detailed record of every KB she downloaded on the web, but also print a detailed record of every text message she sent! This adds up to 300 pages, however AT&T was thoughtful enough to ship it to her in a box. I wonder if they’re going to throw the shipping fee onto her bill as well?
I mean, I’m sorry, but some person had to pack all that stuff into the box instead of sticking it in the normal envelope, wouldn’t that person be smart enough to mention something like this?
For Apple to become “A Greener Apple”, it may mean a bit more than LED backlighting for laptop screens. Apple would potentially be a whole lot greener if they found themselves a new cell provider.
Just because Paul Thurrott posts a review of the iPhone that actually makes some legitimate complaints, TUAW has to go and bash him, claiming he “spins a genuinely innovative feature into a mark against a product.” The folks in the comments, however, rightly defend Paul, because all that he’s done is actually made an OBJECTIVE review of the iPhone.
By now, I think that it would be a well-known fact that even though the iPhone is revolutionary, it still has plenty of flaws. Paul Thurrott is completely correct in claiming that most people who review the iPhone deliberately overlook these flaws, and bravo to him for actually criticizing some of the weak aspects of the phone. Even then, as TUAW says in their own words, the review is mostly positive on Paul Thurrott’s part. It’s this kind of post by David Chartier that shows just how much of an Apple fanboy TUAW is and their inability to report from an objective point of view, and this really looks bad on them, as can be evidenced by the overwhelming number of comments to the post that are supporting Paul Thurrott.
Shame on you, TUAW. Shame on you.
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