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So that you are saying is that Apple should be sued by the EU? Gotcha. I mean after all, Apple actively prevents you from installing another main OS on its iProducts, does it not?

I'm not sure if you are trying to be sarcastic here or if you really believe that. Apple does not prevent you from installing another OS on you iDevice any more than Google or Samsung will jovially give you technical help and throw developer time at you for free if you decide to install Ubuntu on your Galaxy S3. Even if they put clauses in their EULAs, (I could not find one in the docs that came with my iPhone) It's perfectly possible to install Android on an iPhone if you are willing to put in the work.

Or, are you saying that this only applies to Windows and it is OK because it is Apple?

Apple should get it's ass kicked for anti competitive behaviour just like Microsoft did and so should Google and Samsung.

> Not sure how to do this with a laptop though.

"He stole my laptop. I stole his dignity" :-D
http://www.inquisitr.com/101482/mark-bao-laptop-stolen-revenge/

"Pwn3d by owner" http://www.gadgetsdna.com/defcon-zoz-got-his-stolen-computer-back/7640/

The moral of the story: if your personal entertainment is more valuable than your data or hardware, don't lock the OS down too tightly. Just give yourself remote access to the system, a way to sync files back to your server, some kind of DDNS app, and give the thief every incentive to not bother reinstalling Windows so you can have fun with him remotely and make him regret having ever messed with you.

http://coreplayer.com/content/view/28/69/ for symbian, palm and wm6 devices.

http://www.androidguys.com/2010/06/25/beta-test-rockplayerbase/ for Android (in Beta, but works great!)

Nothing for iphone, sorry. try this instead: http://www.gadgetsdna.com/how-to-install-android-2-2-froyo-on-iphone-3g/3501/

http://hubpages.com/hub/How-To-Play-MKV-Files-On-Playstation-3 Best bet for PS3 (which seems ridiculous, but tevs)

Many of my friends and users have dropped the iPhone to the "what?!?" "why, whats the matter with you?!?" of their fellow iPhone users

Ok, so some iPhone users switch to other phones. Check.

The 4G is indeed the 4th generation, 4th iteration of the phone. You are correct Apple has not tagged it with the 4G monicker. However, the 4th G(eneration) as I put it is quite convenient

Did you miss the point? What you said doesn't make any sense at all... That's like saying Firefox 3g is false advertising because it's really not a 3g device. Well, yeah, of COURSE, but since nobody ever called Firefox "firefox 3g" it's also completely irrelevant. Nobody except you is claiming anything about the iphone 4 and 4g? I just don't get it?

Call it what you will, iPhone users typically shun any other model/device because it "isn't an iPhone".

Aggghh, my head -- you just claimed that "many" of your friends and others users had dropped the iPhone. But now you say "iPhone users" shun all other devices. Ow, the illogic hurts me!

I'm going to go ahead and assume you have one since you are so "vehemently" defending it.

I do have an iPhone (3gs), yes. If one link, one statement of fact, and 2 questions are "vehemently" defending, then I think you might want to reevaluate your understanding of the word vehement!

Apple posted a number of Antenna Engineer positions just before the phone came out. Coincidence?

I thought they were opened after the iPhone4 came out? Not sure.

And as usual you can blame the media for the 4G monicker, don't blame me for the sheeple's misconception.

So who, exactly, is calling it 4g? The "media" ??

Also in reference to not having one and coveting their wonderous device. I simply refuse to pay the difference. I'll happily save my 360 dollars a year. If I want to get on the internet, I have one of 3 laptops or 2 desktops to do so

Hey, no problem! I'm one of the vast majority of iPhone users who couldn't care less what devices you choose to use. More power to you :)

A few links of the media skewing the iPhone as a 4G device. http://hubpages.com/hub/The-NEW-iPhone-4G-Coming-2010 [hubpages.com] http://www.gadgetsdna.com/10-reasons-not-to-buy-next-iphone-4g-hd/2757/

So the best articles to support your nomenclature are two articles from months before the iPhone was announced/released? And which claim Verizon has confirmed they're upgrading their network to support the iPhone. That's silly..

Many of my friends and users have dropped the iPhone to the "what?!?" "why, whats the matter with you?!?" of their fellow iPhone users. The 4G is indeed the 4th generation, 4th iteration of the phone. You are correct Apple has not tagged it with the 4G monicker. However, the 4th G(eneration) as I put it is quite convenient. Call it what you will, iPhone users typically shun any other model/device because it "isn't an iPhone". Also I apologize for the mis capitalization. I did my best with grammar, the Apple trademark can eat my shorts. =] Though it does seem to be taking over the world. See iPad. =] I'm going to go ahead and assume you have one since you are so "vehemently" defending it. Apple posted a number of Antenna Engineer positions just before the phone came out. Coincidence? I think not. And as usual you can blame the media for the 4G monicker, don't blame me for the sheeple's misconception. I'm simply giving Jobs kudos for pulling the wool over their eyes. Just like his statement that all phones have the exact same problem. Also in reference to not having one and coveting their wonderous device. I simply refuse to pay the difference. I'll happily save my 360 dollars a year. If I want to get on the internet, I have one of 3 laptops or 2 desktops to do so. A few links of the media skewing the iPhone as a 4G device. http://hubpages.com/hub/The-NEW-iPhone-4G-Coming-2010 http://www.gadgetsdna.com/10-reasons-not-to-buy-next-iphone-4g-hd/2757/

No, the way to do it is to jailbreak and firewall off the ad servers - there are prepackaged solutions already available. But this is more challenging for the less technical - unlike similar Windows ad-blocking solutions, it doesn't "just work" to download software and click "Next" a few times.

I was thus keen to see an iAds-blocking solution on the App store which I could recommend and would probably use myself.

The reason iPhone 4 has a 960x640 resolution on such a small screen is not because it's good for you, it's because their software is not resolution independent so they need to use pixel doubling.

No. That was true for PalmOS back in the day, but it's not true for iOS. iOS is every bit as resolution independent as Android is. All coordinates are given in points, not pixels. Font sizes are given in points, not pixels. On old iPhones one point was 1.0 pixels. On the new iPhones 1 point is 2.0 pixels.

Views can be set to use absolute co-ordinates, or to scale automatically. Images scale to whatever dimensions they are given. etc. The developer documentation encourages you to query the sizes of screens, windows, controls, not to assume certain sizes etc.

If there is a difference at all its only that Android app developers have actually had the opportunity to test on devices with different screen sizes.

It's perfectly possible for Apple to have introduced a new iPhone where there was a non integer number of pixels. The reason they didn't is because a UI scaled by a non integer number wouldn't look as good. That's true whether you are talking about iOS or Android.

It's not something to brag about really.

It's the highest res screen on a smartphone. That would be something to brag about no matter what the reasons behind it.

The iPhone camera is pretty comparable to the latest Android phones, and it's far worse than the best phone cameras on the market.

Nonsense. Here's a couple of comparisons. They both come to the same conclusion: The iPhone 4 comes out top amongst the smartphones by a good margin. It's only beaten by dedicated cameras.
http://www.gadgetsdna.com/iphone-4-vs-motorola-droid-x-vs-htc-evo-4g-vs-samsung-galaxy-s-camera-comparison/4247/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/25/AR2010062504039_2.html

Given the steep price that iPhone hardware effectively commands, they have room for some gimmicks that other companies cut out.

Again, complete nonsense. The better Android smartphones (i.e. the ones that are always brought up by people trying to claim that Android has caught up with iPhone) cost about the same as the iPhone. For example the HTC Evo 4G with 8GB costs $199.99 with a 2 year contract. The iPhone 4 16GB costs $199 with a 2 year contract.

The iPhone is a luxury product at a premium price, nothing more.

The Android followers are inferior to the iPhone and cost more. The only way to get a cheap Android is to get an old or inferior model. There is neither luxury nor value in the Android world.

About 1.5 times larger (in PPI), Nexus One has about 220PPI. Nice, but not really groundbreaking. And quite easy to catch up with.

So you admit the iPhone 4 has the better display, and the Android phone is playing catch up.

"has a far better camera than any Android device"
Nope. Not much (if any) better than the ones in recent HTC phones.

Significantly better. Here's still and vidio comparisons. Again all the Android phones are behind the quality of the IPhone 4.
http://www.gadgetsdna.com/iphone-4-vs-motorola-droid-x-vs-htc-evo-4g-vs-samsung-galaxy-s-camera-comparison/4247/
http://www.mobiletechworld.com/2010/06/18/iphone-4-vs-htc-evo-4g-hd-video-comparison/

"and has a gyroscope, which none of the Android devices has."
Gimmick. Also it's one small solid-state device, and quite easy for other manufacturers to add.

So again you admit that all the Android phones are behind, and playing catch up. You just try to downplay the significance of the feature.

So there is nothing in your post to back up your assertion that the iPhone 4 isn't "this time" ahead of all the Android phones.

So, there's nothing in the new iPhone what is really groundbreaking.

I never made any claim about it being "groundbreaking". It would be pointless, because that's very subjective. What I did say is that it's ahead of all the Android phones in terms of the hardware. And that's objectively true, whether you like it or not.