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Did Apple Sabotage the ROKR?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the something-to-think-about dept.

JPigford writes "The Apple Blog makes claim that Apple sabotaged the success of the ROKR so as to sway public opinion of MP3 cell phones in general...ultimately to drive more sales to the iPod. By mandating a 100 song limit on the ROKR and having the product flop, Apple was able to put a bad taste in the mouths of consumers so that not only do they drive more iPod sales, but they keep competitors from fighting back with their own MP3 phones."

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  1. Sucker by flyinwhitey · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's just what they want you to think.

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  2. Aha, that also explains: by Ancient_Hacker · · Score: 5, Funny
    • The Apple III.
    • The Lisa.
    • The 128K Mac.
    • The $400 external 400K diskette drive.
    • OpenDoc.
    • System 7.
    • The Mac TV.
    • The Mac Portable.
    ... all cleverly designed to be turkeys ... ON PURPOSE!
  3. And the last thing in the world that would... by Darius+Jedburgh · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...happen is that printers would put secret messages into your printouts that can be read by government agents. What kind of world do people think we live in eh?

  4. Apple figures out a way to screw Moto? And? by Ralph+Spoilsport · · Score: 5, Funny
    This is some kind of a surprise?

    Let's see - Moto strangled the G5, forcing Apple to IBM, and then to finally say "fuck the lot of you" and go over to Intel.

    Ooooh- but then again, Apple pulled the plug on the clones, screwing Moto out of millions...

    Oooooh, but then again...

    Basically, Apple and Moto have been bad for each other for YEARS - this latest notion comes as no surprise.

    RS

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