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Inside Apple's iPhone

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the wild-speculation-and-rumor dept.

DECS writes "Despite CNET's wild claims, Roughly Drafted is reporting that Apple's market position and recent performance show the company has the ability, capacity, and interest in shaking up the mobile phone industry. Something that service providers, manufacturers, and consumers desperately need."

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  1. Yay by malkir · · Score: 5, Funny

    You'll finally be able to transform your daughter into one of those silhouettes!

  2. Cell providers are the problem, not the phone by lhaeh · · Score: 5, Insightful
    There are lots of easy to use phones with every feature you could want, great UI, etc.

    The problem is cell providers who make most phones ones that force you to pay ridiculous fees for things that you should be able to get for free (like ringtones, backgrounds, etc). This is the reason why apply had problems with the iPhone the first time around, because the cell companies wanted to charge people for being able to transfer songs to their phones.

    For me VOIP on a PDA is the way to go. Works great with with my wireless broadband, or wi-fi hot-spots if they are around. Not the most reliable setup for incoming calls, but having a $10/month pager solves that problem.