Details and Rumors of iPhone Restrictions Emerging

We're getting indications of the ways the iPhone will be sold (or not sold) and restricted by Apple and AT&T. Reader thefickler writes, "An anonymous AT&T store manager has told blorge.com that users will get their WiFi when they sign a contract locking them into a data plan and EDGE. Kiss your dreams of WiFi reliance goodbye." And our own CmdrTaco found an article up on AppleInsider reporting that the iPhone will not be sold through established business channels — forcing Cingular business customers to stand in line for their goodies, as individuals, at Apple stores. An AT&T Business Division rep told one customer, "There is no ETA on the [ending of the] sale ban to business."

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Re:DOA

[minginqunt]

Then the iPhone is dead on arrival ... and it is that simple. Many cool devices have been
hyped months in advance and suffered similar fates. Forcing contracts and services down
the customer simply does not work and the iphone is no Blackberry. Yes. The iPhone is dead, WTC7 was blown up by George Bush, Lee Harvey Oswald didn't kill Kennedy, and the iPod has less space than a Nomad. Lame.

Thanks for that.

Early Adopters Are Entertaining

[flexoffset]

I know several people who are going to buy the iPhone without even having researched its real capabilities and limitations.
They are the traditional early adopters - the meat & potatoes lemmings the tech industry bank accounts feed on.
Like many early adopters, they just want the latest and greatest _________.
They (or their parents) have more money than sense. They generaly don't have the desire to dig in depth prior to purchasing.
Like a fish in a lake, they see something shiny and go for it with all they have.

Early adopters have been burned in the past but it doesn't affect them in the same way it affects more savvy consumers.

I wish Apple the best and I couldn't care less what happens to ATT.
I will stick to my little two-year-old clamshell cell phone with a small, cheap data plan so I can occasionally check the weather radar.

Re:uh oh...

[Lord Apathy]

flamebait. I don't think so. if that would have been flamebait there would have been a few comments about your mama or how lose and easy your sister is. not to mention a few sprinkling of comments about what you and that sheep where doing last night.

in other words, if was flamebait you would fucking know it. that post was informative at the most, interesting at the least. so if your' going to use mod points use them correctly.

ps this post should be moderated as a troll at the most and overraited in the least.

oh.. apple blows! there that should be worth a flamebait point or 2.

Way to miss the point,

[StarKruzr]

jackass.

I know I don't actually have to explain this to you because you're trolling, but for anyone else reading: it's a lot less about ls -G and a lot more about VLC, VNC, ssh, and other useful applications that are impossible with Jobs' "sweet solution."