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The Perfect Phone Storm?
peter deacon writes "Is the iPhone the next Segway, the next Zune, or the next iPod? The Perfect Storm offers some iPhone details that aren't secrets, but tend to be lost upon the analysts and journalists cranking out hit pieces on the iPhone. Why is everyone from Gartner to Gizmodo calling for a boycott of the iPhone? An interesting take on how Apple's new mobile phone will push to open up the web as a mobile platform for every mobile device on the market with a standards-based browser, and how Apple 'hacked the hackers' by releasing Safari for Windows in advance of its new phone."
Wow... Two informative links, a bit of ribbing for someone joking about eating an iPod box, and a Flamebait mod...
Seriously, people, there is one mad Apple-lovin' bias rolling around here. I'd love for someone to roughly classify posts as pro or anti-Apple and watch their moderation over time. As Apple ascends to being the next Microsoft (in the eyes of this group), will it be a soft turn in moderation or a hard flip as the prevailing sentiment changes?
This was, humorously enough, a mod of a reply to someone citing the "Don't be a mod from the short bus link." Honestly, this kind of moderation was to be expected, but one can dream, right?