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Apple Can't Afford iPhone's Carrier Exclusivity
WirePosted writes with an ITWire article about the problems that Apple's AT&T exclusivity deal could pose in the coming years. Initially the company needed AT&T's commitment to the project, to ensure features like visual voicemail would work. With the iPhone a hit even at its current high price that no longer seems to be the case. Can Apple afford to stick to an exclusive carrier in the future? If for no other reason than consumer choice? "iPhones are being sold unlocked in the markets of Asia where you can't get them with a carrier plan, but they're also being bought and unlocked in the US and Europe. The message is that many and probably most iPhone buyers would like to be given a choice of carrier when they buy their iPhone. Some would be prepared to pay more as they do with other smartphones and buy their iPhone unattached to any subsidized carrier contract. The point is many consumers feel no loyalty to carriers and resent being forced to choose one."
methinks you got that backwards, a prison cell isn't named a cell because it's imprisoning, but because a prison is made up of a cluster of these cages that take on a cellular configuration, much like the cells in your body don't imprison their contents but form functioning cellular clusters with eachother... trying to rework logic only shows you are a) an idiot or b) can't form an argument.
but like OS X on the desktop it has a few UI issues that make it frustrating
I think the phrase you are looking for is "inspired and retarded at the same time."
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