Yes, I believe that Apple sabotaged the ROKR. I believed from the first release day that Apple made a mediocre product on purpose to not wake up the cellular phone company dogs. By releasing a mediocre product it wouldn't scare any of the 'old school' telephone corporations into quashing an innovation that they didn't have a hand in within their realm of service. It's a very intelligent idea, that sets Apple up to making a much more improved product in the near future without giving a shock to the telephone companies since the product had already been introduced, albeit in a crippled manner.
There may be some lucrative gold at the end of the rainbow on this line of product.
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Yes, I believe that Apple sabotaged the ROKR. I believed from the first release day that Apple made a mediocre product on purpose to not wake up the cellular phone company dogs. By releasing a mediocre product it wouldn't scare any of the 'old school' telephone corporations into quashing an innovation that they didn't have a hand in within their realm of service. It's a very intelligent idea, that sets Apple up to making a much more improved product in the near future without giving a shock to the telephone companies since the product had already been introduced, albeit in a crippled manner.
There may be some lucrative gold at the end of the rainbow on this line of product.