All of the music on my iPhone was loaded via iTunes - but only a little of it was actually purchased there. Apple doesn't need to host any freeware - you'll simply download it from the developer directly, import it into iTunes (a simple drag-and-drop process), and sync it over to the iPhone.
Here are some factors to consider:
1) Can Google be trusted to provide reasonable protection of your information? In other words, will you have to worry about the following situations: A Google employee browsing through records for their own enjoyment, or to stalk a former acquaintance; lost backup tapes turning up for sale to identity thieves; hacked database servers; social engineering calls leading to improperly changed passwords; etc.
2) Can Google protect your information from external pressures? For example: a request for information from a potential employer; a demand for information from same, in the form of a lawsuit; a court order to turn over information; a national security letter or similar device from the government; a spouse requesting information for during a divorce trial; etc.
3) Assuming no worries about the information being released in such a way to harm you, is it of benefit to have the information available to you from any computer terminal? (I'd say that's a big fat yes, personally.)
4) Is it possible for this data, when centrally stored and analyzed, to benefit humanity in general? In other words, assuming it's all anonymized so no individual is exposed, can research be done to discover some previously unknown fact about human medicine? Would Google "lease" the data (again, anonymized) to researches? Who would own any subsequent findings? How would any profit be shared between the researches, Google, and the people whose data was used? What about when data is desired for a specific geographic location, for example a small town that's situated near a chemical plant?
Here's their Top 100 Products of 2007 list. Funny you mention Google, because Google Apps Premier is their #1.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,131935/article.html
One oddity - the tagline on this article says its from May 2007, so it covers less than half of the year. For example, Apple OSX 10.4 is #9 on the list, and that was released in 2006. Man, I'm confused.
Step 1) Examine reality
Step 2) State something complete contrary to reality
Step 3) Profit!
Step 4) Purchase underpants
Seriously, can the editors please make use of their judgment and reject further submissions about Dvorak comments until he says something that actually merits discussion? Satire is fun to read but his stuff ain't funny, it's just annoying.
But Joe didn't know. I purchased on the day it was released (didn't stand in line, just showed up at 9pm and they happened to still have plenty in stock) but since many people were bringing up the RAZR and how quickly and deeply it was discounted, I wanted to make sure I wasn't doing anything foolish by being an early adopter. So I looked up the history of iPod models and prices. I knew the situation with Nokia and Motorola phones and such, but Apple being Apple I concluded that the iPhone pricing would follow the normal trend for their other hardware. Apple discounting a product by 33% after only two months is absolutely unprecedented as far as I could determine. They don't do that on iPods, iMacs, MacBook Pros, etc. Maybe I missed a product, I don't know.
So to sum up, my "knowledge" when I went to the Apple Store on June 29 was that Apple would follow the trend of the iPods and release an upgraded second gen phone in a year or so, with increased capacity and capabilities, for about the same or a little less money. In know way did I "know" that this would happen. I suspect few of the other early adopters thought this as well.
Heck, I'd happily go back to my old Nokia phone for two months if somebody would send me $200.:) I like my iPhone, I'm glad I have it, but two months use isn't worth $200. I'll take my $100 and hold on to it, I guess. I don't need any other Apple products at the moment. (Oh, and finally - too bad Apple didn't do this a few weeks ago, so that the price drop was within the 60 day price guarantee that many credit card companies offer, eh?:) )
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All of the music on my iPhone was loaded via iTunes - but only a little of it was actually purchased there. Apple doesn't need to host any freeware - you'll simply download it from the developer directly, import it into iTunes (a simple drag-and-drop process), and sync it over to the iPhone.
Here are some factors to consider: 1) Can Google be trusted to provide reasonable protection of your information? In other words, will you have to worry about the following situations: A Google employee browsing through records for their own enjoyment, or to stalk a former acquaintance; lost backup tapes turning up for sale to identity thieves; hacked database servers; social engineering calls leading to improperly changed passwords; etc. 2) Can Google protect your information from external pressures? For example: a request for information from a potential employer; a demand for information from same, in the form of a lawsuit; a court order to turn over information; a national security letter or similar device from the government; a spouse requesting information for during a divorce trial; etc. 3) Assuming no worries about the information being released in such a way to harm you, is it of benefit to have the information available to you from any computer terminal? (I'd say that's a big fat yes, personally.) 4) Is it possible for this data, when centrally stored and analyzed, to benefit humanity in general? In other words, assuming it's all anonymized so no individual is exposed, can research be done to discover some previously unknown fact about human medicine? Would Google "lease" the data (again, anonymized) to researches? Who would own any subsequent findings? How would any profit be shared between the researches, Google, and the people whose data was used? What about when data is desired for a specific geographic location, for example a small town that's situated near a chemical plant?
Here's their Top 100 Products of 2007 list. Funny you mention Google, because Google Apps Premier is their #1. http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,131935/article.html One oddity - the tagline on this article says its from May 2007, so it covers less than half of the year. For example, Apple OSX 10.4 is #9 on the list, and that was released in 2006. Man, I'm confused.
I have a better solution - eat cat food formulated for low activity indoor cats. Your poop will stink less, too! Says so right on the bag.
Step 1) Examine reality Step 2) State something complete contrary to reality Step 3) Profit! Step 4) Purchase underpants Seriously, can the editors please make use of their judgment and reject further submissions about Dvorak comments until he says something that actually merits discussion? Satire is fun to read but his stuff ain't funny, it's just annoying.
But Joe didn't know. I purchased on the day it was released (didn't stand in line, just showed up at 9pm and they happened to still have plenty in stock) but since many people were bringing up the RAZR and how quickly and deeply it was discounted, I wanted to make sure I wasn't doing anything foolish by being an early adopter. So I looked up the history of iPod models and prices. I knew the situation with Nokia and Motorola phones and such, but Apple being Apple I concluded that the iPhone pricing would follow the normal trend for their other hardware. Apple discounting a product by 33% after only two months is absolutely unprecedented as far as I could determine. They don't do that on iPods, iMacs, MacBook Pros, etc. Maybe I missed a product, I don't know. So to sum up, my "knowledge" when I went to the Apple Store on June 29 was that Apple would follow the trend of the iPods and release an upgraded second gen phone in a year or so, with increased capacity and capabilities, for about the same or a little less money. In know way did I "know" that this would happen. I suspect few of the other early adopters thought this as well. Heck, I'd happily go back to my old Nokia phone for two months if somebody would send me $200. :) I like my iPhone, I'm glad I have it, but two months use isn't worth $200. I'll take my $100 and hold on to it, I guess. I don't need any other Apple products at the moment. (Oh, and finally - too bad Apple didn't do this a few weeks ago, so that the price drop was within the 60 day price guarantee that many credit card companies offer, eh? :) )