Stephen Fry on iPhone killers
Stephen Fry says it better, of course:
What, Apple’s a bigger company than Sony? Got more muscle? What muscle it has got, it got from daring to be better.
It’s a long screed about the good and the bad in the iPhone Killer industry. The very fact that these are “iPhone Killers” a few months after the iPhone’s release should tell us something.
Hat tip to Daring Fireball.
In response to Apple’s new Music Store ringtone policy: I had started to consider purchasing digital downloads instead of CDs, but because download restrictions change too easily CDs remain a far better choice for me.
- Device and Desires
- “All the big guns want an iPhone killer. Even I, mad for all things Apple as I am, want an iPhone killer. I want smart digital devices to be as good as mankind’s ingenuity can make them. I want us eternally to strive to improve and surprise.”
- Daring Fireball: John Gruber
- I’ve added John Gruber’s Daring Fireball to the blogroll for the technology section of Mimsy. He provides a running commentary on usability for computers and the web, and other technology issues, with a heavy Apple focus.
More Apple
- We have met the enemy, and he is our carrier
- If you want a phone that works as well as your Macintosh, you need a network that works as well as the Internet.
- The Ringtone Racket
- John Gruber adds his 99 cents to the iTunes ringtone debate, and comes to the same conclusion: Apple is losing its battle for the hearts and minds of consumers. It might make more money in the short-term, but it faces a significant chance of becoming just another company in the long-term.
- Apple’s new Music Store ringtone policy
- I had started to consider purchasing digital downloads instead of CDs, but because download restrictions change too easily CDs remain a far better choice for me.
- Rip, Mix, Pay
- Apple has saved me $400. I’ll be renewing my Sprint contract for a year when it expires next month.
- What could make me buy an iPhone?
- Apple is hitting almost all the right buttons to get me to buy one. All they’re missing is letting me listen to my music the way I want to listen to it.
- 16 more pages with the topic Apple, and other related pages
More cell phones
- Sprint wants me to buy an iPhone
- It shouldn’t be easier to switch to a new carrier than it is to get information from your current carrier.
- We have met the enemy, and he is our carrier
- If you want a phone that works as well as your Macintosh, you need a network that works as well as the Internet.
- The Ringtone Racket
- John Gruber adds his 99 cents to the iTunes ringtone debate, and comes to the same conclusion: Apple is losing its battle for the hearts and minds of consumers. It might make more money in the short-term, but it faces a significant chance of becoming just another company in the long-term.
- Apple’s new Music Store ringtone policy
- I had started to consider purchasing digital downloads instead of CDs, but because download restrictions change too easily CDs remain a far better choice for me.
- Rip, Mix, Pay
- Apple has saved me $400. I’ll be renewing my Sprint contract for a year when it expires next month.
- Nine more pages with the topic cell phones, and other related pages