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Originally Posted by Brad
Just like the iPod, right?
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Heh. Um, no, but this touches on what I'm talking about. The pundits are predicting...nay,
expecting that the iPhone will be this unbelievable new paradigm to phones as the iPod was to mp3 players. *BUT* it's a completely different business model. A third party is involved. A third party that has a
monopoly on this cool new gadget. Very, very different than the iPod that just came out there and said "we're better, give us a try". The iPhone says "I'm better, ditch your other cellular company, buy me for 600 bucks, let's talk about rates for voice, data, etc. and then hope I'm worth it". I'm not discounting what the iPhone
is, personally I think it's unbelievable, I'm just more than a bit worried that it's too locked down to be something as revolutionary as the iPod was.