Video: The message Apple delivers is not the one it chooses to follow
By Stefan Constantinescu on Sunday, September 30th, 2007 at 8:51 PM PST In Random
Text to blurry? This is a list of all the 3rd party Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) iPhone applications, the applications that used to work, the applications that people who loved the iPhone and realized how powerful it was to have a computer in your pocket created in their spare time. This is a list of everyone who Apple basically shunned. I have to quote Russell Beattie on this:
“And if you’re a hacker wasting your time unlocking closed Apple devices? Get a clue and use your effort in a community that appreciates your work, rather than one that can’t wait to hammer it on the next firmware update.”
Exactamundo! Come on over to the other side iPhone devs/hackers. The Internet Tablet community could use your talents. I’m sure they would be appreciated more over here.
As a ‘cool’ device to hack on, I’d chose the iPhone over the Internet tablet anyday.
Once again, you have confused hacked iPhones with unlocked iPhones. You would think a website that purports to be expert on mobile devices would understand the difference. The latest iPhone update did not brick hacked iPhones (only unlocked ones). Yes, installed apps were removed, but once the update is complete, the iPhone can be jailbroken again and all the apps can be reinstalled with no harm done. The only reason that the apps were removed in the first place is that the new firmware and software update completely wipes the phone and the re-syncs everything afterwards. Nobody who actually understands all of this stuff is bitching about it. You hate the iPhone. We get it. Move on.
Take it easy. We know Stefan hates the iPhone (and that I love it), but he merely showed that the new update disables updates. Stefan never said that the new update bricks the iPhone in any way (I talked about what the new update does to unlocked iPhones here).
Anyway, this is the reason that I have not updated my iPhone yet. WiFi iTunes Music Store with their 128Kbps AAC encoding isn’t enough to make me give up my third-party apps. I’ll update my iPhone once Apple releases lossless audio and/or third-party developers jailbreak the new update.
Oh, an big props to all those third-party iPhone developers out there! Keep up the good work!