http://belowthebeltway.com/2007/06/30/the-iphone-debuts/ I believe in the free speech that liberals used to believe in, the economic freedom that conservatives used to believe in, and the personal freedom that America used to believe in. Sat, 23 Jul 2011 17:00:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://belowthebeltway.com/2007/06/30/the-iphone-debuts/comment-page-1/#comment-144525 Mister Snitch! Sat, 30 Jun 2007 15:26:04 +0000 http://belowthebeltway.com/2007/06/30/the-iphone-debuts/#comment-144525 Inevitably the product will work on multiple carriers. But if you actually THINK about it for a second, which carrier would have worked with Apple on its initial rollout if there had been no advantage in it for THEM? Duh. Once the phone becomes more important than the carriers (as is inevitable IF the phone is not easily replicated), the maker of the phone can cut a better deal for itself. Think Apple vs. the music industry at the onset of the iPod, vs. what that relationship is like today. Inevitably the product will work on multiple carriers. But if you actually THINK about it for a second, which carrier would have worked with Apple on its initial rollout if there had been no advantage in it for THEM? Duh. Once the phone becomes more important than the carriers (as is inevitable IF the phone is not easily replicated), the maker of the phone can cut a better deal for itself. Think Apple vs. the music industry at the onset of the iPod, vs. what that relationship is like today.

]]> http://belowthebeltway.com/2007/06/30/the-iphone-debuts/comment-page-1/#comment-144519 Paul Levinson Sat, 30 Jun 2007 13:53:51 +0000 http://belowthebeltway.com/2007/06/30/the-iphone-debuts/#comment-144519 iPhone took a long time coming ... <a href="http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/06/iphone-arrives.html" rel="nofollow">it was predicted in 1979</a> iPhone took a long time coming … it was predicted in 1979

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