So? Jailbreaking is only for 3rd party apps. Jailbreaking does NOT let you use it on other networks. So frankly.. it is pointless.
Just like you break open your DVD player to replace the powersupply and remove the regioncoding with a soldering iron... or the toaster to replace the heating elements? Hmm... a slightly flawed reasoning IMHO...
I'd agree it would be flawed if not for the fact that EVERY single other phone on the market allows you to remove and replace the battery at your whim. I have seen the iPhone battery pack.. it is a standard cell phone battery which Apple simply decided to seal inside the unit inside so they could add an extra fee in case something went wrong with it. There is really no other explanation, and it does not sit well. Batteries can be a little expensive as is.. I do not want to have to send my phone away and spend more on a service fee just to replace it if something happens to go wrong with it.
If this is a big issue for you (as I now understand it is, from your description) then the iPhone is not for you. I, personally, put a lot of things ahead of being to be able to open the battery hatch when I choose my phone. Each to his own...
It is one of the issues yeah.. but there are other stuff that bug me about it too. I am not a huge fan of cell phone contracts (can't really get away from them in North America) and you can't get an iPhone without a contract here in Canada, no straight buy. Can't pin that one on Apple, so that is a carrier complaint.. unless Apple said they couldn't. Anyway.. So we have the battery issue, you can't unlock the phone for any other GSM carrier (yet, maybe ever.. hard to say on that one), the call quality on the old model I tried was a little tinny.. but that could have been improved. The push email is a little slower than on the Blackberry models (though RIM's Push email is tops, and is BB's crowning feature beyond full QWERTY keyboards and tank like design). Really the phone is nice.. it has good features and all that.. but a couple of little quirks just annoy me about it. I will say though the touch screen itself is great simply because it is nearly impossible to scratch it, at least on my iPod Touch it works that way. It comes down to a personal choice obviously.
Not being able to remove the battery is a huge issue. Ipods freeze. You have to wait from hours to days for the damn battery to die before you can plug it back into your computer and hope to recover it. Who the hell has the time to wait hours to days for their battery to die just to restart their phone of it freezes? No thanks, looks like communism to me. Would you like blue shoes or blue shoes this year?
Ok ok.. it isn't THAT (that term gets thrown around way too much, same with a couple of others I can think of) but it IS inconvenient. Let's not start to throw terms like Communism and such around.. they have no place in a discussion such as this.
Im just sayin', apple provides few customer choices compared to most companies. It is what it is with them, not much you can change around on anything they make. If work is your primary concern I think you'd be happier with a BB. If you want to listen to music and download expensive movies for your commute, than go for an Iphone (although you can probably do that with a BB at this point).
I think you are confusing communism with protectionism or monopolism. To "lock" people in proprietary formats are quite common, and is not communism, it's employed by many capitalist companies, not only Apple.
I know people don't like to get into the OS thing, but I have a Motorola SmartPhone (Windows) and it reeks! Random reboots, etc. SWMBO and I are going to get some new phones later this week. No, not iPhones and not SmartPhones. and not BlackBerrys -- just phones!
Right now I have just a simple Nokia 6300, and I want a BB for the simple reason that I text as a huge part of my day.. and email is important too. I figure if I want movies/music I'll use my iPod Touch and leave it at that.
Agreed. I just want a phone thats a phone. I'll probably pick up the LG venus in the next month or two.
I don't know if anyone is still interested, but for whatever it is worth, there may be a reason why BB may need a battery hatch... and they probably shouldn't according to this: http://news.zdnet.com/2424-9595_22-247962.html
iPhone is great .. to an extent! Missing features like, SMS forwarding, Picture Messaging (MMS), Copy and Paste .. theres more but i cant think of right now maybe the phone not as good as its made out to be! I fell for it and bought it, but its pretty good, playing Crash Kart and surfing the web keeps me entertained when im bored
I think a removable battery is great. I carry a spare for my cheap Samsung phone. I use it till it dies, swapp the battery and charge the dead one at my convience, in a sperate charger. No down time. When the new Mac laptops with the click pad came out, my first thought was how quickly the iPhone/iPod Touch would get that. RIM beat them to the punch. I'd like the iPhone/Touch to get more/better PDA like features and more open third party app development. The restrictions on apps so far seems arbitrary and self-serving, not in the interest of making it a better phone.
