Paul Hollins » Add new tag http://blogs.cetis.org.uk/pah1 Cetis Blog Thu, 20 Dec 2012 10:21:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.22 Will the i Phone ever be free ? http://blogs.cetis.org.uk/pah1/2009/03/05/will-the-i-phone-ever-be-free/ http://blogs.cetis.org.uk/pah1/2009/03/05/will-the-i-phone-ever-be-free/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:45:07 +0000 http://blogs.cetis.org.uk/pah1/?p=32 Just about very day I meet a yet another colleague, or friend, extolling the virtues of the i Phone and I have to admit that I think it is a wonderful piece of technology and there can be no doubt the interface has revolutionised the way we interact with technology. Whilst I have been suitably impressed by the device; as a point of principal I have resisted buying one sticking rigidly with my (very) old tried and tested Nokia. This is not a result of standing aside brick walls in Birmingham with colleagues assuring me “There is a restaurant here” but as a direct result of the business model applied , I refuse to sign up to an exclusive carrier deal just to have access to the i Phone nor do I wish to purchase my applications exclusively through iTunes it is anti-competitive and despite the overtures of Apple “exclusivity breads innovation” I don’t buy the argument.

I was very heartened to read recently in Business week that Apples exclusivity agreements for approved networks and applications is being seriously challenged in the US. I also love the idea of “jailbreaking” being (possibly) legalised in the US. I hope that this happens here


Business Week article

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