From this Wired article, first a choice quotes. “What is clear is that AT&T’s role will always be that of parsimonious gatekeeper, dictating to its customers how much data they can have and how much they’ll pay for it. It is precisely the role the company hoped to avoid, the reason that carriers long refused [...]

Apple says no iPhone nano (or netbook). The rationale makes sense, too. But people are selling cases for this product. Unless it’s not for us, unless it’s for China (that link also has news about iPhone Video). An Apple patent application talks about a flip iPhone, or a tablet Mac. Or, since that application is [...]

Here I accuse Apple of trying to trick 1st Gen iPhone owners into buying 2nd Gen iPhones in advance of releasing a new, even cooler 3rd Generation iPhone. Here is news about code in the 3.0 OS that references as yet unreleased Apple products. It’s going to have a video camera. “Referencing a historically reliable [...]

Steve Jobs goes on “medical leave” and suddenly the iPhone gets MMS. Shocked? Not me. I’ve been hoping he retires to some of his weird manias subside. Like batteries the user has to pay someone to replace. (Obvious rebuttal: Steve Jobs is a genius! You wouldn’t have had the iPhone if it wasn’t for him. [...]