Comments on: Apple’s iPhone 3.0 Event: Ten Cool Features Revealed http://blog.laptopmag.com/apples-iphone-30-event-ten-cool-features-revealed News and views on today's hottest laptops, cell phones, and other mobile devices. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 06:30:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: ICORP Investigations, Inc. http://blog.laptopmag.com/apples-iphone-30-event-ten-cool-features-revealed/comment-page-1#comment-19193 ICORP Investigations, Inc. Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:34:39 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/?p=12824#comment-19193 What about the possibility of switching wireless carriers? I love my IPHONE. However, AT&T is a nightmare in the New York City area. What about the possibility of switching wireless carriers? I love my IPHONE. However, AT&T is a nightmare in the New York City area.

]]> By: Fanfoot http://blog.laptopmag.com/apples-iphone-30-event-ten-cool-features-revealed/comment-page-1#comment-18747 Fanfoot Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:42:22 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/?p=12824#comment-18747 Mostly a great upgrade. Hope it comes out on time. The only thing I concerned about is going to be pricing. You know how all those lame games on your Verizon cellphone have monthly subscriptions? Like $2.99 a month for some stupid poker game or whatever? And that means you never buy ANYTHING, because hey, how many things are worth a monthly subscription? And you know how many apps you have bought on the iPhone at varying prices, enough to make some developers millionaires? And Apple a Billion Dollars in App sales? Because NONE of the apps have subscriptions attached. What if a lot of the application developers get greedy and start making their apps have subscriptions? Say maybe there aren't ANY turn by turn GPS apps that don't have a $14.95/month "live traffic" non-optional subscription attached. Then all the games start having "live" multi-user features that require monthly subscriptions even when it makes no sense. And so forth. IF this happens, get ready for the backlash. I presume it won't because there will be competition. Assuming Apple allows MULTIPLE turn by turn apps, both from entrenched standalone GPS vendors who want to protect their existing hardware, but also from new vendors that are quite happy to sell the same thing for $29... Mostly a great upgrade. Hope it comes out on time.

The only thing I concerned about is going to be pricing. You know how all those lame games on your Verizon cellphone have monthly subscriptions? Like $2.99 a month for some stupid poker game or whatever? And that means you never buy ANYTHING, because hey, how many things are worth a monthly subscription?

And you know how many apps you have bought on the iPhone at varying prices, enough to make some developers millionaires? And Apple a Billion Dollars in App sales? Because NONE of the apps have subscriptions attached.

What if a lot of the application developers get greedy and start making their apps have subscriptions? Say maybe there aren’t ANY turn by turn GPS apps that don’t have a $14.95/month “live traffic” non-optional subscription attached. Then all the games start having “live” multi-user features that require monthly subscriptions even when it makes no sense. And so forth.

IF this happens, get ready for the backlash. I presume it won’t because there will be competition. Assuming Apple allows MULTIPLE turn by turn apps, both from entrenched standalone GPS vendors who want to protect their existing hardware, but also from new vendors that are quite happy to sell the same thing for $29…

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