First, here’s a summary of some publications’ iPhone reviews to show how professional reviewers feel about it. This provides context for what Thurott says below.
Second, here’s Paul’s tirade against professional tech journalists accusing them of not doing their job and working to “further Apple’s brand.” This shows Paul’s frame of mind, and makes it clear he’s already made up his mind on the iPhone.
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Now that over 24 hours have passed since the official release of the iPhone (and official review samples are in more publications’ hands) many reviews are coming in for the device.
In this post I’ll concentrate on publications and avoid personal bloggers (no matter what their stature), though I may round them up in the next few days.
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While nightmares of iPhones danced in IT heads.
OK, so my poetry sucks. Sue me.
It appears that even at this late date there are a few revelations to be made about the iPhone. Well, maybe not revelations, but at least tantalizing tidbits that, if not as tasty as sugar-plums, are food for thought nonetheless.
For the last couple of weeks, most of the iPhone press from Apple has been targeted primarily at consumers. They’ve been pretty mum about what role, if any, the iPhone would play in the enterprise, and what services might be available for it. But today, a few things have come out. Not all of it is from Apple, and most of it is not in the form of a hard press release, but given the source it’s significant anyway.
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Paul Thurrott has now thoroughly debased himself. His Microsoft meal ticket threatened, he spends a lot of time taking shots at Apple with little or no reason. You can click the THUD label on my blog to see some of this crap.
However, today Paul reached a new high in low. No longer content to ridicule bloggers or the Apple community, he’s taking shots at big names in technology journalism. It’s pathetic, and Paul ought to be ashamed, though it seems clear at this point he has no shame.
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In yet another list of so-called missing features, Apple 2.0 has posted the iPhone’s “missing pieces”.
I like Apple 2.0, and have it linked right here on my blog, but this piece is a bit off. Not because of the few reasonable complaints about the iPhone it points out, but rather because of the number of unreasonable or even outright ridiculous complaints it discusses.
I’ve listed them in order, and in each case I place it into one of three categories:
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AT&T and Apple announced their plan rates for the iPhone today. A chart listing all the options is here.
When AT&T announced that there would be special plans for the iPhone, a lot of people thought that maybe this meant there would be some price gouging, but if anything the reality is otherwise.
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There have been a lot of reasons explaining why the iPhone will be a hit or a miss. I wouldn’t try to count how many unique reasons have been postulated for the success or failure of the device, but the ones listed below are what I consider the ‘Top 5′ for each.
The lists are mine, and based solely on my own memory of what seems to be a common consensus of analyst and pundit comments in all the articles I’ve read.
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Just as it did last quarter, Microsoft’s own security report says Vista is more secure than other operating systems.
In order to pull this off, Microsoft had to redefine how to measure security. In their world it isn’t about actual attacks, but rather a game of statistical juggling.
You know the saying: There are lies, damned lies, and statistics.
Can we get back to reality? What matters are actual attacks in the wild. Was my system compromised (applications act funny, popups from nowhere, lost data, system degraded, crashes)? That’s what users care about. By this obvious measure Windows has always been a virus and malware magnet. There’s no denying this. It’s why antivirus and anti-malware software is a requirement on a Windows system (including Vista). No reputable party disputes this. No wonder Microsoft had to redefine security metrics!
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There’s been a bucketful of negative iPhone articles lately, as usual. Want to read something more positive for a change? I’m linking to three articles that actually thought the subject through and have a realistic outlook. After all, why start the weekend on a down note?
I’m sure these articles won’t generate the number of page-hits the typical “The iPhone is insecure and has a touchscreen with fingerprints so it will destroy your life!” articles do, but you could help that by reading them.
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