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July 03, 2007
Guess I’m now an “iPhone Refusnik”
WIRED - Trending: IPhone Refusniks Unite
“We’ve scoured the Earth and managed to find another iPhone refusnik other than tech grouch John C. Dvorak. Only in the case of VoIP expert Jeff Pulver—who refuses to buy an iPhone—the critic actually cites a good reason beyond the phone’s feature-set…”
Tags: Apple, iPhone, AT&T, Adario Strange, Jeff Pulver
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Posted by jeff on July 3, 2007 12:05 AM | Permalink
Additional resources: Watch PrimeTime TV Shows | Watch the Jeff Pulver Show | Jeff's Qik Videos
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Well, well, let's see what Dvorak has to say after ACTUALLY putting his hands on one: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2156422,00.asp
WOW what a turnaround after all the premature panning, even actually lying in one of his earlier articles about battery life...just blatantly wrong. Look back at his earlier posts and then read this one...WTF! What is really going on with you guys?
Posted by: Javade at July 22, 2007 02:24 AM
An unlocked iPhone would be a step in the right direction. But I'm holding out for one that lets me make and receive VoIP calls thru its WiFi connection - that would really be untethered and could break the cellular lock-in model in a big way.
I'm offering a small reward to the hacker who can do this http://blog.tomevslin.com/2007/07/an-iphone-id-bu.html
Posted by: Tom Evslin at July 4, 2007 07:51 PM
OUTSTANDING! Usually, I get peeved when a word is recycled from iconic to pithy, but in this case I will happily make an exception.
(Imagine Sting singing): "I want my...I want my...I want my (one-beat rest)3G..."
Posted by: K² at July 3, 2007 07:12 AM