World of Apple is reporting on a recent 45-minute Q&A session with Tim Cook, Apple's COO, at the Goldman Sachs Investment Symposium. In regards to iPhone unlocking (or allowing users to move to another cell network with their iPhone), Cook said that it is "difficult" to please all users on all networks, primarily because the US uses both GSM and CDMA protocols. He did say that the iPhone model may change over time, but that the current AT&T deal provides the best coverage and simplest experience for the user."We're not married to any business model," Cook stated. "What we're married to is shipping the best phones in the world."
Cook also said that the upcoming iPhone SDK will allow developers to "only be limited by [their] imagination." He declined to give further details because Apple wants to keep "the element of surprise." Cook also talked about the AppleTV, iPhone price cuts, and iPod shuffle price cuts.
The session was recorded and is available for your listening pleasure on Apple's site.
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2-28-2008 @ 11:23PM
austingrade said...
oh nice.
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2-28-2008 @ 11:30PM
Daniel Vargas said...
Still waiting for the basic needs, i.e. MMS and Video Recording. Come on, don't call it a new development if every joe-shmoe has it on their phone.
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2-29-2008 @ 12:03AM
drewpurchacct said...
Just think it's necessary to point out that MOST smartphones don't have MMS because they support email... I'm not saying it's right, or handy, but it's the way it is, so iPhone is not lacking any differently in this department compared to other smart phones...
2-28-2008 @ 11:46PM
Tom said...
come on, appletv sdk
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2-29-2008 @ 12:26AM
Daniel Vargas said...
To drewpurchacct:
Thought about it and guess what, I abandoned my Treo 650 which had video/voice recording as well as MMS. It's in pretty much every phone.
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2-29-2008 @ 8:38AM
DrWho said...
Well I guess that was a big mistake for you then. Why would you get rid of a phone that had mms and video recording and buy one without if you thought they are important features on a phone?
2-29-2008 @ 12:49AM
izakage said...
drewpurchacct:
Just because a feature isn't available on other phones doesn't mean it isn't valuable.
Yes, I'm happy with my phone, but is there any real reason not to have something as basic as MMS messaging? Why not put the choice to use email or MMS in the hands of the user?
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2-29-2008 @ 1:42AM
drewpurchacct said...
exactly...i said that it's a handy feature and i think it would be nice, but at least iphone isn't the only phone lacking it! i would love having it. especially since AT&T's web retrieval system that has the name and password crap whenever someone sends an MMS never works...
2-29-2008 @ 1:02AM
weston@zenn.net said...
this has been known for a while
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2-29-2008 @ 1:12AM
dagamer34 said...
I would like to have a few new Apple apps to finish what they took from the OS X Dashboard: movies, package tracker, & dictionary (or REALLY wikipedia in an easy to use form).
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2-29-2008 @ 1:46AM
AdamY said...
www.springlets.com for WikiSearch bookmarklet that works surprisingly well for searching wikipedia.
2-29-2008 @ 1:21AM
weston@zenn.net said...
jordan?
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2-29-2008 @ 1:22AM
weston@zenn.net said...
no ssh
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2-29-2008 @ 2:46AM
Jake said...
The element of surprise quote is intriguing, perhaps distribution won't be as closed as expected?
The SDK is great but I just want Apple to release some mobile versions of their desktop apps like Dictionary (that would be so simple, but so awesome), Preview, TextEdit.
From third parties I'm sure I'm not the only one that wants an iPhone version of Quinn.
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2-29-2008 @ 5:45AM
Michel said...
MMS is _not_ basic
it's a not standard feature available only in some mobiles
no. email is the way to go.
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2-29-2008 @ 12:15PM
Gwydion said...
I don't kwnof of any phone sold in Europe who doesn't have MMS.
I don't know how is the mobile market in USA, but I think that it's ahead from Asiatic and European markets.
2-29-2008 @ 6:01AM
randyt said...
"What we're married to is shipping the best phones in the world."
I think he meant: To the US, Germany, UK and France ONLY. Screw the others, they're not part of the world. :)
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2-29-2008 @ 6:19AM
artifex said...
Whether they are the best phones in the world does not depend on how widely available they are.
2-29-2008 @ 6:58AM
Ed said...
This guy looks like the janitor from scrubs.
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2-29-2008 @ 3:00PM
Sundhar said...
Ed.....
Ha! I hope that's where the resemblance ends.