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Apple COO speaks about iPhone, SDK
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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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
austingrade said 11:23PM on 2-28-2008
oh nice.
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Daniel Vargas said 11:30PM on 2-28-2008
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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drewpurchacct said 12:03AM on 2-29-2008
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...
Tom said 11:46PM on 2-28-2008
come on, appletv sdk
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Daniel Vargas said 12:26AM on 2-29-2008
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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DrWho said 8:38AM on 2-29-2008
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?
izakage said 12:49AM on 2-29-2008
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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drewpurchacct said 1:42AM on 2-29-2008
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...
weston@zenn.net said 1:02AM on 2-29-2008
this has been known for a while
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dagamer34 said 1:12AM on 2-29-2008
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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AdamY said 1:46AM on 2-29-2008
www.springlets.com for WikiSearch bookmarklet that works surprisingly well for searching wikipedia.
weston@zenn.net said 1:21AM on 2-29-2008
jordan?
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weston@zenn.net said 1:22AM on 2-29-2008
no ssh
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Jake said 2:46AM on 2-29-2008
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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Michel said 5:45AM on 2-29-2008
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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Gwydion said 12:15PM on 2-29-2008
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.
randyt said 6:01AM on 2-29-2008
"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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artifex said 6:19AM on 2-29-2008
Whether they are the best phones in the world does not depend on how widely available they are.
Ed said 6:58AM on 2-29-2008
This guy looks like the janitor from scrubs.
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Sundhar said 3:00PM on 2-29-2008
Ed.....
Ha! I hope that's where the resemblance ends.