I think you are right that, for the most part, the creators of 'intellectual copyright' are not those who benefit most from the enforcing of copyright laws - it is film and record companies and publishers who gain the most. Like you, I hope that the new developments in digital distribution - such as Radiohead's recent record release - will help to shift the balance away from the corporate control of artistic content and allow a more direct relationship between the consumer and the artists/creators themselves.
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I think you are right that, for the most part, the creators of 'intellectual copyright' are not those who benefit most from the enforcing of copyright laws - it is film and record companies and publishers who gain the most. Like you, I hope that the new developments in digital distribution - such as Radiohead's recent record release - will help to shift the balance away from the corporate control of artistic content and allow a more direct relationship between the consumer and the artists/creators themselves.
For what reason? You can go to a store and buy an iPhone, without signing any contract. Not that it is very useful in this state. That iPhone is yours, and you can do with it whatever you want. You can nail it to the wall, if you want, or you can install software on it that Apple doesn't want you to install. There is nothing they can do about it in legal terms. (Of course, in the USA anyone can sue anyone for any reason or without any reason. So Apple can sue, they just cannot win).
Did you know that of all the money that the RIAA has made in various court cases, so far not one penny has gone to any artists?
Anyway, DRM on downloaded music is stupid when the same music can be bought on a CD without any copy prevention. What point is there to keep ten percent of the customers from sharing music?
If you download music from iTMS, burn it on a CD, then rip it with Apple Lossless compression, all using standard Apple software that every Mac or Windows user can download for free directly from Apple, that could be called "circumnavigating"
You are right in that it is illegal for convicted criminals to leave their jail without permission, but modifying your own iPhone to allow installing of third party software is not illegal in any way.
now you're talkin baby
okay..so do we get it now...lol..??!!http://images.macrumors.com/vb/images/smilies/biggrin.gif
okay..so do we get it now...lol..??!!http://images.macrumors.com/vb/images/smilies/biggrin.gif
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what malware? Really? I much rather buy from apple and not have to worry about my iPhone been brick on the next firmware update. As a developer I think that a 70/30 split is generous cosidering that I don't have to worry about anything but developing the app.
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what malware? Really? I much rather buy from apple and not have to worry about my iPhone been brick on the next firmware update. As a developer I think that a 70/30 split is generous cosidering that I don't have to worry about anything but developing the app.
Yet you freely hand your money over them. You are the greedy one. Producing a product and try to control the quality of that product is not fascist. You don't even know what fascism is...but I'm sure you'll run over to Wikipedia and become an expert.
Maybe companies should just quit creating products so we don't have to listen to ******s like you.
Maybe companies should just quit creating products so we don't have to listen to ******s like you.
did anybody know if you can use the "MyFavs" feature of t-mobile on a jailbreak iPhone? I need that feature and if you can have it on an iPhone I will buy one and hack it ASAP. thanx
I use IM on my iPhone and the first thing I do when I am done is hold down the home button to force the app closed. If I wanted to receive IM's in the background it is my choice.
I would still want the ability of a summerboard type of app and some utilities that can run in the background like a notification nag.
- James
rite on..now all i want is fr the guys to use the SDk and gimme some apps on installer, if they would work on 1.1.4
that would be awesome
You cant really be so naive as to believe that Apple hadn't considered all the ways available to them for making money off the iPhone! No-one at Apple realized they could make money off 3rd party applications - really?
3rd party apps and an sdk would have been planned all along, the various announcements regarding no 3rd party apps or sdk were just their way of managing expectations until they were in a position to deliver given how stretched they were to even get the basics of the phone ready for it's release.
I also believe Apple don't really worry about jailbreaking, they probably figure the people who do that will be in a tiny minority and the vast majority of iPhone users will buy blessed applications through the AppStore.
although i have no intention to ever jailbreak or unlock my iphone i hope the jailbreakers remain successful.
that's because it seems apple censors not only the programming quality/standards of iphone software but also the content (e.g. no pRon).
that would be a dangerous precedent. it's like black and dekker forbidding you to use their powerdrills to work on a billboard for lucky strike cigarettes. that's inconcievable.
it's not up to companies to censor content. and for a "information" device that's a dangerous strategy.
that's because it seems apple censors not only the programming quality/standards of iphone software but also the content (e.g. no pRon).
that would be a dangerous precedent. it's like black and dekker forbidding you to use their powerdrills to work on a billboard for lucky strike cigarettes.
that's inconcievable. it's not up to companies to censor content. and for a "information" device that's a dangerous strategy.
The myfavs will apply to whatever #s you set up on the tmobile site, it's not phone dependent. Even though the iphone wont have the 5favs interface, it still works the same(unlimited). You can just put those # in the favorites tab of the iphone phonebook and have the same effect.
been using it this way for months
Are you implying that the devteam are not honest?. sheesh.
They produced an open toolchain (do you know how much work that is?) for the iPhone so you can make the most out of your phone, and without asking people for a dime. They never ever released a single tool that included Apple copyrighted material.
Yeah, you have no clue what you are talking about.
umpf, when i was in the t-mobile store they said myfavs only works on special phones. it says it so on their flyers. they specifically told me i can't use it on my phone (not an iphone, some nokia) even when i try to set it up via the website. that's why i didn't sign a contract with them. i walked out of the store. i guess if it was possible thhey would have told me to keep the deal. are you in US?
What if you owned a company that had a great product and sold it to people... had an agreement with another company to get it out to people. But then someone breaks the idea and sells it to someone else? But its still your product? What now? ...... I'm curious to know how you all feel.
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How is it still your product if you sold it.
What if FORD had a product and sold it to people... had an agreement with DEALERSHIPS to get it out to people. But then someone MODIFIES and sells it to someone else? What now?
He is talking about the near future. Everyone knows the 3g iphone hits in June. And that all the telcos are scrambling to rollout 3G...quickly. Try to keep up hmm?
Yes I am. They told you that for the same reason ATT will tell you the iPhone only works with their service: profit. If everyone knew you could use 5favs on any phone connected to the tmobile network, why would anyone bother buying a 5fav 'compatible' phone from them when there might possibly be a phone from another carrier they want to unlock and use with their service.
myFaves
I don't know about using "my faves" directly on the iphone but their is a way around it. All you have to do is buy a cheap my-faves-approved phone set up your my faves on that phone. The choices you make will still work on the iPhone you just can't set up or change who your my faves are without an approved phone.
PS. I tried out myFaves and it didn't help nearly as much as I thought it would. I'm sure that there are people who it would help... just didn't really do much for me.
I don't know about using "my faves" directly on the iphone but their is a way around it. All you have to do is buy a cheap my-faves-approved phone set up your my faves on that phone. The choices you make will still work on the iPhone you just can't set up or change who your my faves are without an approved phone.
PS. I tried out myFaves and it didn't help nearly as much as I thought it would. I'm sure that there are people who it would help... just didn't really do much for me.
You can change your faves directly from the tmobile website.
andiwm2003, if you're still in doubt, here's an older macrumor's thread about the same question:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/390654/
Because it is not illegal? I don't particularly care about the opinions of other countries but in this case I have to kinda side with them. They laugh at the U.S. and the primitive condition of our cellular phone market. Its illegal in a lot of other countries to lock a phone to one carrier. But even so, for the iphone to be the success that it is (at least thus far) Steve had to cut the deal that he did with AT&T.
I'm not so bright this morning
OK... now i feel like a moron... see posts that are a few above mine. Apparently you can just set up myFaves online. SO...... you don't even need a cheap phone. (I would still buy one to have as a back up but I'm the paranoid type so YMMV.)
OK... now i feel like a moron... see posts that are a few above mine. Apparently you can just set up myFaves online. SO...... you don't even need a cheap phone. (I would still buy one to have as a back up but I'm the paranoid type so YMMV.)
I've had AT&T/Cingular/AT&T since *1998*. Started with TDMA, was an early adopter of GSM. Their service is *not* crappy. At various companies where I've worked, I've had to deal with Verizon, Sprint, NexTel & T-Mobile business accounts. With ONE exception where Verizon had better coverage in a certain area, they have all sucked donkey compared to AT&T.