Links that get you in trouble
Apple is demanding that people remove links to the Windows mobile iPhone interface simulation wallpaper that were plastered everywhere in the last couple of days. Cease and desist letters from lawyers and all. Damn serious.
I happened to bookmark that very same link in del.icio.us, and you might still be able to see it in the column on the right hand side if it has not been pushed down yet by more recent links.
Now, do not get me wrong. I work in software development myself, and I can therefore appreciate that people sweated blood to develop icons and interfaces and products. I also understand that revenues of gazillions of dollars depend on this.
But come on - a link. Is a link going to damage you, huge corporation?
Is it not perhaps providing you with free advertising?
Or could it possibly be because look, I can customise my smartphone that runs Windows Mobile to make it look like an iPhone - but people with iPhones will be able to do bugger all with their sexy handsets because Apple decided they should be so closed that users cannot even change the battery themselves but have to send them back for them to be serviced?
Many people will benefit from the tightness of the iPhone and embrace the proposed user experience, making it another Apple success story. I probably will not, but cannot wait for the effect on other companies who will hopefully try and come out with handsets with similar specs.
- Apple legal throw their weight around
(with link to full text of email from Apple) - Enough already with the iPhone hand wringing!
(or, how all this criticism thrown at Apple is getting out of hand and not entirely justified). - The Ultimate iPhone Frequently Asked Questions
- Ultimate iPhone FAQs list, part 2
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