01/04/2007, 11:20am, EDT
sunday, april 1Apple's CEO, Steve Jobs, has announced that the iPhone will 'not be coming to Europe' due to 'legality issues'.
"It is clear that the European Union are not going to allow this product."
When asked to elaborate on said issues, Jobs said: "The Wi-Fi standard that the iPhone uses, 802.11b/g, has not been taken up by a lot of European countries. As such, we're not allowed to ship the iPhone to the continent."
posted by sixcolors
If he were actually serious, he should get checked into the psych ward for all the crazy stories he writes.
Dvorak is more of a fiction/fantacy writer than tech journalist.
What a goob.
posted by Smurfman
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posted by nativeNYer
Q: How can you tell that John Dvorak is about to make a fool of himself again? A: When his mouth is moving.
posted by tsmelker
So not only can they be profitable in the higher end phone space, but that is not all. Unlike any manufacturer before it, Apple is in the business of shifting the phone paradigm to where it is in control of the whole experience.
I mean, how well would landlines and internet have worked had everything you could do w/ the internet had been provided by your ISP, not very well. Verizon/Spring/Cingular/T-Mobile have controlled everything as the wireless networks. But I think Apple is in the midst of resigning the wireless carriers into the wireless ISPs and phone companies they should be, where they provide the bandwidth, and the consumer is left to do whatever they want, and download songs/ringtones/msging from where ever they want.
So far Moto/Nokia have been willing to play the wireless carriers game, but Apple is not willing to go that route. So while they are entering a crowded market, they are changing the market, thus making them a pioneer again, and where the stalwarts are at risk of being left behind in their own market.
To say nothing of Apple needing to get in and defend their iPod position against the encroachment of music playing phones, which must be done, if only to give an alternative w/in the Apple camp.
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posted by pysan
Besides, I keep looking at the iPhone and keep thnking: just a few changes and Apple has an Einstein ( my name for the successor to the Newton)
posted by fsauer1
posted by burger
Witness the razr, lg chocolate, etc. They were initially hot fashion phones and commanded a high price. Once the buzz died down, the price started dropping and the masses kept buying more. The razr was on the market for how many years before it was even revised?
I think Apple priced the iphone at a good point. It allows for some exclusivity at the outset and once the buzz dies down (if it ever does) it gives some leeway for price drops to keep demand up.
One thing to worry about though is that Apple doesn't drop pricepoints. They increase functionality but keep the same price.
posted by cmoney
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