iPhone Update 1.1.1 Here Come The Lawsuits
I would have figured that Apple was smarter than this. The latest update for the iPhone (version 1.1.1) has been confirmed as breaking any ability to install 3rd party applications. According to sources the methods used are encryption key based and will be significantly harder to crack than any previous versions. So much so that it may be enough to completely deter any future development efforts for this platform making this perhaps the biggest mistake Apple has ever made. I almost cannot believe they would be this stupid. One of the most compelling features (till now) of the iPhone was the possibility of installing 3rd party applications since it essentially operates on a lightweight version of OSX. If there is no technical workaround found within a reasonable amount of time you can bet that we will be seeing some class action lawsuits filed to force Apple to do the right thing. Till they back off or someone figures out a fix I highly recommend NOT purchasing an iPhone. There are several new phones running Linux that will feature touch screens that are due out by the end of the year which are likely to replace the iPhone as the “phone to have” if Apple does not step up to the plate (after they wipe all the egg off their face). Since I have had my 8Gb model for over a month I guess I will have to eBay it or just never update (very likely) but the 4Gb my girlfriend purchased less than two weeks ago is going back tomorrow since she now cannot use AIM on it.
Thanks Apple, it is going to be a while before you are trusted with my money again.
UPDATE: As predicted there are more serious rumblings regarding possible class-action against Apple appearing on Slashdot.
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Needs to happen quickly! $400*200,000= $80,000,000. Good going apple. I hope that would teach them.
For the First time in my life i can say APPLE=NOT COOL.
There was always something “about” apple… sort of coolness to it…NOW
… AFTER THIS …. Idiots! you have created somethig cool, embrace it and make it APPLE, so advanced users “Technologically inclined” people… and there is a lot of them 21st century … hello?……. CAN FUCKING USE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!