Mobility Today Podcast #119

Yes the Touch Pro!!! I hope it is going to be better then the Diamond! And this other phone.. huh I wonder --- a gPhone perhaps? I only wonder because I know they are ready... I would really love to see a "good" review!

Try this link George:

http://www.zdziarski.com/

Get the story from the horses mouth. You know the one who actually discovered the URL.

Dave,
I was listening to your podcast regarding your concerns with GPS location identifications and rights to privacy. I thought that you might be interested in this update: http://www.dbtechno.com/phones/2008/08/08/apple-has-the-power-to-disable-iphone-apps-remotely/ regarding Apple's power to control the apps on your phone and remove them if they like.

I wonder why it is always Windows Mobile that is compared to the iphone and seemingly in danger of going extinct because of the iphone. What about Nokia and their millions of S60 handsets, RIM and their Blackberrys and the upcoming Android OS? Is it assumed that all these OS'es will survive but WM is just so poor that it wont survive the iphone?

This is what I have been yammering about all this time JN.

People can only bennefit from knowing how these companies act. Consumers win when they know what is going on.

Um...hello. If a "fix" is provided, why on earth wouldn't people WANT to know what it is that the fix corrects? So what if the owner says "the fix doesn't affect me." You have the choice to update or not so why hide information. Big mistake Apple.

Personally, I don't like the direction Apple is going in. Some of their decisions and "motivations" are leaving a bad taste in my mouth.

Steve, Dave stated in the podcast that the Apple representative gave the following as the main reason for not listing the bug fixes:

"We don't want to have the situation where users look at the list and say "You know what, this doesn't effect me so, you know what, I am not going to worry about it.""

That is by definition for the purposes of controling the end user's actions (trying to make the end user do the update against their discretion). The excuse that someone may not update because they don't know any better is a lame enabling statement for continuing to allow the public to be dumbed down.

People have paid hard earned money, and have a right to know what changes the supporting company is making to their investment in the technology. HP never had a problem listing the fixes with their updates.

In addition, if people do not want to bennefit from the updates that is their right too. They paid for the phone. You defended the right for people to what they wish when it came to jailbreaking the phone why would you know say that it is OK for Apple to try and control end user's actions this way?

Finally, making a better product has nothing to do with controlling the end user's actions. If there is something wrong with the product then they need to fix it, telling people about the fix has nothing to do with making a better product.

If you don't feel that it is important to see the bug fix list then that is your choice, you don't have to review it when they give it. However, people should have the choice to do that or to read it.