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Apple is claiming that its going to crack down on people unlocking their iPhones.

Just who on earth do they think they are.

Because of their interfering the iPhone is not subsidised, and you get locked into a contract with AT&T for 2 years.

And now if you choose to take an iPhone to another network (say one that does what you need it to in your area), Big Steve now wants to drag your phone back to AT&T kicking and screaming whether you like it or not.

If you had been selling iPhones in the apple store without contracts, i quite possibly would have bought one by now, but since not only is it impossible to unlock (illegal under us and uk law), but if you do unlock it illegally, you will get slapped by the Mac Police i'm not giving Apple any more money until they smarten their act up.

It shouldn't be happening, Apple the great friend of the consumer, the idealist, the innovator has probably done more to hurt its image than Google making nice with the Chinese sensors.

Its all to do with the iPhone (although iPod games are another very valid point of contention).

I think everyone is in love with the idea of the mobile widget, that by a clear mile the iphone is closest to being. I have to say that the Nokia N95 8GB version is the next closest, and it has some very nice features which apple could think about implementing. However if i had to choose, i'd still go for the iPhone

The biggest trouble is that Apple has made some very questionable decisions on things that should not beyond the realms of a small software update.

• Visual Voicemail, which while has huge potential, has locked Apple into AT&T rather than being able to release to every network (although CDMA might take a few steps longer). Apple should not have included it, the benefits are small, the price was to high


• Not syncing tasks, I was under the impression that calendar on the iPhone, was as capable as iCal on the mac... this is unforgivably bad and until apple fixes it, the iPhone is useless to me.


• No bluetooth DUN or even better PAN profile. I always have my phone as a backup data device if there is no free wifi about, this should be implemented asap. I'm sure AT&T would complain, because they are trying to market their data card, but one of the reasons i like my current system, its one unified device and i don't want to pay for 2 contracts.


• No SDK, the variety and capability of iPhone 3rd party apps demand a SDK to easily put them onto the iPhone.

There are obviously other things wrong with the iPhone, but those are my major gripes, particually because they each on their own stop me from buying the iPhone.

Apple needs to smarten up its act, show regular development work on the iPhone (Given leopard release soon, some delays are understandable), ditch the dead weight (AT&T), and turn the iPhone from a good attempt, to a near perfect mobile device.

The youtube app, is to be honest, a waste of a slot on the iphone, given the limited number of icons. I can see certain advantages like being able to show off funny videos to friends, particually when few other mobile devices support youtube. However as an earthshattering app to showcase iphone, it feels very much a disappointment.

Also looking at the demo video, and i know this is true for pretty much any phone on the market, but the shown off ringtones were terrible....you would think there would be some good songs they could set as ringtones. It seems an odd area to cut corners on when this is being sold partially as a music phone...