While on the other hand after being raped by Bill Steve has put in place as many safety nets as possible to avoid it happing again.

In this case not being prepared for their own stupided and greed left the Appel team with their pants down ( or in this case their servers).

I don’t live in America any more and all the cell phones here come unlocked. The greed of companies to “Get Customers” is insane, we actually have a small device that allows us to have 2 sim cards on 1 phone (there are also some that with computer assistance can hold up to 12 or 24 different sim cards) and guess what we have to my minutes from 2 different companies because not all are friends use the same company.

I say sell the phone for a profit and let people decide who they want their service with. And no Iphone is not sold here as a “package” because no phone company here is dumb enough to agree to Steve’s demands but, I can still by one unlocked.

I’d never want to be the first on the block to own some piece of high tech gear… Let the eager beavers try it out and find the bugs first… I’ll take mine once it’s known to be stable. (That doesn’t mean I don’t want one, though!)

At the end of July, Apple and AT&T should have most things running smoothly. About the middle of September, everything ought to be smooth as glass.

As usual, the hyper-enthusiasm sells more of the things. But it seems to generate lots of headlines when hyper-disappointment over minor inconveniences sets in. Give these folks a break! They’re creating a revolutionary technical paradigm shift as we watch. It isn’t easy.

This phenomenon, ironically, is the result of both early-adopter and mainstream wireless users craving a full-featured mobile device that has “simplicity, by design” at its core.

That said, activation delays aside, Apple’s latest device is still exactly what the marketplace has been waiting for. Kudos to both AT&T and Apple.

David H. Deans
GeoActive Group USA