https://gizmodo.com/ipod-touch-can-run-all-apple-and-third-parties-iphone-a-296837
After alengthy discussion in Apple ’s accompaniment boardsabout an image published in iLounge ’s “ The Beat is On ” galleries , the company has removed the words “ entering calendar events ” from itsUS features pageboy , as you could see in this screenshot :
However , the full text can still be understand in other outside pages ( likeCanada , United Kingdom , SpainorFrance ) , which still persuade the original US english copy .
After apparently pulling Bluetooth functionality at the last second , it seems like Apple is trying to further create distinctions between the two devices , positioning the iPhone as a productivity political program and the touch as an entertainment gimmick . Fortunately , if the move is confirmed in the final release of the product , the hackers will come later on to the rescue .
[ Update Sept. 10th 04:37AM ]
A reader repoint out that Microsoft also does artificial product cleavage . Like with the Home edition of Windows , it includes the Internet Information Server component , which ca n’t be used unless you hack the OS . However , this does n’t make artificial crippling right for the consumer .
I can fully sympathize Apple remove the CSR Bluetooth microchip to make the iPod come to cheaper than the iPhone . It ’s a cost - save amount , and they owe to their shareowner to save money and increase profits . But taking a line of code out of a programme to make some people buy the iPhone is a dodgy and surprising move by Apple . It may be normal for Redmond , but certainly not for Cupertino . As with shareholders , they also owe their customers some respect .
And yes , it ’s Apple ’s option and they can do whatever they want as a company . However , these practices are quite different from what Apple has been doing in the past with all their products , let in Mac OS X vs Mac OS X Server . division is ok , but hold a phone and EDGE and SMS and Bluetooth build in in the iPhone is enough feature differentiation to justify the current $ 100 price gap . Why specify a childlike piece of software system and risk client alienation ?
Obviously , there is a limit to intersection segmentation and the increasing uproar in Apple ’s discussion Thomas Nelson Page demonstrates that hoi polloi do n’t get this kind of artificial crippling . Hopefully , Apple will get the message and change this before the product becomes uncommitted . [ Thanks Jason ]
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