Posts by Thom White 8 publicly visible posts • joined 14 Oct 2007
The 'Back To my Mac' feature mentioned within the article isn't turned on by default. And, apparently....
"Back to My Mac uses advanced authentication and data encryption technologies to help prevent unauthorized access to your data and protect it during transit over the Internet. So you can rest easy knowing your data is secure."
So, the test is specifically designed to stop the iPhone's automatic error correction, and doesn't allow predicitve text on other handsets.
It is really just a test to see how well people can press buttons, not a test to see how useable a keypad/phone actually is.
This is a truly pointless - and smacks of an attempt to use 'Blackberry' and 'iPhone' references to drive traffic to their site.
The lack of a first-night rush may also be due to the fact that there are plenty of places to buy an iPhone - Google Maps shows me that there are 7 O2/Carphone Warehouse shops in the vicinity.
Also we learned from the American launch that there was going to be no shortage of iPhones - hence no rush.
I was busy on Friday night, so I wandered into a Carphone Warehouse on Saturday afternoon and picked one up.
Now all I need is for Virgin to send me my PAC code so I can get my iPhone working.
Of course this bright idea has one tiny flaw.
There is no way that Apple will play ball with this, so unless Universal et al can convince A LOT of people to get a new MP3 player, they are pretty much screwed before they've even begun.
Then factor in all those people who don't like a subscription-based service (i.e. your music isn't your own, and will vanish when you stop paying).
This sounds more like a Microsoft style vapour announcement in order to force Apple's hand than a real business plan.
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