I don’t even own an iPad, but I can see why a consumer would have an issue with someone changing what the hard button on their machine does. There’s only one hard button on the machine I’m typing on. If someone changed it from being able to turn the computer off to muting the volume, I’d probably be pretty angry. Why do I feel a car analogy coming on? Oh, I don’t know. Hey, Steve. [...]

It doesn’t surprise me at all that AT&T would strike a new deal with Apple, in order to remain the sole carrier for the iPhone’s internet access. They want to keep Verizon, or any other carrier, out of the game. As long as there is no competition, AT&T will be as happy as a pig in…some really, nasty stuff. I could keep rambling about this, but that’s all it really comes down to. AT&T doesn’t [...]

A Verizon iPhone.  Wouldn’t that be cool?  That would kind of be like a dream come true.  I could finally get an iPhone without having to sign my life away to AT&T.  Yeah, I know you can get an iPhone now without having to sign a contract.  You just can’t use it.  Anyway.  The iPhone would have more than one carrier, putting an end to the monopolistic business that’s been going on between Apple and [...]