In the Absence of Real Information...
by Tom Bridge
But that's it. The iPhone could be summed up more by what we don't know than what we do know.
When was the last time we knew so little about an upcoming product? It's been six months since the Apple site was first graced with the presence of the iPhone section, and since that date, absolutely nothing else has come out of Apple's lips. Steve even refused to say word one about it at D5, where he gushed about pretty much everything else. Granted, the FCC application process is certainly a part of that, as it makes public what is largely taken care of inside Apple's secret Northern California laboratories by myriad test engineers in white coats with Apple logos embroidered on their breast. But is that it entirely? Or is there more to Apple's identity than just alluring products? Perhaps, too, Apple's identity is tied up in security that would make most intelligence agencies weep with joy.
10 Comments
Mike 2007-06-07 12:02:33 |
Does anyone care? This IS an Apple *development* site isn't it? Or at least it used to be. Now all it seems to be is a MacRumors-type thing and a hacker page where people talk about taking apart their AppleTV.
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Tom Bridge 2007-06-07 12:09:47 |
Mike, that's part of the big question surrounding the iPhone, honestly. We don't know if you can develop for it, we don't know what web folks need to do to support it. It's all part of the same problem, really, and that's Apple's tightlipped issues we're dealing with.
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Huh 2007-06-07 12:25:00 |
"almost exactly" ???
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Tom Bridge 2007-06-07 12:32:42 |
Thanks for the point-out, Huh, I've taken it out. Still need to get my cliche regex in place for draft 1.
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Chris W 2007-06-07 14:48:34 |
Erica is not really what I'd call a top-notch blogger... Her posts on all this AppleTV pseudohacking have been pretty lame. This one on the names in the iPhone commercial is just more of the same wankery.
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McGraw 2007-06-07 14:48:35 |
As long as we're discussing pedantry, exactly what does "draw at straws" mean?
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George Munchoen 2007-06-07 22:36:12 |
I hate to dogpile, but it's certainly true that the MacDevCenter has gone downhill. Too many rumors, too much misinformation and speculation (I'm looking at you, Erica), and very, very little about actual development. That is what "Dev" stands for in the title, right? What a shame.
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Major Appleseed 2007-06-08 10:28:12 |
At least we have http://cocoablogs.com/ - Thank God for Scott Stevenson
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pauldwaite 2007-06-09 05:18:47 |
> "When was the last time we knew so little about an upcoming product?"
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2007-06-09 07:54:06 |
Tacky. |