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Five Apple iPhone myths nipped in the bud

Wednesday, October 1, 2008 · 2:28 pm · 42 Comments

“After a hard rumor rain, it’s time to break out the myth mower and buzz down the noise to a lower threshold,” Daniel Eran Dilger writes for RoughlyDrafted.

Here’s five myths of the iPhone that need a fierce clipping:

1. Verizon EVDO iPhone Just Around the Corner: Sorry, this isn’t going to happen. For starters, we know AT&T has an exclusive contract in the US through 2011. Even if it didn’t, or if Apple found some way to terminate the contract, offering an EVDO phone still wouldn’t make much sense.

2. The App Store is Doomed Over 6 Canceled Apps: Apple has turned down a half dozen programs from the App Store, and a gaggle of pundits have decided this means dire consequences for Apple.

3. The App Store Proves That Anyone Can Sell Mobile Software: Alas, such reasoning didn’t work for those trying to clone iTunes or offer an alternative.

4. iPhone Games Can’t Compete: iPhone compares well against the Sony PSP and the Nintendo DS.

5. Steve Jobs Doesn’t Like Video Games: Jobs has also voiced a complete lack of interest in TV, contrasting passive TV watching with active computer use. Despite that, Apple now sells the vast majority of all TV downloads.

There’s much more in the full article here.

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ericdano

Wednesday, October 1, 2008 - 2:35 pm · Reply

Boycott Roughlydrafted. Political shill.
Jacob

Wednesday, October 1, 2008 - 2:40 pm · Reply

I thought we were finally rid of the specious, fatuous dribblings of Daniel Eran Dilger on his blog, but apparently MDN hasn’t had enough of his wishful fanboyism yet. Sad. Perhaps I’ll have to stick to Digg for a while, at least the people there seem to have enough sense not to support this crap. There are plenty of other Apple blogs out there to choose from.
adashofflair

Wednesday, October 1, 2008 - 2:47 pm · Reply

@ericdano.
No thank you. However, I am all for boycotting InformationWeek (which I already do), the current leader in irrationally anti-Apple biased view week in week out. Maybe there ought to be a top ten list of that.
Wandering joe

Wednesday, October 1, 2008 - 2:49 pm · Reply

@ Jacob, feel free to leave, no-one forced you to read this.
Predrag

Wednesday, October 1, 2008 - 2:59 pm · Reply

Political shill?? Specious? Fatuous???

I would like to find out what is it that the writings of Mr. Dilger had done to the above two posters to make them so angry at his work. I have taken some time to browse through his web-site/blog and couldn’t possibly find anything out of the ordinary. The guy seems to follow Apple very closely, does his technology research fairly diligently, provides a lot of opinion (it is a blog, after all), but it is all quite intelligent, reasonable and tech-oriented. I had struggled hard to find anything that was political in these. Perhaps the fact that he doesn’t seem to support the sitting US president, or his favourite candidate may have something to do with this?

Well, as we all know, MDN is a prime example of Apple-fanboy web-site. If you look at MDN takes, you will quickly understand that no Apple competitor ever got positive comments without some intricate explanation that would in the end be pro-Apple. Mr. Dilger’s blog provides a lot of pro-Apple material. He has been consistently quoted by MDN (as well as many others), I can’t possibly see the reason why would anyone suddenly change this.
Cubert

Wednesday, October 1, 2008 - 3:06 pm · Reply

I….ummm….think number 4…..uhhh…..nevermind.
Anonymous©

Wednesday, October 1, 2008 - 3:10 pm · Reply

Wow, I didn’t realize there were that many people who disliked Dan’s ramblings.
Buster

Wednesday, October 1, 2008 - 3:16 pm · Reply

What the hell was wrong with his 5 myths people…sheesh. They looked fine to me.
alansky

Wednesday, October 1, 2008 - 3:17 pm · Reply

iPhone Myth Number 6:

iPhone critics know what they’re talking about.
alansky

Wednesday, October 1, 2008 - 3:18 pm · Reply

@Jacob:

Go fly a kite, dude!
Macinfo

Wednesday, October 1, 2008 - 3:20 pm · Reply

Its to bad for the Apple Nay-Sayers that Dan’s ramblings make more sense than they do….
@ericdano

Wednesday, October 1, 2008 - 3:20 pm · Reply

Is a McCain lover and pissed his candidate was compered to Microsoft.

You can call for a boycott, but just like McCain, no one follows you. Next time call for a suspension, not a boycott.
Macaday

Wednesday, October 1, 2008 - 3:27 pm · Reply

The first two (or is it one?) posters above are the original Windows-maggots who had RDM banned from Digg. Every time MDN quotes Daniel these jokers appear to denigrate it.

RDM is THE most informed blog on the net. It just happens that some people prefer to have us believe the Emperor Microsoft is wearing clothes.
shen

Wednesday, October 1, 2008 - 3:42 pm · Reply

@ricdano
“Boycott Roughlydrafted. Political shill.”

Clearly the facts have a liberal bias. -Stephen Colbert
Tom

Wednesday, October 1, 2008 - 3:53 pm · Reply

Dilger, Slash Lane, and Prince McLean have never been seen sitting in three different chairs in the same room. Hmmmm.
twilightmoon

Wednesday, October 1, 2008 - 4:10 pm · Reply

ericdano “Boycott Roughlydrafted. Political shill.”

Do as you like, his analysis of technology and Apple is par excellance. If his political leanings and writings drive you off, so be it. I don’t like his politics but his Apple posts are very detailed and insightful.

Predrag: “I have taken some time to browse through his web-site/blog and couldn’t possibly find anything out of the ordinary.

I had struggled hard to find anything that was political in these.”

Wow.

I am a fan of DED, but you sure didn’t look hard, Predrag:

http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/09/15/ten-striking-parallels-between-microsoft-and-john-mccain/

http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/09/20/the-big-fannie-mae-freddie-mac-attack/

http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/09/19/what-republicans-say-about-mccain-palin/

And my personal favorite:
http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/09/16/you-know-the-drill/

The above claims that new offshore oil drilling in the US would supply less than 1/82nd of our current total oil supply!

All those posts were within the past month and a half.
ElderNorm

Wednesday, October 1, 2008 - 4:11 pm · Reply

@ericdanco,
You said, “Boycott Roughlydrafted. Political shill.” I say boyott ericdanco, BS shill.

Daniel does not do politics here, so I say “Button up.” Oh and by the way, the world runs on politics, like it or not and since Daniel seems more like a Dem, I am guessing you are a Rep. Try a MS site.

Just a thought.

en
ElderNorm

Wednesday, October 1, 2008 - 4:15 pm · Reply

@jacob
a non registered sort of reader.
“I thought we were finally rid of the specious, fatuous dribblings of Daniel Eran Dilger on his blog, but apparently MDN hasn’t had enough of his wishful fanboyism yet. Sad. Perhaps I’ll have to stick to Digg for a while, at least the people there seem to have enough sense not to support this crap. There are plenty of other Apple blogs out there to choose from.”

Please take your MS dribble and go to where ever you feel. I have to give Daniel a lot of credit. His articles may side with Apple, then again, I side with Apple over MS. And I think we both are right. LOL

Just a thought.
en
ericdano

Wednesday, October 1, 2008 - 4:19 pm · Reply

ElderNorm, when you can spell someone’s name correctly, then you can start your boyott (What is that anyhow?).

Daniel has been great on Tech thing, but he has been going off the deep end with his poorly backed up Political rants. I know he’s from across the bay. We in the East Bay tend to look at things more moderately. He lost my readership when he ventured off into Politics with his subpar analysis. Those articles tarnish his excellent tech articles.

Oh, ElderNorm (mr. bad spelling), I’m a Democrat who favors drilling off shore, and who favors lower taxes and less government.

And just a thought………use dictionary.com or spell check.
Stenar

Wednesday, October 1, 2008 - 4:19 pm · Reply

How do we know exactly that AT&T;has an exclusive contract until 2011?
Noodles Noodlemann

Wednesday, October 1, 2008 - 4:21 pm · Reply

I get a little tired of analysts and posters injecting their political spin into articles and comments. There are Apple users that are liberal and conservative. What does one’s political view have to do with a Mac, iPhone, etc.? It bugs me that Gore is on the Apple board, but that’s not going to stop me from continuing to by Apple stock and products. I love how so many posters are boycotting this or that. Easy to say, but hard to do. No company is perfect and if you are going to boycott one because of one thing you disagree with, you sure do limit your options. Geez.
twilightmoon

Wednesday, October 1, 2008 - 4:27 pm · Reply

Anonymous© “Wow, I didn’t realize there were that many people who disliked Dan’s ramblings.”

I like DED’s blog, even if I don’t like his politics. He’s a terrific writer with a broad knowledge base he uses to back up his work. There are people who have had issues with his writings going back years, he does come across as a bit fanboyish, so I can understand this to a point, but he gives a lot of detail backing up what he says and rarely pulls anything out of his ass.

The post on the link to anti-offshore oil drilling not withstanding.

“Is a McCain lover and pissed his candidate was compered to Microsoft.”

Not all McCain lovers are calling for such a boycott. Read what you want to read.

You want to talk about censorship, how about Code Pink illegally interrupting the Republican Convention with the help of NBC, or how about shutting down free speech conservative talk radio by offering government mandated “fairness”. And don’t even get me started on political correctness, the new McCarthyism.

Macaday: “The first two (or is it one?) posters above are the original Windows-maggots who had RDM banned from Digg. Every time MDN quotes Daniel these jokers appear to denigrate it”

There was some evidence that Dilger propped his Digg rating up by signing up for multiple accounts and digging his own work. I saw a website a few years back backing up this assertion.

Here’s a link:
http://digg.com/apple/PROOF_that_Roughly_Drafted_is_SPAMMING_Gaming_Digg_with_multiple_accounts
twilightmoon

Wednesday, October 1, 2008 - 4:34 pm · Reply

By the way on that link “danieleran” answers the charge that he Digg’d his own articles. Definitely worth reading his post.
Eran is an Idiot

Wednesday, October 1, 2008 - 5:23 pm · Reply

“Do as you like, his analysis of technology and Apple is par excellance.”

Excellence in writing wishful fanboy garbage. Writing well balance factual articles, not so much. Seems like the only person who Diggs Eran is Eran himself. Probably most of the Pro Eran posts here are him too.
Olternaut

Wednesday, October 1, 2008 - 5:23 pm · Reply

I agree that daniel should keep his political comments to himself and stick to tech. But enough on that.
I would like to say that I agree with everything he said in those 5 points except for number 4.
The iphone/ipod touch platform is cool for casual gaming…..and thats it. It sure as heck not a great platform for serious mobile gaming because of its control scheme…..and there is no debating that at all.
Hey, for the types of games that it CAN do, it does them well. And thats going to continue to help make the iphone/ipod touch extremely succesful. But it not going to over take the psp and ds markets. I’m sorry but that is just not happening.