Comments on: Twitter Team Would Rather Pay for iPhones Than Take Other Smartphones for Free

By: Peter Kirn

Peter Kirn — Fri, 01 May 2009 23:16:08 +0000

Well, that's ... sort of sweet. I mean, basically all smartphone owners on every platform (Palm, Blackberry, Android, Windows Mobile) have always paid for equipment rather than getting them for free. I think the iPhone has been uniquely successful at this, but let's not get carried away, huh?

By: llofte

llofte — Fri, 01 May 2009 22:37:33 +0000

I want the twitter sticker that the girl has on her MacBook!

By: icebike

icebike — Fri, 01 May 2009 22:31:43 +0000

Has apple even figured out that twitter doesn't even work as intended unless you jailbreak the iPhone?

By: iFone Hacks

iFone Hacks — Fri, 01 May 2009 20:42:50 +0000

I'm surprised that Apple doesn't give the free iPhones since that's what their competition is doing.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 01 May 2009 20:23:37 +0000

They provide their product for FREE. Next they pay Apple for the phones. Now they provide FREE advertising to Apple. Will the Twitter boys ever figure out how to make money from their product. Sorry I could not avoid the nudge, nudge, wink, wink.

By: LDC_Mobile

LDC_Mobile — Fri, 01 May 2009 18:19:16 +0000

good point about value, but considering that blackberry users are huge twitter users, do we assume RIM was one of the companies offering free equipment?