Comments on: Giving Thanks for Steve Jobs Returning to Apple, Willing iPhone Into Existence

By: Andres Willmschen

Andres Willmschen — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 02:47:36 +0000

Sorry for the huge review, but I'm really loving the new Zune, and hope this, as well as the excellent reviews some other people have written, will help you decide if it's the right choice for you.Have you tried the ipad? you can get one free at FreshGiftCard.com

By: Lashi

Lashi — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:51:32 +0000

this whole iphonee thinggyy its reall gayy ass licker

By: Kaiks

Kaiks — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:21:30 +0000

Without Apple, the world wouldn't have as much white hardware or ad backgrounds.

By: OmariJames

OmariJames — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:58:50 +0000

They need to give us an update , then I'll say thAnks

By: Joe McG

Joe McG — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:06:17 +0000

It's just electronics, guys. Let's not try to make it seem more important than it is.

Anyway, there are certainly enough faults with Apples products to knock Jobs down from the God status this clown is trying to elevate him to.

By: IceBike

IceBike — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:37:16 +0000

I think Michael Arrington has progressed way beyond fanboyism and gone direct to cult-worship.

I makes me wonder what he will write on Christmas eve.

Too much koolaid.

By: RON JEREMY

RON JEREMY — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:47:36 +0000

Good to here he's getting props but we already knew that, either way good for him.

RON JEREMY SAYS HAPPY TURKEY DAY!

By: dev

dev — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:00:07 +0000

@Anony

I criticize Apple as much (if not more) than anybody around here, but Apple deserves every last drop of credit they get for shaking up the mobile phone landscape. Yes, much of what the original iPhone offered had been done before, but, as Rene points out, they deserve some kudos for their particular assembly, and getting it into the hands of customers on a large scale.

More importantly, Apple deserves credit for standing firm in the face of intense carrier pressure, even as it cost them a potentially lucrative deal with their first choice, Verizon. Not many companies would have (or could have) stood firm in the face of that pressure, and the success of the iPhone and the App Store model has irrevocably titled the smartphone market towards devices and away from strict carrier control. That has been good for all of us.

Yes, as long as certain brain-dead Apple policies are in place, I think other phones and app markets are better designed to take this model to the next level, but it would be silly not to give credit where credit is due for getting the whole ball rolling -- and that credit goes to Apple.

By: Chobbs1

Chobbs1 — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:55:42 +0000

I am thankful to steve and all of his employees! Without them I would not have reconnected with so many of my old freinds that I have lost contact with over the years. So, thank you Steve. And a special Thank you to Apple employees for putting up with him.

By: Rene Ritchie

Rene Ritchie — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:18:48 +0000

Like old cliche, if a tree falls and nobody hears it... Apple made a lot of great stuff go mainstream.

By: Anony

Anony — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:08:01 +0000

Oh yeah, here is the love of Apple creating everything even though it was already done before. Pandora, Skype? Yeah, it's been done before Apple got to it. -_-'