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Not everybody likes iPhones

By Lawrence B. Ebert, Esq.

A post by Nick Farrell begins: "Apple fanboys will be relieved that the incredible shrinking profit Messiah Steve Jobs can remotely control their expensive Iphone and turn off any software he does not think they should have."

Farrell further states: "Speaking to the Wall Street Journal, Saint Steve said Apple needs a kill switch in case it inadvertently allows a malicious program to be distributed to Iphones through the App Store."

Separately, on what to do with an old iPhone, see
technewsworld which includes:

So a dedicated iPod touch for media and music playing has some big-time appeal. Currently, it's not that hard to set up your iPhone as a iPod touch-like device. Your computer will still recognize it as an iPhone, and iTunes still works with it. For instance, I easily installed the 2.0.1 software update to my old iPhone. If you put the iPhone in airplane mode, turn on the WiFi, and sync with iTunes, you're good to go.

Full post as published by IPBiz on August 12, 2008 (boomark / email).