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Originally Posted by spence
Like I said, they Apple is focused on the entire user experience.
What you see as being "pigeon-holed" they see as industry transformation. It's funny, people complain about how constraining Apple products are and they end up using them anyway 
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Weird, I thought you said (emphasis mine):
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The effort that goes into industrial design is incredible. It's why that Apple product looks better sitting on the table and feels better in your hands...it's part art part machine.
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At least with all "the effort that goes into industrial design," the iPhone 4 feels good in my hand before the faulty antennas drop my calls. Definitely some impressive industrial design there.
The same thing is happening to Apple right now with the Android platform that happened to them 20 years ago with Windows. The way Apple stifles a user's options will cause them to fall back, once again, into obscurity. Their stranglehold on how users are able to utilize products like the iPhone and iPad will result in people moving towards a more open platform that provides more flexibility.
Android already holds more smart phone market-share than the iPhone and that's with the somewhat recent release of the 4S. Unless Apple hurries up with a 4G compatible version, the disparity will only grow.