You mean an overpriced, one-trick pony that only streams media from an iTunes library isn't selling well?? I dont believe it.

BTW, what is Apple thinking with this thing? Its been out for years now & just kinda sat there, doing the same shit with no real upgrades to functionality. I bought one & sold it a couple weeks aftrewards after I realized how limited it was. Elegant, but limited.

One would be extremely stupid to buy this opposed to say the new WD TV Media Player with networking capabilities for $120 that can stream any media from any computer in the house to your TV in 1080p. Which BTW, it can also now stream your iTunes media as well from both PC & Mac thanks to Orb.

Garmin & the other GPS guys that build standalone units know that their days are numbered & that people use their smartphones for everything now (including navigation), but they dont wanna accept it, so they build pieces of shit like this.

You guys need to just concentrate on making the best software you can & distributing it to REAL phone makers/platforms like RIM, Apple, Android, Palm, etc. No one is stupid enough to buy these phones.

MyTouch sucks donkey balls. the OS is OK, but the hardware is cheap as hell. The whole thing is so Fisher Price, plasticy feeling. The screen doesnt respond well either cause they used cheap plastic on it too. All the best phones have glass screens. The Hero has it, iPhone has it, etc.

T-Mobile needs to stop settling for these cheap ass phones & get some premiere stuff. And their data network is a joke.

-A 4 year T-Mobile customer who switched to Sprint & then kicked his own ass for not doing it sooner.

Actually, Sprint is the fat chick in high school who later in life became hot.

@ Cleverboy. Oh, I get it. Since the App Store has sold so many apps & see such high numbers, developers should just say F it, cripple their work & jump through all of Apple's hoops for that almighty dollar. A sell's a sell, right? Is that right?? You could have saved yourself those 5 paragraphs of BS & just said that, cause its basically what you meant & was your only defense.

Believe it or not, I kinda agree. Developers are in the business to make money. So even if they have to resort to bowing down to the great Apple & totally cripple their software, it'll still sell because of the sheer numbers involved. And sadly, the developers know this & probably think of it just like that.

But guess who ends up losing? You & I, the consumer, thats who. Because if the developers are spineless cash whores, and the average iPhone consumer probably isnt hip to this kinda stuff & their iPhone is more than likely their first decent smartphone that can actually download decent apps (basically meaning they're too stupid to know any better & are just stoked they can do such things, esp as easily as iTunes makes it), then what do we have left? Nothing really, unless the FCC wants to step in. Which they might eventually. Apple's already skating on thin ice with them anyway over the whole app approval process. But Apple sure as hell aint gonna do the right thing, unless they're forced to in some way.

So I guess just keep doing what you guys are doing. Defend Apple to the death, see where it gets you as a consumer. Screwed is what. Because its all about the bottom line with them these days & keeping a cloud of ignorance over Joe Consumer's head.

Oh, Steve spare me that old "Apple is making sure we're all nice & safe & that my phone doesnt blow up" line, because you & I both know its bullshit. It goes a little further than that my friend & you damn well know that.

Anyways, does Apple make sure that every 3rd party Mac app gets their patented "seal o' approval"?? Hell no they dont, so they shouldn't do that on their mobile platform either.

Yeah, I know what you're thinking. "But Apple is distributing these apps through their own software (iTunes) & should make sure everything is okie dokie". Therein lies another problem with Apple's distribution method. People shouldnt be forced to a single method of downloading apps for their phone. No one else's platforms do that. If Apple just wants to make a nice interface & point its users to these apps (like on Apple.com/downloads), then thats fine. But they dont do that.

You cant win this by defending these actions when they're so blatantly screwed up. Apple is turning into a controlling bullshit company, end of story. And this is coming from a 10+ year Mac user.

Here's an idea, developers. STOP MAKING APPS FOR THE iPHONE. Yeah, I know its big business & yeah, I know that you may miss out on some downloads because of the iPhone's market share, but shit. There's other fish in the sea. Android is coming up fast, webOS too, Blackberry, Win Mobile, etc. All that market share combined dwarfs the iPhone's.

Anyways, why would you want to be forced to cripple your software, making it a shell of its former self?? Thats double-lame. Lame on Apple for making you jump through their hoops like a master with his bitch dog, and lame on you for doing it in the first damn place. Just stop. Set an example instead of being Steve Jobs' bitch.

Nilay, you gotta little Apple spooge on ya there. *points to lip*

Ive only been preaching this for 2 years now. This is why the App Store is bullshit. Because its the only "legitimate" way iPhone users are supposed to install apps. Cant just go download a package on someone else's website like you can with other platforms & on your computers. Nope, Apple has to play big brother & gate keeper, standing over your shoulder the whole time with its nose shoved straight up your ass.

This is why you guys should really reconsider what you spend your money on. I know the iPhone is a pretty sweet device, but its just not worth all the other BS. Apple needs a big dose of some failure to humble them again. Trust me, they wont learn any other way.

Nilay, you gotta little bit of Apple spooge on ya there.