Originally Posted by khuong

I see the other way around, i am still having three broken iphone in garages, and it took that many broken iphone to finally steer my wife away from apple products. Fortunately she did.

Originally Posted by HtheB

They already made a der untergang parody (subtitles) about the iphone 4s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5v35vau9IT4

Worth watching

Originally Posted by ysss

How were they broken?

I've literally bought some 2 dozens iPhones over the years and only one of them had a problem, which was promptly replaced by Apple.

Originally Posted by zdanee

Kinda lukewarm, meh device. The Siri stuff is interesting thou. Would it be possible to make something like this for Maemo? An open source voice recognition software does not need an A5 core IHMO.

Originally Posted by tuxsavvy

Apple iPhones maybe enticing for me but I certainly wouldn't want to buy a phone/device where Apple could track me down should I jailbreak my iPhone and be religiously taught the bad effects of jailbreaking.

Nor would I want to buy an iPhone where they will implement a feature to prevent live shows being recorded from the device itself.

Apple did file a patent for tracking for your info. The last thing you want is for your jailbroken iPhone to be tracked down and be lectured once they fully implement that functionality.

Originally Posted by ysss

Does all that self-generated FUD make you full?

Sorry if its a re-post:

Apple has applied for a patent covering various methods for identifying and disabling unauthorized use — including jailbreaking and other hacks — of electronic devices, such as its popular iPhone and iPad products. Although the U.S. government has legally authorized the jailbreaking (i.e. running code that gives users access to extensions and themes that Apple has not approved, as well as use carriers that are not supported by Apple) of iPhones and other electronic devices for “educational purposes,” it seems that Apple is determined to gain further control over said devices.

Currently, the Cupertino, California-based tech company automatically revokes its warranty on all iPhones that have been subject to jailbreaking and other hacks. The patent, which was filed in February and published on Thursday, primarily focuses on measures for identifying stolen devices and protecting the kinds of sensitive information, such as credit card numbers and passwords, stored on those devices. Upon learning that a customer’s iPhone has been stolen, for instance, sensitive data stored on that customer’s device could be sent to one of Apple’s remote storage servers and then erased entirely from the phone. However, the patent also covers methods for identifying devices that have been hacked, jailbroken, unlocked or had their SIM cards removed, such as monitoring sudden increases in memory usage that could “indicate that a hacking program is being run and that an unauthorized user may be using the electronic device.”
Theoretically, Apple could then wipe personal data from these devices and then alert AT&T to “shutdown any telephone service to the electronic device, shutdown the electronic device itself, or otherwise suitably extract the functions of the electronic device.” In other words, the system described in the patent allow Apple to effectively kill jailbroken devices under the guise of protecting customers from theft, since it may not be able to determine whether a device has been stolen or if it is being willingly jailbroken by users.

Regards,
Dan.

The UK’s Daily Mail newspaper reports on a patent application filed by Apple 18 months ago and unearthed by The Times newspaper this week, which it says aims to stop you from using your iPhone or iPad to film concerts. Apparently the software would sense when someone was trying to record a concert event on their iPhone, triggering infra-red sensors that had been pre-installed at the venue, and simply switch of the phone’s camera to prevent filming. According to The Mail, the software outlined in the patent application would be so precise that it could switch off your phone’s camera, but leave all the other functions and apps fully working, so you would still be able to make calls or text with your phone, just not use the camera.

Anyone who has been to a concert recently will know that it has turned into a sea of smartphone screens held aloft towards the stage, and I even saw an iPad held up at the front of a huge stadium gig in London last week, but The Mail says that the sometimes obstructed view is not the main reason that Apple is thinking about disabling iPhone cameras at concerts, and that the real impetus behind the move comes as a result of complaints by broadcasters that HD-quality videos of events that they have brought exclusive broadcasting rights to are appearing on YouTube. Or, The Mail says, Apple could even be thinking of charging people to film concerts. Of course the patent may never even see the light of day, it’s just one of many applications that Apple files all the time.

Originally Posted by ysss

How were they broken?

I've literally bought some 2 dozens iPhones over the years and only one of them had a problem, which was promptly replaced by Apple.