Palms Strategy Against Apple? Open, Open.


	Palms Strategy Against Apple? Open, Open.

ronhuxley

10-6-2009 9:57 AM

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app, apple, apps, iphone, open system, os, palm, windows

ronhuxley says:

My son just told me he can't get his Apple 3G to work because he was trying to hack it and something went wrong. Why hack? Because of Apple's closed architecture and unwillingness to let users do what they want. This is what I like about the new Palm strategy. And it is why I have a BlackBerry!

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