tdm911

I'm not sure your points are valid.

The iPhone is not priced three times more than equivalent phones. Outright prices are not available in the US, but in England an iPhone 4 starts at £499 and a HTC Desire is £449.

Software updates for the iPhone have always been free from Apple (iPod Touch was different).

Finally, with regard to accessories, I don't think that's a fair comment either. If I purchased a HTC phone 12 months ago and then replaced it with a Desire/Hero etc, then there is every chance the accessories would be different.

I wish Apple would keep the dock the same over all iPhones, but I understand why they change it too. They have universal docks available and offer the slip in connectors allowing you to use the dock for multiple devices. This is more than I can say of most companies.

i like:

"Please contact us with any questions by e-mailing us at the address below. All complaints and feature requests will be immediately stored using our S4-backed user request database."

you're right, i don't, but that's where the phone point is, so i'm kind of stuck with it unless i re-cable the house somewhat.

you're correct in some ways, but it's not that easy. plugged into the usb hub are:

keyboard (could be replaced with wireless) external hard drive - time machine. i prefer it this way than over wireless iphone dock (hidden underneath macbook) speakers - they are usb based

the second power board is simply there because i may need it in the future.

i'm interested, has anyone else got a different take on cable management? surely other HN readers have their own solutions?

they are batched up to some extent. i find i get 2-3 apps appear on each invoice (sometimes more). it only seems to cover a couple of days generally though.

what will this mean for other twitter app developers? twitter will be competing head on with them and presumably be able to implement new features quicker and easier.

along similar lines, one of my favourite things about the iphone is the lack of carrier branding. i can only speak for australia, but carriers over here like to stick their logos all over the phone itself and re-brand the software interface also. it creates a horrible ugly mess.

well, i hear there are some jobs opening up at garmin.

no, not on hand. it's my impression as a user, from blog posts by developers and the comments here on hacker news.

true, but as i recall that only had 2 or 3 purchases in total before being pulled. it also had notoriety as the most expensive app on the app store.