Comments on: First swipe at an iPhone, courtesy Steve Jobs http://www.stevenlevy.com/index.php/2007/01/10/first-swipe-at-an-iphone-courtesy-steve-jobs/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:41:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Gerald Buckley http://www.stevenlevy.com/index.php/2007/01/10/first-swipe-at-an-iphone-courtesy-steve-jobs/#comment-282 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:00:27 +0000 http://www.stevenlevy.com/index.php/2007/01/10/first-swipe-at-an-iphone-courtesy-steve-jobs/#comment-282 There's news running around the mill on top of the iTunes Producer release this week that DRM restrictions on some iTunes purchases might be optional for those of us who supply music and spoken word files for sale through the iTunes store. I'm not suggesting that DRM is the reason for no iTunes ringers. However, it stands to reason Apple could do whatever they wanted short of getting crosswise with their license to the sound files. If DRM and reuse is an impediment... perhaps that just became less of an issue... *perhaps* There’s news running around the mill on top of the iTunes Producer release this week that DRM restrictions on some iTunes purchases might be optional for those of us who supply music and spoken word files for sale through the iTunes store.

I’m not suggesting that DRM is the reason for no iTunes ringers. However, it stands to reason Apple could do whatever they wanted short of getting crosswise with their license to the sound files. If DRM and reuse is an impediment… perhaps that just became less of an issue… *perhaps*

]]> by: Armando Filoteo http://www.stevenlevy.com/index.php/2007/01/10/first-swipe-at-an-iphone-courtesy-steve-jobs/#comment-174 Mon, 15 Jan 2007 19:53:26 +0000 http://www.stevenlevy.com/index.php/2007/01/10/first-swipe-at-an-iphone-courtesy-steve-jobs/#comment-174 What do you think will happen to the ringtone market once people figure out how to turn their itunes into ringers? Jobs says it will cost them but I think if you already own the song why can't you use it as your ringtone also? What do you think will happen to the ringtone market once people figure out how to turn their itunes into ringers? Jobs says it will cost them but I think if you already own the song why can’t you use it as your ringtone also?

]]> by: steven http://www.stevenlevy.com/index.php/2007/01/10/first-swipe-at-an-iphone-courtesy-steve-jobs/#comment-153 Sun, 14 Jan 2007 21:38:03 +0000 http://www.stevenlevy.com/index.php/2007/01/10/first-swipe-at-an-iphone-courtesy-steve-jobs/#comment-153 Since the keynote was over by then, I knew exactly what I would be seeing! But I didn't have a prebriefing about the iPhone before the event. And since I normally cover Apple for Newsweek, the Macworld keynote was something that I naturally knew I was going to cover. Since the keynote was over by then, I knew exactly what I would be seeing! But I didn’t have a prebriefing about the iPhone before the event. And since I normally cover Apple for Newsweek, the Macworld keynote was something that I naturally knew I was going to cover.

]]> by: Gerald Buckley http://www.stevenlevy.com/index.php/2007/01/10/first-swipe-at-an-iphone-courtesy-steve-jobs/#comment-141 Thu, 11 Jan 2007 17:43:59 +0000 http://www.stevenlevy.com/index.php/2007/01/10/first-swipe-at-an-iphone-courtesy-steve-jobs/#comment-141 I'm curious... Did you have any inkling going into the interview what you would be seeing? Did you suspect? Was it just another assignment from the desk? I’m curious… Did you have any inkling going into the interview what you would be seeing? Did you suspect? Was it just another assignment from the desk?

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