Comments on: iPhone Price Peeves Early Adopters http://www.podtech.net/home/4055/iphone-price-peeves-early-adapters Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:17:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: jay http://www.podtech.net/home/4055/iphone-price-peeves-early-adapters#comment-197585 jay Sun, 09 Sep 2007 03:42:33 +0000 http://www.podtech.net/home/4055/iphone-price-peeves-early-adapters#comment-197585 the bloggers who rolled over for a tummy-rub when jobs offered the $100 store credit were easily co-opted. we early buyers are the core of Apple’s consuming public - we are the ones who have ibooks & powerbooks at home; desktops at work; and multiple ipods; we buy the stock and Steve waves a half measure at the ones who took the risks and helped debug the device - really he owes us the full $200 value and then some - read ARS Technica’s reviews - there are significant firmware updates that should have been done (copy and paste, anyone) Apple has an obligation to its long-term customer base to give equal credit - it’s not just a good idea, it’s the right thing for Apple to do the bloggers who rolled over for a tummy-rub when jobs offered the $100 store credit were easily co-opted.

we early buyers are the core of Apple’s consuming public - we are the ones who have ibooks & powerbooks at home; desktops at work; and multiple ipods; we buy the stock and Steve waves a half measure at the ones who took the risks and helped debug the device - really he owes us the full $200 value and then some - read ARS Technica’s reviews - there are significant firmware updates that should have been done (copy and paste, anyone)

Apple has an obligation to its long-term customer base to give equal credit - it’s not just a good idea, it’s the right thing for Apple to do

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