Apple Demands Removal Of USB Sharing Feature
techcrunch.com
techcrunch.com
Ultimately, it's where the line is drawn between the iPhone and something like Android: The latter is infinitely hackable and open to elegant and kludgy solutions alike; the former requires everything to work within strict boundaries to keep the user experience as seamless as possible.
Both have their benefits, a tradeoff of flexibility and stability. Which is why it's good that both are healthily competing in the marketplace.
I use Stanza, and it quite bugs me off, than I must do synchronizing songs (via iTunes) and synchronizing books (via Stanza) differently - one trough iTunes, one through wifi. With no good reason.
They missed the feature in the original approval, then took something away from people who already bought the app. They should be required to offer refunds when they force antifeatures on users such as this.
Surely not everyone would take them, but some will
It'll be interesting to see how the "duplicate functionality" rules of the App Store play out once Apple's ebook reader is available. They'll have to pry Eucalyptus from my cold, dead hands.