Top 10 tech wrecks of 2007

[karllf]

this is or was on yahoo home page
Apple riles iPhone owners with price cut, hack-busting updates
Steve Jobs never saw it coming. In September, along with announcements of a new family of iPods, Jobs dropped a bombshell: Apple was cutting the price of the 8GB iPhone to $399 (from $599). How generous, right? But early adopters were outraged: just weeks before, they'd paid more than $600 for their precious iPhones, and now here's Sir Steve, essentially telling them they'd wasted a couple of C-notes. Jobs ultimately bowed to the howls of protest, offering a $100 store credit for everyone who had bought an iPhone before the price cut. Then, another stumble: Apple released an iPhone update in October that re-locked (and in some cases, bricked) hacked iPhones, sparking another wave of anger. Jobs has since announced that the iPhone will support third-party apps (which must now be hacked onto the iPhone) starting next year, but the damage is done. All those warm fuzzies for Apple upon the original release of the iPhone? Buh-bye.

[geordisjd]

Apple's shares up to 184.29. My Apple's investment up to 912% in 6 years. My iPhone still goes to bed with me.


(iPhone pic)

It's been looking a lot like Xmas for quite a while now...