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I just spent 20 minutes scanning anti-iPhone articles. Some of them even mention my initial concern with the device- lack of tactile feedback. I do a lot with my Treo 700 with one finger and without looking at it, which means a lot considering the places that I’m likeliest to use it- the car, the supermarket, walking across a parking lot, etc. A device that I have to look at to use is right out in a lot of those situations. Not that I was considering one anyway- the iTunes format lock-down being one reason*. Which flows nicely into the actual link:

“It’s ironic that a company whose name is synonymous with “Switch” has built its entire product strategy around lock-in. The iTunes/iPhone/iPod combo is a roach-motel: customers check in, but they can’t check out.”

the roach motel business model

*it being a closed system being another.