So what do you think about the recent "bricking" of so many iPhones -- iPhones whose owners were foolish enough to either buy the iPhone in the first place, or to update its firmware with software that would allow its owner the control over his or her property that ownership should imply?
Well, if one could actually prove that there was a concerted effort to "brick" the offending iPhones, then my feelings might be different; however, as things are, I have confess myself unsympathetic for those who chose to do something for which the phone was not designed. And though I still believe those who chose to update their firmware we completely entitled to do so, they do so at their own risk.
In the end, this should separate the true Apple fan-boys from the armchair fan-boys, and I suspect there will be a cure for the owners of these very design-effective doorstops --- very possibly engineered by Apple.
As for whether or not this tragic outcome for some of iPhone owners was a deliberate effort, we may never know for certain; however, it has been said countless times, by countless experts, that Steve Jobs is obsessed -- perhaps even fanatical -- when it comes to producing the complete, end-to-end consumer-experience. And it could be said that this one was exactly that.
No great bits of wisdom here, except this: iPhone therefore I am. And before you spend to much time wondering "what does this have to do with anything," as yourself if it would have made more sense to have said, "My Phone, Therefore I can." I don't think so.
