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Originally Posted by NVash
I wanted an iPhone but pulling these apps gives me one more reason to stay away from it. Same for the iPad and anything else Apple related.
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you are not alone in the sense of deciding to hold back on any Apple purchases. I know I am as well as more than a few others here have made the same decision even of they currently own one or more Apple devices.
Add to that the iPad 2 to be announced in a couple weeks or so and there might be a slight slow down in sales. Still I am willing to bet until more and more news services begin following the current examinations by the AG's in several states and even possible DOJ/US AG involvement in this matter along with the apparent unhappiness on Wall Street with the status of Jobs and a settled upon line of succession (as ghoulish and heartless as the idea is for even the staunchest anti-Apple person, I mean gee wiz, let the man have some dignity fer gawds sakes.) But combine that all and if the investigations get more press as the announcement date gets closer and those factors might well influence Apple's position here.
But as many have pointed out, the info black-hole that is Apple on this matter is what is causing so much confusion, mis-trust, lack of confidence and such which could well have lost Apple many of those of us who might have actually added an iPad, Touch or iPhone despite not using any other Apple products. I know I had been considering it after using a Touch 4th Gen. But one of the primary reasons was and will always be the ability to run K4iOS, period and end of statement. Take that out of the equation and the iOS family of devices will never be of interest to me.
Apple just needs to decide and clarify the issue sooner rather than later because as we see more and more about it carried even by local news stations it could well snowball faster than Apple damage control. And if the iPad 2 is nothing buy an incremental updated device it could all combine really
put-the-wood to Apple's brand and image. That sort of thing makes the company owners, the shareholders, pretty cranky.