This is a terribly misguided and misinformed post.

DRM has nothing to do with the agency model. You can have DRM with or without an agency model. DRM existed on e-books long before the rise of the agency model.

The iPhone does not require DRM and many books from iBooks store don't have DRM on them. In fact, in most cases the ONLY reason why an iBook cannot be used on a Kindle is because of the Kindles non standard file format (without first converting it).

Jobs pushed for the agency model on books to eliminate Amazon's stranglehold on e-books. It was attractive to publishers. Nothing more, nothing less.

(It is true that by eliminating Amazon's stranglehold on books the price of e-books rose because publishers could set their own prices. Amazon has responded by by-passing publishers and trying to get authors to self publish books on Amazon. So it goes.)

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Objective C is arguably as complex as Java and C++. It's not hurting Apple any and the general integrity and quality of applications on Mac OS X is quite high. In contrast, Microsoft has much simpler language in Visual Basic and the application written in VB are arguably the lowest quality applications on that platform.

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You said they did not own up to a problem, that's false, they did.

You said they did not apologize, that's also false, because Steve Jobs did, personally, apologize several times.

Now your saying that because during this marketing event Apple also said good things about themselves the apology does not count and your throwing in a murder analogy - in the context of a problem with a cell phone - to somehow justify your inability to keep your facts straight.

What will you do for encore?

Dude, honestly, Jobs - the CEO of the company - said he was 'truly sorry' that anyone experienced problems, he offered a solution by offering a free $29 product, and he said that anyone not happy with that solution can have all their money back (up to and including contract cancellation).

What more do you want?

I have an iPhone 4 and I can't reduce the bars while holding it (without a case) no matter how I hold it. Neither can anyone I know. Possibly we're in the wrong area or something but it's not an issue for any of us.

Frankly, the proximity sensor thing is more of a problem. I've muted people accidentally a few times.

Also, for the record, the iPhone 4 drops way less calls then the 3GS did.

"We admit that screwed up, and bad. We'll make it right. Here's how."

Steve Jobs: 'We're not perfect. We want to make *all* of our users happy.'

Steve Jobs: 'We screwed up.'

Steve Jobs: 'To our customers who are affected by the issue, we are deeply sorry"

And obviously, they are trying to make it right by giving you a free case and, if your not cool with that, giving you a full refund, no questions asked. What more do you want exactly?

They did NOT own up to the problem. There was no apology.

Steve Jobs: "To our customers who are affected by the issue, we are deeply sorry,"

Why let facts get in the way of a good rant, eh?

IPhone apps do not have access to email or text messages or the data in any other app except through a very well defined API that requires user confirmation in virtually all instances of data sharing.

In many cases there is no way to access the content of another app (email for example).

It it also not possible for an app to make a call without user confirmation and it is not possible to send a text message at all.

Now this is, in fact, sort of a pain because I'd really like to build an app that sends or receives text messages but it does make for improved data security.

In order to run afoul of anti-trust Apple would need to be deemed a monopoly. Apple is not even the market leader in smart phones so there is no way it could be considered a monopoly in that or any other space.

Do you think Google will permit iAD advertising in their any of their web based products? Why should Apple not institute a reciprocal restriction?