Ulterior motives? Steve has the Beatles deal.
CNN/Fortune's coverage leaves a lot to the imagination.
"Wireless-broadband capable device"? That's not specific enough.
If it is true, that there is no way to download a song without docking, then this article makes sense. It doesn't discuss the three different radios on the iPhone: the cell phone, the WIFI and the Bluetooth. Of those three, the only one that makes sense to use for downloading songs is WIFI; the others are simply too slow. Right now, I can use my laptop to download a song over WIFI without any problems. If I can't do the same with my iPhone because cellular providers or music labels want you to use an inappropriate technology and have written licensing restrictions as such, you have a story.
Otherwise, the deal with the Beatles and the fact that Apple is really in the music business now, is the story, not wireless downloading. The fact that now Apple is on a level playing field with the music labels is why Steve made the DRM comments when he did. if (and CNN/Fortune doesn't make it clear) downloading songs via WIFI is disabled on the iPhone, they have a story.
"Most intriguingly, what about the timing of this manifesto in relation to the announcement last month of the iPhone, a device that is primarily a Web-enabled media player? From the get-go (once it goes on sale this summer), the iPhone as it is currently described will be prevented from directly downloading music or video itself, even though it is a wireless broadband-capable device. To get songs or shows into the iPhone, you still have to tether it, via a docking cradle, to a Mac or a PC even though it easily should be able to handle this task all by itself."(emphasis added)
- The Browser: Truth and rumors from the tech world
"Wireless-broadband capable device"? That's not specific enough.
If it is true, that there is no way to download a song without docking, then this article makes sense. It doesn't discuss the three different radios on the iPhone: the cell phone, the WIFI and the Bluetooth. Of those three, the only one that makes sense to use for downloading songs is WIFI; the others are simply too slow. Right now, I can use my laptop to download a song over WIFI without any problems. If I can't do the same with my iPhone because cellular providers or music labels want you to use an inappropriate technology and have written licensing restrictions as such, you have a story.
Otherwise, the deal with the Beatles and the fact that Apple is really in the music business now, is the story, not wireless downloading. The fact that now Apple is on a level playing field with the music labels is why Steve made the DRM comments when he did. if (and CNN/Fortune doesn't make it clear) downloading songs via WIFI is disabled on the iPhone, they have a story.
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