It’s all a bit gloomy for Apple really. Julia reported last week about Apple being sued, and today the Advertising Standards Authority have rapped them for some dodgy advertising.
Apparently the claim that the iPhone can access “all the parts of the internet” is giving a misleading impression to consumers, according to ASA. This has led to ASA banning the advert, so it will no longer be shown within the UK.
I’m not going to start slating Apple, but it doesn’t look too good now does it? They’re getting sued, since the 2.0 release and the 3G release there have been numerous complaints, and now they can’t even get the advertising correct.
It appears that Apple’s lack of functionality with Flash and Java seems to be the main issue behind this; because although the pages may be reached it doesn’t necessarily mean that they’ll be displayed properly. Apple denied that this was a case of false advertising, and that they never claimed that all parts of a website would work with the Safari browser.
In a way it’s a shame Apple have had this, although I may not be a fan of the iPhone or the company as a whole; it’s disappointing to say the least to see a company that did so well with their original release of their product to this.
Apple, I’m rooting for you here… Sort this out!
This was radio one newsbeat! Oh dear Apple!
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2008/8/27 Disqus <>
Add to that the MobileMe debacle. No. All isn't entirely well with Apple…
It looks like the password protection on the iPhone is trivial to bypass http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/27/iphone_…
Press “Emergency Call” then double-tap the home button.
Remember kids, Steve Jobs only hurts you because he loves you.
It looks like the password protection on the iPhone is trivial to bypass http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/27/iphone_…
Press “Emergency Call” then double-tap the home button.
Remember kids, Steve Jobs only hurts you because he loves you.
the fact that Apple is being sued for a simple issue which affects less than 2% of users is just silly. Nokia, Motorola, Microsoft, Sony Ericsson all have more than 15 lawsuits which are pending, but those don't make any headlines, do they? So why fustigate Apple over a simple lawsuit which will be over in 2 weeks when Apple release a free software update?
No other phone out there can properly display Flash and/or Java websites either, so again it's silly to blame Apple for leading the way in mobile web usability. Besides Apple claims it can display the whole Internet, which it can, since Java and Flash are not Internet standards (not approved by the WWWC), they are proprietary.
This was radio one newsbeat! Oh dear Apple!
approve
2008/8/27 Disqus <>
Add to that the MobileMe debacle. No. All isn't entirely well with Apple…
It looks like the password protection on the iPhone is trivial to bypass http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/27/iphone_…
Press “Emergency Call” then double-tap the home button.
Remember kids, Steve Jobs only hurts you because he loves you.