Jan 16 2007
Since Apple Computer’s (Nasdaq : AAPL, stock) unveiled the much-awaited iPhone last week, Apple’s fans have been attacked by the phenomenal of the great and cool looking icons. Bloggers all over the world have been blogging about this great product (I bet President Bush was himself envy with the huge publicity garnered by Apple). For example, Engadget which provide live reporting during the iPhone launching enjoyed 10 million page views alone.
But Apple (reasons or strategies known to Steve Jobs) iPhone will only be 
available in June-2007 (Europe and Asia will get theirs in 2008), that’s 6 months away. And can you blame Apple crazy-fans for crying aloud waiting that long? So what would you do if you’re one of them? I bet you would be crazy enough to create the skin which looks similar to the iPhone user interface and upload it into your Windows Mobile Phone fantasizing you already own one such as this. So, most of these people already own iPhone (sort of) days after the launching.
available in June-2007 (Europe and Asia will get theirs in 2008), that’s 6 months away. And can you blame Apple crazy-fans for crying aloud waiting that long? So what would you do if you’re one of them? I bet you would be crazy enough to create the skin which looks similar to the iPhone user interface and upload it into your Windows Mobile Phone fantasizing you already own one such as this. So, most of these people already own iPhone (sort of) days after the launching.However Apple is not happy with such creativity, shortly after Paul O’Brian posted a link on an xda-developer forum to the interface, he got a cease and desist letter from Apple’s lawyers warning “The icons and screenshot displayed on your website are copyrighted by Apple, and copyright law explicitly prohibits unauthorized display and distribution of copyrighted works. Apple therefore demands that you remove this screenshot from your website.”
While Apple claimed Cisco System Inc (Nasdaq : CSCO, stock) to be “silly” with the law-suit on the trademark “iPhone”, it seems Apple is extremely defensive when bloggers / publishers / Apple-fans who can’t wait to get their hand on the gadget create something so minor to satisfy one’s need. I’m wondering should the thousands of publishers on the net chose not to bend over to Apple’s lawyers demand, will Apple sue all of them? Apple should instead thank these publishers for doing the free marketing for the iPhone (and did I say each of these publishers should be rewarded with a free iPhone instead?) So can you call Apple’s warning letter equally “Big Silly“?
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January 16th, 2007 by financetwitter
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