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guerllamo7 I know a trap when I see one. Apple is giving people little tidbits to go apple all the way. the WWDC discussed how if you have the iPhone,iPod,iBook,etc. you could automatically download stuff between devices. Nice, right?
What they did not say is that they are playing catch up to google, amazon, and others and that you could already do that with blackberry using dropbox, amazon MP3, or 7digital (very nicely).
The fee, which was briefly mentioned, just waiting for the build-up of data. The problem for me was that they will lure you in but you really need to use all apple stuff to make it beneficial. Then... "gotcha!". Apple has always been more expensive but they are hitting a critical mass like Microsoft did and like old softie they have already tried a few nefarious things in my view with developer restrictions and their choice not to support flash.
Google and apple track your location and google reads your e-mail (via algorithms) to sell you stuff.
I love my torch and the fact that I can use a system that is secure, has great e-mail, does not track me unless I tell it to, respects my privacy, has great and growing apps and does not force me to use their stuff. By the way, my playbook has 10% more processing power than the ipad2, 50% more RAM, dual speakers (yes, ipad2 only has 1 speaker on the bottom right), better cameras, full flash support and a great size for a mobile device.
No thanks apple. I still love RIMM and oh yeah, the physical keyboard rocks!