Monday, September 12, 2005

Innovation kills profits

Every time I turn around, I'm hearing about built-in limitations; products that won't perform fundamental tasks only because such enhancements might threaten a company's ability to further deepen its pockets at your expense.

The Rokr iPhone from our friends at Motorola and Apple is another example. The crumby thing can't even download an iTunes song or play an MP3 as a ringtone, features that would have made sense.

Deliberate disabilities like these will bite these non-innovators squarely in the posterior.

The Observer | Business | John Naughton: Why the iPhone won't rock your world

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