Business Week: Why I Won't Buy an iPhone

Apple has abandoned its founding ethos of creativity and innovation by hanging up on third-party software developers

by Arik Hesseldahl

...It's not that I don't think it's an extraordinary device (BusinessWeek.com, 7/3/07). Having tried it, I think it represents a fundamental step forward in what a mobile phone can be. And it sure looks like it's going to be imitated six ways to Sunday.

But what I can't take is how Apple is keeping the iPhone from evolving in a manner consistent with its corporate heritage. Over the years I've owned many wireless devices, including a Treo (PALM ), three or four BlackBerrys (RIMM), and tested my share of phones running Microsoft's ( MSFT) Windows Mobile and the Symbian OS, majority owned by Nokia ( NOK).

[here's their summary]

• Web Apps Only

• Is the iPhone that Fragile?
  

• Putting Profit Before Progress

• Inconsistent with Apple's Branding

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They list 4 very good reasons and I'll add a fifth: too freakin' expensive (how do you think this blog got it's name?).