No, planned obsolescence is a long standing Apple strategy.
It's similar to Bento, also not technically Apple software. Will only run on Leopard (and maybe Snow L., I haven't checked.) There is no good reason for this widespread practice except subtle or overt pressure put on software developers by Apple in order to extract system OS upgrade money from consumers.
This Blackberry software has been in development for years. It makes no technical sense whatsoever for it not to work with Tiger, which was the OS all during the development phase.
On some of the other points, there is some confusion about the hardware and software relationships. While neither Apple nor RIM would necessarily "want" to develop products for competitors, the fact is that Blackberry has Mac users - I can't imagine why - and therefore should address those customers' needs. Apple introduced iSync and should support it better than they miserably do - except Apple in its excessive margins hunt wants to induce everyone to buy an iPhone. I wouldn't do that on the replaceable battery issue alone, which is more planned obsolescence.
Tiger is not an outdated OS. It's not even old. The fact that I want to stay with it to run Classic, which is old, is not relevant to Apple's planned obsolescence strategy of making Tiger unusable with a wide range of newish apps, via explicit or implicit pressure on developers.
Of course, it's also possible that RIM is just clueless, rather than responding to any suggestions to developers to only release for Leopard and newer. The long delay in getting this software out does argue in favor of this possibility, also.
Finally, for you droids, Apple is not some fanboy Star Trek enterprise. It can be more customer oriented or it will face defections, as will happen with iPhone market share over the next couple years.
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Delayed for years and now 10.5 only - suitsme
I will ignore the first respondent.No, planned obsolescence is a long standing Apple strategy.
It's similar to Bento, also not technically Apple software. Will only run on Leopard (and maybe Snow L., I haven't checked.) There is no good reason for this widespread practice except subtle or overt pressure put on software developers by Apple in order to extract system OS upgrade money from consumers.
This Blackberry software has been in development for years. It makes no technical sense whatsoever for it not to work with Tiger, which was the OS all during the development phase.
On some of the other points, there is some confusion about the hardware and software relationships. While neither Apple nor RIM would necessarily "want" to develop products for competitors, the fact is that Blackberry has Mac users - I can't imagine why - and therefore should address those customers' needs. Apple introduced iSync and should support it better than they miserably do - except Apple in its excessive margins hunt wants to induce everyone to buy an iPhone. I wouldn't do that on the replaceable battery issue alone, which is more planned obsolescence.
Tiger is not an outdated OS. It's not even old. The fact that I want to stay with it to run Classic, which is old, is not relevant to Apple's planned obsolescence strategy of making Tiger unusable with a wide range of newish apps, via explicit or implicit pressure on developers.
Of course, it's also possible that RIM is just clueless, rather than responding to any suggestions to developers to only release for Leopard and newer. The long delay in getting this software out does argue in favor of this possibility, also.
Finally, for you droids, Apple is not some fanboy Star Trek enterprise. It can be more customer oriented or it will face defections, as will happen with iPhone market share over the next couple years.
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