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Mediocrity Rules! Why the iPhone’s Crummy Camera Is Flickr’s Favorite.

Peter Kafka in Media on August 18, 2009 at 3:28 pm PT

Flickr is one of the Web’s most popular photo-sharing sites. Flickr users’ camera of choice? The iPhone–even though the image isn’t great, the flash is nonexistent, and the only way to zoom is to move your hand closer.

Why Advertising Still Doesn’t Work: Sprint Tries Its Hardest To Sell Me an iPhone

Peter Kafka in Media on June 16, 2009 at 9:17 am PT

I’m a Sprint customer, so the wireless company knows where I live, how to find me online, what kind of phone I have and what I spend each month. And it knows my contract expires at the end of the month. So why isn’t it trying hard to keep me from the clutches of AT&T and its iPhone?