{"id":327,"date":"2008-09-29T01:13:19","date_gmt":"2008-09-29T00:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jurecuhalev.com\/blog\/?p=327"},"modified":"2008-09-29T01:13:19","modified_gmt":"2008-09-29T00:13:19","slug":"why-slovenia-won%e2%80%99t-get-iphone-anytime-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jurecuhalev.com\/blog\/why-slovenia-won%e2%80%99t-get-iphone-anytime-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Slovenia won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get iPhone anytime soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The short answer to <em>Why Slovenia won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get iPhone anytime soon<\/em> is that <strong>it wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t make sense<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>When Apple failed to bring <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"iPhone 3G\" rel=\"homepage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/iphone\">iPhone 3G<\/a> to Slovenia earlier this year, a thousand fanboy voices cried in frustration. Yet when analyzing the <strong>ecosystem<\/strong> around iPhone, it makes complete sense<span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-img zemanta-action-dragged\">\n<figure style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daylife.com\/image\/03z1dHEb5NanS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SAN FRANCISCO - JUNE 09:  Apple CEO Steve Jobs watches a video of the new iPhone 3G as he delivers the keynote address at the Apple Worldwide Web Developers Conference June 9, 2008 in San Francisco, California. Jobs kicked off the 2008 WWDC conference with a keynote where he announced an upgraded version of the popular iPhone called the iPhone 3G.\" src=\"http:\/\/cache.daylife.com\/imageserve\/03z1dHEb5NanS\/150x107.jpg\" alt=\"SAN FRANCISCO - JUNE 09:  Apple CEO Steve Jobs watches a video of the new iPhone 3G as he delivers the keynote address at the Apple Worldwide Web Developers Conference June 9, 2008 in San Francisco, California. Jobs kicked off the 2008 WWDC conference with a keynote where he announced an upgraded version of the popular iPhone called the iPhone 3G.\" width=\"150\" height=\"107\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image by Getty Images via Daylife<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>iPhone is not just a fancy smart phone. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s also a way to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>buy ITunes music store<\/li>\n<li>figure out where you are (Google Maps)<\/li>\n<li>Get the best localized experience333<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This means that when bringing iPhone 3G to Slovenia, Apple would have to not only localize the iPhone itself, but also introduce <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"ITunes Store\" rel=\"homepage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/itunes\/\">iTunes music store<\/a>, make sure Google Maps are good enough (they aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t precise enough yet) and localize a number of services like <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"MobileMe\" rel=\"homepage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/mobileme\/\">MobileMe<\/a> that are often subscribed to by users to provide even better iPhone\/Mac integration.<\/p>\n<p>There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s also a neat trick that Apple does in other countries for iPhone subscribers &#8211; free WiFi hotspots\/cloud access for iPhone. This greatly increases experience as you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re not limited to the spotty 3G coverage if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re in correct urban areas. Slovenia has only one true WiFi cloud that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s well known enough &#8211; Neo Wlan, operated by the Telekom group.<\/p>\n<p>Without all these domino pieces falling\u00c2\u00a0 together, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hard to believe Apple would want to enter Slovenian market with iPhone and deliver worse experience than in other countries. Above facts also mean that just buying an unlocked iPhone will not provide you with the true spirit of iPhone experience.<\/p>\n<p><em>[There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s always a chance I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m just bitter that I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have one] \ud83d\ude09<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Zemified by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/reblog.zemanta.com\/zemified\/f542b0b0-2687-4589-b32e-0c7d6863f991\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: medium none; float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/reblog_c.png?x-id=f542b0b0-2687-4589-b32e-0c7d6863f991\" alt=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The short answer to Why Slovenia won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get iPhone anytime soon is that it wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t make sense. When Apple failed to bring iPhone 3G to Slovenia earlier this year, a thousand fanboy voices cried in frustration. Yet when analyzing the ecosystem around iPhone, it makes complete sense. iPhone is not just a fancy smart phone. 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