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Digg Guys: Bullish on iPhone SDK, Bearish on State of Startups Now

Posted Mar 14, 2008 06:13pm EDT by Sarah Lacy in Internet, Telecom, Newsmakers, Venture Capital, M and A, IPOs
Find out why Digg Founder Kevin Rose is on his fourth iPhone, which new site he's intrigued by, and how he and CEO Jay Adelson perceive the state of Web innovation today. (Plus a little iPhone vs. Treo ribbing.)

24 Comments

gary m
gary m - Friday March 14, 2008 06:33PM EDT

Of course the Iphone will mature all over the world like a old good french bordeaux.....

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lacy.sarah - Friday March 14, 2008 06:43PM EDT

it got cut-- but i promised kevin i'd use my ipod touch for 2 weeks straight to see if i could get used to the virtual keyboard. we'll see if i become a convert...

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robtfreud - Friday March 14, 2008 07:04PM EDT

I like mine so much I bought it TWICE. I unfortunately lost my first iPhone at a trade show in January and couldn't imagine life without it; so I replace it two days later with another. It is a transformative device that will continue to evolve into the 8th wonder of the world.

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jay_adelson - Friday March 14, 2008 07:09PM EDT

Hey, love the iPhone, but they waited until NOW to support push/active sync. Also AT&T doesn't work near my house. :(

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heyev - Friday March 14, 2008 07:17PM EDT

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gAuto.com - Friday March 14, 2008 07:32PM EDT

Digg www.gAuto.com

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simon templar - Friday March 14, 2008 09:46PM EDT

I want one so badly but I do not want ATT and I want it unlocked so I can use it around the world.. lets see what's coming next from Apple I'd settle for a touch with some VOIP software on it

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dubey.omkar111 - Saturday March 15, 2008 03:03AM EDT

hai iam omkar nath dubry,from patna.i am looking for a friend now.

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Jarett D - Saturday March 15, 2008 04:34AM EDT

You'd almost think Kevin isn't a programmer. The iPhone/iPod touch SDK is the most restricted SDK out of any kit on the market. Developers are going to be frustrated at every turn because of the lack of ability to really leverage the UNIX nature of the operating system.

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pedrotuamor - Saturday March 15, 2008 05:07AM EDT

Bash digg all you want, but I think it's a great source of interesting and entertaining things to read every day. ------------------------------- http://www.aaplcentral.com

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opod2004 - Saturday March 15, 2008 07:40AM EDT

I have a starup. blockheadtv.com The guy's from diggs, They are just blind and the only thing they see that is allow in their universe is the companies that they are a part of. Facebook, it was one of those company that they promoted to everyone.

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elan_dega20 - Saturday March 15, 2008 08:15AM EDT

hi

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firedog165@sbcglobal.net - Saturday March 15, 2008 09:27AM EDT

I'm on my second iPhone too.

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chrisjscott - Saturday March 15, 2008 10:25AM EDT

I'd never even heard of Ms. Lacy before the SXSW brouhaha and here she is again. When will one of her superiors realize that she's just not suited for live interviewing? 1. She acts like a kid, which makes it very difficult to take her seriously. 2. I have yet to hear her manage to ask a serious question in a serious manner. 3. She needs to learn to SHUT UP when her interviewee is responding - they're probably secure enough with themselves to not hear her reassuring them with constant "Yeah," "right," "Uh-huh," etc. as they're speaking. Honestly - stick to writing.

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nermine.bouchi - Saturday March 15, 2008 11:25AM EDT

apple is very slow selling its iphone over europe and asia,that why all his enemy succeeded slasing its share price.would steve jobs recognise his error and speed iphone is both old continent ?

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Yahoo! Finance User - Saturday March 15, 2008 11:28AM EDT

Dig everything into this, you'll find that "fake Cowboy" from Texas at the end.

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That other guy.... - Saturday March 15, 2008 11:37AM EDT

lol at chris, I started counting the times she said "uh huh" "right" and "yeah"...totally hilarious. At least she mentioned that she might convert to the iphone if she can get use to the interface.

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justin2286 - Saturday March 15, 2008 02:21PM EDT

Draw a frame to be in a digg-related movie! http://rotoscope.gamerawr.com

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Yahoo! Finance User - Saturday March 15, 2008 03:17PM EDT

www.crootpad.com (exclusive for recruiters)

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bdr.padam - Sunday March 16, 2008 02:44AM EDT

i love to have any kind of mobile but i am unable to buy hifi cell so i bought 1 simple cell.

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