For example, I was at our family lake house in NC last week on vacation, I am actively in talks over a few CIO positions and one of the companies asked me to forward my resume in word format. If I could upload files to my phone then I could have attached it to an email and sent it out. I have a striped down Google doc resume that I use for just this case but it doe not compare to my word or PDF resume which contain charts and diagrams to visualize my accomplishments. Due to an arbitrary platform restriction, I have to do funky stuff like email the file to myself and then forward that email to any requester.
Moving on from that, the tethering thing is another pain in the butt that to me has no rhyme or reason. I have to use my Wife's Blackberry (on AT&T) to tether my computer at the lake house. Same network but one phone has tethering intentional disabled.
Anyway, long story short I am starting to feel the restrictions of the platform and now it looks like Apple is abandoning a lot of good solution providers because they might compete a little on their platform. With no competition innovation stifles even in a company like Apple.
Time will tell, and Steve has pulled off some miracles but as for me, I think Apple has lost me again which is a shame because they are one of the few companies left that put such a focus on quality.