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So it's official. And it has GPS. And it claims longer battery life (though if anyone can show me a phone with a battery life anywhere near the claims I'd like to see it).
Is that seriously all they're bringing us or have I missed something?
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And thinner.
Have you seen Mobile Me?
11th of July in Australia, my order is in already!
Posted: Tuesday, 10 June 2008 at 8:53PM
Even Apple can't afford for a revolution each year. iPhone concept and system is breakthrough at least, if not revolutionary (I think it is in fact). Now we are in refinement steps. I'd like to order one. I'm waiting to see what kind of mapping apps (flying, trekking) will be available beside Plans which is mainly for driving.
MobileMe is clever, beside it's not cheap. I like Apple hardware and software, I don't like their will of making customers captive (that's the way they all do, big companies).
- A2DP (Phone -> Car Stereo bluetooth music streaming)
- External Memory (Quickly swapping from one device to another)
- MMS (Seriously, freebie phones even have this)
- Copy/Paste (OMG)
I'll wait and see if Apple ever produces a smartphone, maybe then I'll buy it. Seriously, Apple has a good plan: Charge people for badly implemented technology multiple times. Smart shoppers would wait until they get it right.This device is not worth buying yet.
Look it up, you'll be amazed.
The average Joe is now able to have all that functionality and much more with an iPhone, with unlimited style and a state-of-the-art interface for a piddly annual subscription for "Mobile Me" which also now includes 20 gigabytes of storage space. That's twenty gigabytes!
Steve Jobs also cut $200 off the price for the handset as well.
What more do you want? Some free red jelly beans?
The only issue we have in Australia is which carrier to go with, none of whom have unveiled any plans as yet.
Posted: Wednesday, 11 June 2008 at 7:44PM
In its current state, the iPhone is still for people willing to sacrifice functionality for style. My BB Pearl 2 cost me $200 up front, came with a $50 mail-in rebate, and I'm paying $60/month for unlimited data and messaging (including email w/ push), plus 1000 minutes. I also get HotSpot@Home which is perfect for where I work because I don't have cell service there...
Using it right now, absolutely gorgeous.
I think the idiot who activated it in-store disconnected it from iTunes incorrectly.
Will be calling Apple support tomorrow, it's late Sunday here right now.
My wife likes the GPS feature, she wants to use it to keep tabs on me!
Posted: Sunday, 13 July 2008 at 5:50PM
...I really tried not to be a baiting bastard, honest! (Or should that have read "I really tried not to be a bastard baiter"?)
To say that "iPhone is still for people willing to sacrifice functionality for style" is absolutely ludicrous. If nothing else, iPhone is revolutionary for the ease in which 3rd party developers can now harness onboard features like GPS, Multi Touch, and the Accelerometer. Downloadable apps (most of which are given away for free by their developers) range from productivity and finance apps to games. Anyone who's played the new Super Monkey Ball and Cro-Mag Rally games on the iPhone (which are among the first to arrive at the new iTunes App store) will see just a taste of what the accelerometer and multi touch can do for 3rd party applications. Instead of pushing buttons to control those applications (which is sooo 20th Century), you simply move your iPhone around in the air. It's like a Wii without the need for an external TV screen.
With literally hundreds of apps already having been created in the first few days of the iTunes Apps store, there will be no limit to what developers can create. Take Apple's extraordinarily easy-to-use API with 3rd party social networks, GPS, and your own network of friends, and you have the makings of a revolutionary device. That's what iPhone 2.0 is all about. Apps that can harness swarming patterns, or suggest relevant information depending on your proximity to things to bring the world around you into sync. It makes traveling in foreign cities a breeze (translation apps, and navigation/travel guides) and already has lots of apps that works seamlessly with everyday life (Evernote, WordPress, Facebook, G-Park, OmniFocus). The interface is just icing on that cake. There's even an app that lets you tune your guitar (or other musical instrument) to any key.
It's the new API that makes iPhone 3G revolutionary. Not the slim plastic casing. More and more developers are now flocking to develop for the iTunes App store. Those that decide to charge for their applications have been able to easily turn large profits in just a few weeks even after Apple takes its cut.
Not only is the iPhone easy to use and becoming more useful with every passing day as new apps are developed, but the economics of the iPhone and Apps store are encouraging more people to use it, and more people to develop for it. The biggest complaint (which I completely agree with) is that Apple's contract with AT&T allows it to shutdown applications that compete with AT&Ts mobile services (such as tethering apps).
Of course the iPhone doesn't do everything (yet). Most of the complaints voiced above are just a software update away. Not to mention that everyone who bought the original iPhone can instantly download the new iPhone 2.0 software with just a single click in iTunes.
(btw, I completely agree that mobileMe's launch was a disaster.)
I don't know what all the fuss was about. It all worked beautifully for me, syncing seemed quick and flawless, no more duplication of contacts (bye bye Nokia forever!) calendar entries perfectly updated. Certainly no emails were lost or delayed.
No complaints here, I certainly wasn't failed.
Posted: Saturday, 16 August 2008 at 3:07PM
All the websites I visit on the iPhone (3G) are speedy and snappy, no more but certainly no less than my desktop. Of course, on WiFi, it's very, very quick too.
Nope, not failed that way, although my comment was regarding MobileMe.