1/09/2007
Apple Announces iPhone, Apple TV
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Ok, It looks remarkably thin. Too thin.
I mean it looks good. Really frickin good. But thin. Difficult to hold and use at the same time. I'll reserve judgement until I get my hands on it.
I mean it looks good. Really frickin good. But thin. Difficult to hold and use at the same time. I'll reserve judgement until I get my hands on it.
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: January 09, 2007 5:39 PM
: January 09, 2007 5:39 PM
499/599 + a 2 year cingular contract?!?!
No thanks, I think I'll feed my family for two months instead.
I would love to buy one without all that phone crap in there though.
No thanks, I think I'll feed my family for two months instead.
I would love to buy one without all that phone crap in there though.
They jumped the shark.
Its a fragile, expensive kitchen sink device with no focus or real-world mobile form factor considerations (cept size).
Apple is trying to keep the ball rolling with the success of the MacBook and iPod (I've owned one Blackbook and purchased 5 iPods, and spent 2 years doing mobile device development), but this keynote saw them going in the wrong direction.
1. The first thing you make sure of in a mobile phone is to insure people feel comfortable handling it, stuffing it in their pocket or purse, and dropping it. This thing is just a huge expensive screen (it costs the same as a 30" widescreen HDTV). I treat my video ipod like royalty and the screen is a disaster - I dont want to think about what it would look like if I treated it like my cell phone.
2. The mobile device world is not naive about touchscreen keyboards/keypads - they have been around forever - people hate them, universally. This is why we have physical thumbboards - people LIKE them. People *want* tactile feedback when they type. The touchscreen is a compromise to jam the widescreen in. Having buttons is GOOD. This single 'feature' was a death knell for this phone.
3. $599 for only 8GB and a TWO-YEAR contract?
I haven't signed a mobile contract (or switched carriers) in years, I just swap sim cards.
Unlocked GSM please.
4. The screenshots of the web browser looked like safari wasnt compensating at all for the screen size - I couldnt read any of the hyperlinks on the amazon page and it was blown up on a movie screen. Safari was just pretending it was a tiny monitor and shrunk everything. Did Apple even look at the Blackberry or Opera Mobile browsers?
5. Did he show any pictures taken with the camera, or did the bloggers just miss it?
6. YMail instead of GMail?
7. No IM clients?!
8. This isnt a problem with the iPhone its a tricky usability problem with any musicphone.
My K700i played music but there was an awkward catch to it. I always had a music player with me, but for that reason I always needed to carry the special stereo wired headset too just in case I wanted to listen to music, which I never did. As a result, I never really used the music feature. Now I have a blackberry and dont carry any headset, and if I want music I will bring an iPod. This sounds like a weird argument but if you had one you'll know exactly what I'm talking about.
9. No upgradable storage.
Apple has always had a pretty much zero tolerance policy on upgrading products - just buy a new one, its better!
You can buy 8GB of SD memory from retailer NewEgg for $90, but evidentally, Apple charges $200.
Want more? Spend another $600 in 2009 (you wont be able to do it in 2008 because of your two-year contract!)!
10. Battery life. Nuff said.
Its a fragile, expensive kitchen sink device with no focus or real-world mobile form factor considerations (cept size).
Apple is trying to keep the ball rolling with the success of the MacBook and iPod (I've owned one Blackbook and purchased 5 iPods, and spent 2 years doing mobile device development), but this keynote saw them going in the wrong direction.
1. The first thing you make sure of in a mobile phone is to insure people feel comfortable handling it, stuffing it in their pocket or purse, and dropping it. This thing is just a huge expensive screen (it costs the same as a 30" widescreen HDTV). I treat my video ipod like royalty and the screen is a disaster - I dont want to think about what it would look like if I treated it like my cell phone.
2. The mobile device world is not naive about touchscreen keyboards/keypads - they have been around forever - people hate them, universally. This is why we have physical thumbboards - people LIKE them. People *want* tactile feedback when they type. The touchscreen is a compromise to jam the widescreen in. Having buttons is GOOD. This single 'feature' was a death knell for this phone.
3. $599 for only 8GB and a TWO-YEAR contract?
I haven't signed a mobile contract (or switched carriers) in years, I just swap sim cards.
Unlocked GSM please.
4. The screenshots of the web browser looked like safari wasnt compensating at all for the screen size - I couldnt read any of the hyperlinks on the amazon page and it was blown up on a movie screen. Safari was just pretending it was a tiny monitor and shrunk everything. Did Apple even look at the Blackberry or Opera Mobile browsers?
5. Did he show any pictures taken with the camera, or did the bloggers just miss it?
6. YMail instead of GMail?
7. No IM clients?!
8. This isnt a problem with the iPhone its a tricky usability problem with any musicphone.
My K700i played music but there was an awkward catch to it. I always had a music player with me, but for that reason I always needed to carry the special stereo wired headset too just in case I wanted to listen to music, which I never did. As a result, I never really used the music feature. Now I have a blackberry and dont carry any headset, and if I want music I will bring an iPod. This sounds like a weird argument but if you had one you'll know exactly what I'm talking about.
9. No upgradable storage.
Apple has always had a pretty much zero tolerance policy on upgrading products - just buy a new one, its better!
You can buy 8GB of SD memory from retailer NewEgg for $90, but evidentally, Apple charges $200.
Want more? Spend another $600 in 2009 (you wont be able to do it in 2008 because of your two-year contract!)!
10. Battery life. Nuff said.
LG Electronics, a pioneer consumer electronics and mobile phones announced that the company is going to launch a new mobile phone incorporating a buttonless touch-screen that resembles the much-hyped Apple iPhone
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