The Applie iPhone
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<div class="IPBDescription">Or as PvP Puts it, "Jesus has come back, and He is a phone."</div><a href="http://www.apple.com/iphone/" target="_blank">http://www.apple.com/iphone/</a>
So, who likes it? Who hates it? Who thinks its nice, but not the revolution they were promising?
Personally, I like it...but I don't like it enough to spend $499(4gb) or $599(8gb) on it. Once it hits $299 or, if I'm really adventurous $399, I'll grab it. Even 8gb is barely enough for my music- if I included the trailers I always carry with me(to show the non believing gamers the awesomeness of certain games), I get to 10gb. But all the other features, and how clean it is, makes it pretty damn useful. I like it. I especially am a big fan of FINALLY having a REAL web browser. Now if I could install a remote-desktop widget on it to my PC, I could download patches while at work, or have it alert me when BitTorrent downloads are done. And I doubt this is too far from being able to be done.
So, what do ye all think? And what about the Apple TV? Any thoughts on that(I find it odd they didn't mention any DVR capabilities at all...which instantly makes it worthless to me.)?
So, who likes it? Who hates it? Who thinks its nice, but not the revolution they were promising?
Personally, I like it...but I don't like it enough to spend $499(4gb) or $599(8gb) on it. Once it hits $299 or, if I'm really adventurous $399, I'll grab it. Even 8gb is barely enough for my music- if I included the trailers I always carry with me(to show the non believing gamers the awesomeness of certain games), I get to 10gb. But all the other features, and how clean it is, makes it pretty damn useful. I like it. I especially am a big fan of FINALLY having a REAL web browser. Now if I could install a remote-desktop widget on it to my PC, I could download patches while at work, or have it alert me when BitTorrent downloads are done. And I doubt this is too far from being able to be done.
So, what do ye all think? And what about the Apple TV? Any thoughts on that(I find it odd they didn't mention any DVR capabilities at all...which instantly makes it worthless to me.)?
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No 3G. We know you know, but still, it hurts man.
No over the air iTunes Store downloads or WiFi syncing to your host machine.
No expandable memory.
No removable battery.
No Exchange or Office support.
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I'm not really excited.
No expandable memory and no removable battery is Apple standard, so bweh.
When it comes to Office support, I don't see why that can't be implemented later. It should merely be a matter of programming office for it- so, not really Apple's job.
Well... I'm not all that fond of Apple, although I was all ready to be impressed by this, but from what Engadget says...
I'm not really excited.
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The phone itself is very nicely done, but those points do cause a big let down for me as well. Not hthat it matters being in Canada...
Sweet ###### design though... I can just imagine the screen getting scratched though!
I think I'll wait a few years for the product to mature and the prices to drop before I even start considering it... Even then I'm sure I wouldn't go with Apple and all of their proprietary stuff.
I don't get it, what separates this from Palm Pilots with phone capabilities?
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Hi, Im an Apple iphone
<img src="http://www.frozensloth.com/forums/macguy.jpeg" border="0" alt="IPB Image" />
By owning me you become better then the normal person. All those who look on will assume you are instantly tech savvy, and not just an easily persuaded consumer ######.
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I don't get it, what separates this from Palm Pilots with phone capabilities?
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The word Apple.
I don't get it, what separates this from Palm Pilots with phone capabilities?
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It looks trendy. Apple knows how to make hardware pretty...
That's about it.
Watch the keynote, and you see how its different. The overall cohesion, the ease of use, and just the quality is better.
Its like asking why a iPod is better than your average MP3 player. Sure, some will disagree, but its hard to deny that its just made better, generally.
May I add the big feature, for myself: Real website usage. Not mini-made-for-phones website usage.
There was something I heard on a tech show mentioning this. I'm searching through shows trying to find the info.
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OMG... Apple's iPhone is pretty sexy, from what I see...
Just like he said so many times... "Isn't this just cool?"
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My phone makes calls and receives calls. That's all that's needed ... ? <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/confused-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="???" border="0" alt="confused-fix.gif" />
Watch the keynote, and you see how its different. The overall cohesion, the ease of use, and just the quality is better.
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Haha. You used the word 'cohesion' to describe a mobile phone's appeal. Salesman verbal masturbation aside, I didn't know apple were coming out with an iPhone. Does it come with an iSock? Does the iSock come with an iClip? Can I clip it to my iBelt? But... but I don't have pants. I'm sure apple will come out with a cream white jumpsuit so I can shave my head and live in their electronic gel community iHomes by 2020. Get with the times already, man. You're just not trendy enough.
Haha. You used the word 'cohesion' to describe a mobile phone's appeal. Salesman verbal masturbation aside, I didn't know apple were coming out with an iPhone. Does it come with an iSock? Does the iSock come with an iClip? Can I clip it to my iBelt? But... but I don't have pants. I'm sure apple will come out with a cream white jumpsuit so I can shave my head and live in their electronic gel community iHomes by 2020. Get with the times already, man. You're just not trendy enough.
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Hi, Im an apple iHouse
<img src="http://www.frozensloth.com/forums/macguy.jpeg" border="0" alt="IPB Image" />
Praise the silver flame or the iRobots will kill you.
if they someday manage to squeeze a nintendo DS into that product, I'll be sold. my pockets ARE kinda heavy, carrying my phone, Zune, and DS everywhere...
That's way too little.
I would like the phone if it had larger memory size, 4 or 8 GB?
That's way too little.
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Truth. It's a mechanical HDD anyway, what was the damn point in making it 4gb? It's not like at least 20gb would have made it that much more expensive, it'd be like ###### (PEEING IS CENSORED TOO? WHAT THE CHRIST? THE GAME IS NOT FAMILY FRIENDLY, WHY MUST THE FORUMS BE? <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mad-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":angry:" border="0" alt="mad-fix.gif" /> ) in a sea of urine.
I'm loving the touchpad thing tho. Shame it's an apple product. I wouldn't buy a car that only drives on half the roads, so why should I buy an iPhone.
With that said, I'm willing to give all my worldly possessions just to punch whoever invented the whole iSuck marketing scheme, in the groin.
I would like the phone if it had larger memory size, 4 or 8 GB?
That's way too little.
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are you sure you dont want a laptop?
Laptop weighs abit heavy to the ear when you do want to make a phonecall tho....
Truth. It's a mechanical HDD anyway, what was the damn point in making it 4gb? It's not like at least 20gb would have made it that much more expensive, it'd be like ###### (PEEING IS CENSORED TOO? WHAT THE CHRIST? THE GAME IS NOT FAMILY FRIENDLY, WHY MUST THE FORUMS BE? <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mad-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":angry:" border="0" alt="mad-fix.gif" /> ) in a sea of urine.
I'm loving the touchpad thing tho. Shame it's an apple product. I wouldn't buy a car that only drives on half the roads, so why should I buy an iPhone.
With that said, I'm willing to give all my worldly possessions just to punch whoever invented the whole iSuck marketing scheme, in the groin.
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The iPhone works wherever iTunes works. So thats like...95% of the world's roads, but those in Linuxo. But their roads are mostly unpaved and made by the locals, anyhow.
iPhone: I've got a touchscreen...
XDA: I'm 2 years old. And I've had a touchscreen for all that time. The XDA2s had one, and the original XDAs had one as well...
iPhone: I can play your music!
XDA: I come with Media Player 10 installed as default, which can play more music files than you. If there's not enough files supported, I can be upgraded with various free codecs from the interweb...
iPhone: I can browse the web using advanced software!
XDA: I can browse the web using software that everyone is familiar with. Which can also be replaced using one of many open source variations
iPhone: I can synchronise to your PC or Mac and copy your contacts, appointments and stuff over automatically.
XDA: I can also do that, using Activesync...
iPhone: I have wireless networking!
XDA: So do I, which supports huge connection lists...
iPhone: But I have a pretty interface!!!
XDA: Come here and I'll rearrange that interface for you...
Hands down, my phone has had all that crap for years, and has a stylus, so I can use a small keyboard, and can do fiddly accurate points on my screen. It also has upgradable memory (SD cards = win <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile-fix.gif" />). I'll stick with my phone. Or I might get an XDA2 Exec if I get rich sometime soon <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile-fix.gif" />
I don't plan on buying it since i'm anti-fad <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/marine.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="::marine::" border="0" alt="marine.gif" /> and don't like the overrated crap that apple sells
Apple is all about marketing. They can sell anything that has the letter 'i' in it through brand name recognition. Anything with i in it will immediately be considered fashionable, and every preppy highschool kid will have one in days.
But patch, that's what apple do. They take emerging tech, add a hefty dose of "bugs" and general incompatibility, put it in some 'trendy' cream gel case and market them to teenage girls and clueless adults.
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I took the liberty of fixing up your post
The iPhone works wherever iTunes works. So thats like...95% of the world's roads, but those in Linuxo. But their roads are mostly unpaved and made by the locals, anyhow.
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You can use it on 95% of the world's roads, but you can only use 5% of types of petrol.
I took the liberty of fixing up your post
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Yeah, you pegged why I hate Apple so much.
It takes just about all my willpower to not strangle every vapid teenage girl I see with her iPod Mini headphones.
I'm loling atm =p
if they someday manage to squeeze a nintendo DS into that product, I'll be sold. my pockets ARE kinda heavy, carrying my phone, Zune, and DS everywhere...
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Get a bag and carry bigger more important things.
It does everything this iPhone seems to be able to do.
And I can download games for it..
and use msn Messenger...
and use IRC...
need I go on?