First Generation Apple iPhone Discussion

[YankeeDeuce]

Uh, Windows Mobile? All the phones that can run *nix? There is nothing next level about the iPhone. (Except maybe the screen, but touchscreen phones suck anyway)

[CoffeeShark]

“This is the next level or elevation of the cellphone,” he said of the iPhone. “Not because it’s better or necessarily better than your Blackberry … but this runs a real computer operating system” and therefore can offer full-featured e-mail software on the go.

Originally Posted by craig

exactly what i've been saying all along

You're going to buy a $499 PDA for 'full-featured email' and a 'real OS'?

I know you're an "on-the-go" monster user, Craig, so I don't debate the value of that to you. for me, not worth it, I can do email on the PDA already.

I guess if you lump the iPhone into the same boat as the UMPCs, you have a good value - cellphone plus PDA, almost a full computer instead of a limited mobility device like some of the other PDAs. I still think the keyboard is going to kick your ass.

I'm still trying to realize the value, though, in a device that has been done before. (not including the neato factor Apple brings). The interface will be cool, the touchscreen new, and I'm sure the accessories will be plenty.

But there still won't be real 3rd party apps that run ON your iPhone (natively, without connection to a server). You will be typing out emails on a touchscreen, which, no matter how sensitive and incredibly responsive, will be a chore.

Coffee (email): Hey, Craig, what's up? The forums are down, can you check them?

Craig: (iPhone) orly?! I R chkng frmz nw k thkz?

just a guess though.

[FuzzyLogik]

Lol, heard the touchscreen is pretty finicky as well making it a 'real' chore to try and type out an e-mail or anything else for that matter.

I hope I never land a job where I have to have a cell-phone/e-mail leash and I feel like I HAVE to read an e-mail as soon as I get it or have to e-mail somebody back right away!

[FuzzyLogik]

.....well, even if i did I probably wouldn't get an iphone :P

[Craig]

no no....

look at this not as THE solution, but a step in the way for more technological breakthroughs that WILL BE the solution (and affordable) in the future

[CoffeeShark]

Craig -> Gadget geeks plan to camp out for iPhone | Tech News on ZDNet

[CoffeeShark]

Originally Posted by Craig

no no....

look at this not as THE solution, but a step in the way for more technological breakthroughs that WILL BE the solution (and affordable) in the future

which step, the one LG took a few months ago, or the one the Blackberry took 2 years ago?



//oh, you mean activating the Cult

[Craig]

I just bought this yesterday: BlackBerry® Curve™ | The New Smartphone That's Brilliant and Beautiful

so dont even try to throw me on the Apple bandwagon...I just see this launch differently than you do.

And yes, it also proves BB and Nokia could stand to learn a LOT form the Apple marketing machine. And just like the band KISS, as much as you might hate the facade, there's actually some talent underneath all that makeup...but only a musician would understand

[DennyCrane]

Craig, that Blackberry looks killer, but a nub question... do those things function as a phone?

[Craig]

ya works fine