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Comments on news posted 2007-01-10 18:37:42: Users in our Mac forum wonder how the iPhone can be called a "breakthrough Internet communications device" by Apple, when the device fails to support Cingular's HSDPA wireless broadband network, instead only working on their slower (around 200kbps) E.. ..

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Mchart
Super Joe

join:2004-01-21
Gurnee, IL

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Whats the point?

The majority of folk that buy any apple product could care less about the tech specs. All they care about is getting it in a shiny pink.

Oh, and dont forget that your favorite -Insert random popular culture star here- has one.


cableties
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join:2005-01-27
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Slick but Californian

IMHO, Steve has something cool. However, once again (and I am cynical about a past friend-California-relationship that went bad), Apple (inc) designed something form over function.

Read the wired blog. How do you remove the battery to replace? (answer is, you get a new iPhone, silly or follow the iPod users to the big iPod pile that will be growing).

Why no 3G nor 4G? (answer is, Cingular is biggest one on the block. No EVDO? Boy, us VZW users can't use it so...)

This is the PDA for the rest of those that need a PDA but don't like the B-berry or Q. Smartphone? Smart on your wallet. Small on storage.

Overall: Coolness factor a 10. Practical factor a 6. Networking factor a 3. (requires two hands**)

What I want to know is: where is the 16GB nano?

Time will be the judge. Meanwhile, I want games!


N3OGH
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reply to Mchart
Re: Whats the point?

said by Mchart See Profile :

The majority of folk that buy any apple product could care less about the tech specs. All they care about is getting it in a shiny pink.

Oh, and dont forget that your favorite -Insert random popular culture star here- has one.
That's not necessarily so.

Hey, I'm a self admitted Mac convert, but I'm not picking up an iPhone any time soon. Besides the technical specs, I have no interest in having Cingular as my cell provider.

I'll probably go with a Treo when my contract is up....
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Never ask what sort of a computer a guy drives. If he's a Mac user, he'll tell you. If not, why embarrass him? -Tom Clancy


brooklynman4

join:2004-09-07
Brooklyn, NY
reply to cableties
Re: Slick but Californian

They will be when someone hacks into it and goes through there personal information.


Mchart
Super Joe

join:2004-01-21
Gurnee, IL
reply to N3OGH
Re: Whats the point?

You don't strike me as the kind of person who purchases a product because -insert random star here- has it.

Unfortunatly, the majority of the people in the world purchase products because of that fact; something apple is good at doing.


ColorBASIC
8-bit Fun
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join:2006-12-29
Corona, CA
I would consider it despite slower BB

but won't get one 'cause it's huge; 4.5" long and nearly a 1/2" thick. This is 2007, not 1997.


ColorBASIC
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What about the Linksys iPhone

The logo on the Linksys website shows iPhone to be a registered trademark (assuming of Linksys). I'm wondering how Apple can call their device iPhone also.

»www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellit···rWrapper


Karl Bode
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Apple received approval from Linksys (Cisco) at the last second (this week) I believe....

Eh whoops! Guess not:

»www.breitbart.com/news/2007/01/1···LO0.html

quote:
Cisco Systems Inc. said Wednesday it is suing Apple Inc. in federal court over Apple's use of Cisco's registered iPhone trademark for its new handheld device.
Cisco has owned the trademark on the name "iPhone" since 2000, when it acquired InfoGear Technology Corp., which originally registered the name.
Pretty big oversight...forgetting to lock down the agreement allowing you usage of a brand-name before working your fanboys into a lather with one of the biggest tech announcements of the year.

gounder

join:2003-01-22
Hayward, CA
reply to ColorBASIC
That is correct. Linksys now part of Cisco hold the Tradmark.

brianiscool

join:2000-08-16
Miami, FL
 blah

Get a Blackjack ! Better than Apple phone lol


Mizzat
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join:2003-05-03
Atlanta, GA
What about Exchange?

I know it's a Mac product, but if it doesn't handle exchange server connections they are missing out on a huge market of corporate users that would drop thier backberry for it.
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ninjatutle
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join:2006-01-02
San Ramon, CA
WIFI

is also broadband

davidpaj

join:2002-04-22

reply to brianiscool
Re: blah

said by brianiscool See Profile :

Get a Blackjack ! Better than Apple phone lol
I agree, wouldn't trade my BlackJack for anyhting


kamm

join:2001-02-14
Brooklyn, NY
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I can only quote myself...

... from yesterday:

1. GPRS/EDGE only! Forget full HSDPA but there is'nt even a basic UMTS...
So much for the "innovative" Apple, the "company that pushes the envelope" as the everyday mantra (= Macfan idiocy) says. Seriously: what the fuck Apple was thinking when they have designed a GPRS/EDGE-only phone? Ridiculous.

2. No keyboard? Hell no, that's just downright hilarious when you have a phone with the size of a table tennis bat...

3. ... especially when it's not even VGA so imagine when you want to type AND use the browser/message handler/etc.... I HATE my on-screen micro-sized keyboard (you also need the frikkin' stylus) on my TyTN, I always use the slide-out if I need to type more than a word - pop-up on-screen keys are useless, period.

4. What kind of memory card will go in it? Hopefully not microSD - I have that and it's the most expensive type ever.

Design is very nice - though it seems to be even bigger than my TyTN, whoa -, 4GB or 8GB is also very impressive - though I just got a last year Sony Ericsson W950 2 weeks ago which has 4GB built-in - but hopefully that's not the only memory you have because it'd be sucks not to have any memory I/O option (it's great to dump your photos when you travel, for example.)

I think it's a very nice first phone but even if I could live without real qwerty keyboard - which I highly doubt, given my RDP sessions - I wouldn't buy anything in 2007 without megabit-capable internet support. No way.
See you in a year, with HSDPA, iPhone2.
Plus add it the lack of replaceable batteries and there you go - you got a very fancy phone, built on outdated feature set with severe shortcomings.

As it is it won't really fly for $500-600 outside of the usual Mactard crowd (they don't count, they would buy if Jobs would take an apple-shaped pile of shit and sell it for $5k.)


kamm

join:2001-02-14
Brooklyn, NY
·T-Mobile US

reply to ninjatutle
Re: WIFI

said by ninjatutle See Profile :

is also broadband
No, it's not.
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Michieru2
zzz zzz zzz
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join:2005-01-28
Miami, FL
reply to kamm
Re: I can only quote myself...

This is something I must agree with you.

UofMiamiGrad
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join:2001-02-03
Great Neck, NY

reply to Karl Bode
Re: What about the Linksys iPhone

said by Karl Bode See Profile :

Apple received approval from Linksys (Cisco) at the last second (this week) I believe....
Cisco filed a lawsuit in court over patent infringement by Apple on the use of Iphone, so no agreement exists. Article forthcoming on wsj.com!


kamm

join:2001-02-14
Brooklyn, NY
·T-Mobile US

reply to kamm
Re: I can only quote myself...

WIRED also agreed with me yesterday:

Tuesday, January 09, 2007
Top 5 Worst Things About The iPhone

At the risk of sounding churlish—we love the iPhone, we truly do, and will sacrifice our children to get our hands on one—not all is perfect behind the pearly white gates of heaven. Here are the top five worst things about the phone, media player, computer and news frenzy:

1) Cingular. They're North America's largest cellular network, so it makes sense for Apple to deal with them. But it would have been far better if Apple had taken on the carriers' chokehold on handset provisioning wholesale, and simply sold unlocked phones.

2) 8GB Flash drive. For many, it will be more than enough, but the iPhone won't kill the iPod until drive sizes start matching the needs of MP3-era music libraries. My fear is that Apple will stick to its guns and stick with Flash media as it grows to 16GB and beyond, but a second-gen iPhone with magnetic storage is an obvious upgrade path.

3) Built-in battery. Apple's bothersome tradition of non-user-servicable batteries continues. There's no reason to do this, frankly, aside from the kind of implied "we're aesthetic obsessives" claim that Apple still gets away with.

4) No 3G. Fast internet is the horse, 3G is one hind leg.

5) With all those features, a QWERTY keyboard stashed within (somehow) would be the perfect way to turn this little beast into Apple's answer to the UMPC: a cheap, fully-featured computing device in addition to a phone and music player. Even a clamshell...

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ninjatutle
Premium

join:2006-01-02
San Ramon, CA
HAHA

Just what Steve wanted. Everyone talking about his next product.

Why do people who don't care about Apple too much or their products talk about it so much for? Stop falling for it and move along.

Peace out suckers....

SD6

join:2005-03-26
reply to Karl Bode
Re: What about the Linksys iPhone

The lack of any mention of VoIP in the announcement and the Linksys/Cisco dispute are the most interesting parts of this story. Who will connect the dots first?
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