Author Topic: iPhone! (Read 1822 times)

Nilsen · « **Reply #45 on:** January 10, 2007, 09:19:31 AM »

There will hopefully be some sort of leather casing and white gloves

available for it. It will ruin the sleek design, but that doesnt bother me.

Gunthr · « **Reply #46 on:** January 10, 2007, 09:25:01 AM »

i don't like gadgets that combine so many things with small buttons and screens, although the technology is a wonder. I have a buddy who will definately buy one when it comes out... (he is one of those who walks around with one of those blue tooth things in his ear yakking away in the supermarket for example, like a lost pilot talking to ground control at the wrong airport - a lot of people make the mistake of thinking that he is talking to them), he is quite the gadgeteer. Most people who have to put on reading glasses (magnifiers) to manipulate the thing lose out on a lot of the convenience factor.

Saintaw · « **Reply #47 on:** January 10, 2007, 09:39:57 AM »

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Originally posted by Nilsen
There will hopefully be some sort of leather casing and white gloves available for it. It will ruin the sleek design, but that doesnt bother me.

straffo · « **Reply #48 on:** January 10, 2007, 09:56:26 AM »

That's so french Saw !
I guess I'm among the few who can understand this

(héhé ... encore raté

)

Saintaw · « **Reply #49 on:** January 10, 2007, 10:05:15 AM »

Chairboy · « **Reply #50 on:** January 10, 2007, 10:32:00 AM »

Gunthr: Regarding small buttons, apparently the phone doesn't have any. The display takes up the whole face, and it uses some sort of smart touchscreen. It'll support multiple simultaneous contacts (so you can hold down a shift button, for instance) and is supposed to have some real smarts for figuring out what you MEAN to type, to make up for the fact that there isn't tactile feedback.

I've had bad luck with on-screen touch keyboards before, so I'll be very curious about how well this works. I'd be more confident if they used that Ten something keyboard that fits a QWERTY keyboard into 10-12 onscreen buttons and can figure out 99% of the time what words you're typing based on context, and you don't really even have to aim at small buttons.

AKH · « **Reply #51 on:** January 10, 2007, 10:45:22 AM »

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Originally posted by Max
If you're referring to those annoying things you shove into your ears; you're correct. You can get great sound by using headphones, or porting an iPod to a standard stereo system or Bose radio/cd player.

Or he may be referring to the horrible lossy 128 bit constant rate MP3 encoding - eeeew

Eagler · « **Reply #52 on:** January 10, 2007, 10:50:19 AM »

just another noise maker ...

I guess one day in the future someone will create a device that provides the silence everyone is running away from today.

CptA · « **Reply #53 on:** January 10, 2007, 12:44:40 PM »

Hmmm...I wonder how long until the Trademark lawsuits start?

Cisco/Linksys has owned the name "iPhone" for it's internet-based phones since 1996, and another company has been using the "iPhone" Brand-name for an IP based phone service (iphone.com) for awhile now as well.

CptA

lasersailor184 · « **Reply #54 on:** January 10, 2007, 12:55:40 PM »

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Originally posted by Nilsen
The brilliant thing imo about the regular ipods is the user interface and they way they market the players. The rest of the player itself is pretty average.

This new iPhone is to me like a sportscar is to a driving fan.. Can be very usefull, but the big thing is the fun factor.

Yup, I have to give major credit to Apple Computers.

They didn't feel OK just settling with making substandard computers. So they branched into a different market and are making a killing.

AquaShrimp · « **Reply #55 on:** January 10, 2007, 01:18:19 PM »

I dont want my mp3 player, phone, camera, and laptop combined into one tiny device.

Why? Because none of them will be as good as having individual pieces of equipment to perform those functions.

Nilsen · « **Reply #56 on:** January 10, 2007, 01:51:15 PM »

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Originally posted by CptA
Hmmm...I wonder how long until the Trademark lawsuits start?

Cisco/Linksys has owned the name "iPhone" for it's internet-based phones since 1996, and another company has been using the "iPhone" Brand-name for an IP based phone service (iphone.com) for awhile now as well.

CptA

Apple is in the process of signing an license agreement with Cisco for the use of the iPhone name. Will prolly be signed this week.

There wont be any lawsuit over this one.

MrRiplEy[H] · « **Reply #57 on:** January 10, 2007, 02:18:25 PM »

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Originally posted by Skuzzy
Oh, for the record, I have a nice Garmin GPS for my car. It is very useful.

I am not opposed to technology when it serves to make things easier. I just do not see this device doing anything to make things easier.

Cell phones do not make my life easier, but it is a neccessary evil for my line of work.

I for one couldnt live without a cell phone anymore. Say you're stuck with a broken car 100 miles from the next phone booth.. Or you're commuting and forgot to tell your wife to bring pizza on her way home..

Cell phones bring convenience and most importantly security. You can call help whenever you need it.

Skuzzy · « **Reply #58 on:** January 10, 2007, 03:43:38 PM »

I turn off my cell phone when I am in the car.

And if my car breaks down, I just press the 'help' button and let it call for road side assistance. It even does that automatically if I am in an accident which required the air bags to deploy.

My Wife is always far ahead of me in what is needed at the house, so all I could do is insult her by calling her to remind her.

Like I said, a cell phone really does not do a thing for me, but I do have one. It is more for the benefot of others, rather than myself.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #59 on:** January 10, 2007, 03:51:06 PM »

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Originally posted by Skuzzy
I turn off my cell phone when I am in the car.

And if my car breaks down, I just press the 'help' button and let it call for road side assistance. It even does that automatically if I am in an accident which required the air bags to deploy.

My Wife is always far ahead of me in what is needed at the house, so all I could do is insult her by calling her to remind her.

Like I said, a cell phone really does not do a thing for me, but I do have one. It is more for the benefot of others, rather than myself.

Do you have one of the devices we see on TV that calls the EMT if you fall down too? Clapper installed yet?