But will you buy the zune phone when it comes out the first week?
Good article, Jeff!
I-phone mania intrigues hipster “gotta have it” types.
This device has, wait for second gen, written all over it!
The price will drop; battery will be user replaceable, and maybe even 3G.
I-pod was never my first choice for tunes; no FM, or voice record.
Remember, Creative sued Apple and won over 200 million for copyright infringement of their interface.
Well I just watched that guide video and i dunno, looks pretty amazing to me. I’m used to WM 5 / Blackberrys / Symbian phones and the iPhone OS just looks so much more improved in every way.
The iPhone certainly is slick but I would hate to use the edge network to browse the web.
What suprises me that in a fourum full of coders there is no mention of the Neo1973. Complete open source phone.
Hardware
120.7 x 62 x 18.5 (mm)
2.8" VGA (480x640) TFT Screen
Samsung s3c2410 SoC
Global Locate AGPS chip
Ti GPRS (2.5G not EDGE)
Unpowered USB 1.1
Touchscreen
micro-sd slot
2.5mm audio jack
2 buttons
1200 mAh battery (charged over USB)
128 MB SDRAM
64 MB NAND Flash
Bluetooth 2.0
Now I’m not a programmer but it seems to me that many programmers would rather create there own super slick apps than wait for the guys at apple to figure it out.
While the neo1973 does not yet support 3G (2.5G only) FIC seems to be pretty good at listening to input from the current develepers as to what needs to be included in the hardware.
Personally i’d rather wait for this phone to come out. And for only $399 bucks seems like a better deal to me.
oh yeah.
website is www.openmoko.com
You don’t know what you are missing. I have one- have had it since the first night it became available. Don’t want to put it down.
It’s ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. The pre-hype doesn’t do it justice. I may sleep with it tonight. It’s that beautiful and I’m a woman.
Pete - I’m fairly sure developers well be able to create apps for the iPhone easily too.
Well, I think everyone can make an educated guess when 3G will appear on the iPhone. If you take a look at this list [1], you’ll see that large parts of Europe have moved on from EDGE, are in the process of phasing it out, or never even had it. iPhone Europe will need to move on already, which should happen about 6 months from now.
Much as I like to use Macintoshes, I try to avoid all Apple (or otherwise) 1.0 products.
Maarten
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced_Data_Rates_for_GSM_Evolution#Europe_and_CIS
You people who like mobile phones are freaks. There’s nothing worse than being continuous connected to gibberish. I don’t mean to sound like a troll but this has to be said. This mobile addiction is just not funny.
I once had a mobile phone but it mysteriously broke after my boss called me on the weekend to talk to me about some interface suggestions. Now that I’m mobile-free I can really appreciate that when I step up and away from the computer that I’m actually free from being continuous on demand and can let my mind drop down to its normal, sleepy speed.
I guess I’m just a grumpy, 40 year old programmer who is just showing that he can’t keep up with the latest changes in technology. But dang-nabbit I don’t get this addiction to mobiles. Don’t you people sleep? Don’t you people have a break from all that stuff that assails your senses via the internet?
Where’s the peace and quiet that you need in order to reflect on yourself? Or do you just go to WikiPedia to search for yourself?
It is not hype. The iphone is a leap forward in handheld technology. The touch screen is a real touch screen (unlike wm devices). The iphone touch screen senses finger touches only (I am assuming by heat). You could not use a stylus, fingernail, or anything else if you wanted. The keyboard is some interesting tech too. I don’t understand it all, but you can see an explanation of the programming at Apple.com. There is programming behind it, it is not a dumb keyboard.
The user experience is radically different from wm devices. Again, this is not just a phone with an Apple OS slapped on it. It is difficult to explain.It is a paradigm shift. I have had probably a dozen PDAs over my lifetime; some with keyboards, some pda/phone hybrids, this thing beats them all. I did not really get it until I began using it. All the hype and ads do not really do it justice.
It is all about the algorithms baby…
The EDGE is a little pokey (for a DSL user) but sufficient for what it does (in my area).
Signed,
former windows mobile user
PS - I am not a apple fanboy, I am someone on a search for a great mobile experience. The iphone provides the best one so far… (for a full mobile desktop experience, I recommend the OQO model 02).
I may sleep with it tonight. It’s that beautiful and I’m a woman.
Ah. You found the vibrate feature then?
right on sir, good call
Does it have GPS
Andrew,
Shortly after I got my first mobile phone, I discovered that it had an off button. Makes it very easy to stop being available to the rest of the world.
Hi Jeff. Yes the off button is there and it’s so damn easy to turn back on to make its existance worthless.
I don’t know about you but I’m a weak person. When I sit in front of a computer the temptation to look about the web and do some emails kicks in, and I find the hours disappearing in what can only be labeled as trivial stuff. I cannot control this addiction other than by standing up and being physically too far from the computer to do anything with it.
Maybe you have great restraint. Maybe you can sit down in a sunny place and resist the temptation of checking your messages or searching wikipedia. Maybe you can avoid playing some games or just explore the features of your mobile. You have better strength than I and I tip my hat to you.
The only way I can control overpower temptation to fiddle is by banning. If the object is not there then it can’t be used. Banning is the only way I can have a rest.
“Your overuse of bold text is highly annoying.”
Dude, what a petty, irrelative post!
Get over yourself!
" I may sleep with it tonight. It’s that beautiful and I’m a woman.
Ah. You found the vibrate feature then?"
ROTFLMAO!!! (Sorry, had to comment!)
Hey Steve Jobs!
As long as you’re putting iPhone’s in the mail, can you send one my way as well? I’m disabled and the measly monthly check I get from our government isn’t enough to even afford an iPhone… After I pay rent and bills, if I save the money I have left for the month, I’d be able to afford an iPhone in about 7 years!!!
Well as data speeds do, I’m still on GPRS on my Blackberry curve, and I have to say I don’t get what all the fuss is about.
Emails come in fast and furious and browsing works very well. I guess it depends a bit on your browsing needs also. I tend to read a lot of text heavy blogs. Guess it won’t do for people who go to content heavy sites.
But I do agree that once you get used to mobile browsing there is no going back. I find myself still getting amazed at how this little device let’s me patch into unlimited information from virtually any place instantly. That’s truly freedom.
The other day I was in the paris underground trying to recall the name of a monument I wanted to visit. My instant reaction was to google it - and I did, even though I was on roaming.
I find myself looking up reviews of articles as I walk thru shops, or looking up prices on Amazon before buying stuff in brick and mortar shops.
If the iPhone makes this type of behaviour more pervasive among non-geeks - as it inevitably will - it will have done its job of expanding this space and leading fresh innovation on the mobile web front.
You’re preaching to the choir here. I bought my first mac in August of 1994, it seemed like every other month a better macine was being introduced. It’s like my mom used to tell me about men, “They’re like streetcats. Wait ten minutes and a better one will come along.”
Hey, I still don’t even own an iPOD, but perhaps, this Christmas…