oudeis on 12/1/2007 at 18:25
Quote Posted by David
oudeis, you're as bad as the fanboys and as bad as people who use the term 'Micro$haft'.
No, I'm not. I'm very much not.
Vigil on 12/1/2007 at 18:26
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial">denial</a>
cabellero on 14/1/2007 at 05:56
As David said, the transition between screens is extremely nice, but more importantly IMHO is the scrolling - very pretty, very functional.
I've never been an Apple fanboy - I was annoyed at all the fuss people were making over iPods (I'd had a 10gig mp3 player for years) until i actually used one and realised how nice it was to use.
Same goes for the iPhone - until I saw that youtube trailer, I figured I was better off with my current phone - the (
http://www.mobilegazette.com/t-mobile-mda-compact-iii-06x11x07.htm) MDA Compact. I'm surprised no ones mentioned the MDA series yet as these are the only phones that really rival the iPhone. Infact the MDA Compact has an extra feature - GPS - that means a lot to me. Memory is limited though, having to use 2gig micro SD cards.
iPhones touch screen is nice, but I've been using my fingernail instead of a stylus for years anyway so i don't think I'll see any change there.
As far as 'revolutionary internet browsing' goes, every MDA 've used I've been able to see webpages the way they're meant to be seen, albeit with a lot of scrolling.
I once had a P-800 for a year - a nice phone with an easy to use operating system, but they've never pulled off the design. The P-800 looked childish and bulky, and recent models looked ugly IMHO. The MDA's are nice, but the iPhone even nicer. Blackberries aren't worth mentioning.
In short, I'll end up with an iPhone, but not until they integrate GPS into it, and do something about that battery life. 5 hours talk? Pah. I've made my battery last up to 4 days before, and yesterday spent 4 hours using the GPS as well as watching video and it only just ran out tonight.
TBE on 14/1/2007 at 10:03
I've got an old skool Motorola i530 that rocks the house for phone calls. Has speaker phone, gps (ability), and simple net ability. People keep bugging me to get a new fancy phone with a camera and internet, etc. What's wrong with the very functional phone I've got? Nothing. I can place calls, drop it off a building, and it still works.
Here's a culture thing I've noticed about people under 30. That they sit there texting people for several minutes to tell them something simple. You're holding a phone in your hands for fucks sake! Call them for 30 seconds to say, "Okay, I'll pick you up on my way to the movies." I've noticed people who text constantly have poor interpersonal skills, and can't say what's on their mind if they were actually talking to the person. When I go to a classroom setting at my job, the instructors usually ask for people under 30 not to be texting during class. Yeah, I guess I'm not the only person who's noticed the trend.
Spitter on 14/1/2007 at 10:33
kids these days :tsktsk:
PigLick on 14/1/2007 at 11:59
haha its true I am over 30 and it takes me a fucking long time to compose a text message.
Uncia on 14/1/2007 at 15:43
Apparently, buying the people who first implemented multi-touch equals inventing it yourself. ¬¬
mrPither on 14/1/2007 at 21:20
If Apple reaches its target market share of 1%, both the iPhone haters and fanboys can be happy at the same time :p
What I hope from the iPhone, is for it shake and wake up the market a bit, to trigger some new inspiration to the competition, particularly in the User Interface design, and usability in general. It is not just the amount of features you can squeeze into the device, but how to make the most of them.
If iPhone turns out to be a success, then the competition will, to a certain degree, rethink what they are doing with their own designs.
Since we can't get it in Europe for a while now, I'll concede being just curious for the time being. Plus it's usually better to wait for the second revision of the product anyway.
doctorfrog on 15/1/2007 at 04:16
A quick, pithy description of the iPhone presentation, MacWorld, Jobs, and the surrounding media attention came out this week by (
http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/2007/01/12/01) On the Media (a fine radio program and free podcast).
