iPhone questions

Bennah · 9 Nov 2007 at 18:29

Far to expensive for starters.

Typical 'following a certain trend' gadget.

Christo · 9 Nov 2007 at 20:09

Walked into the apple store at 6:30, anyone who walked into the shop got applauded - gaaaay! they were trying to create an atmosphere - but where was it! Virtually no queuing, iphone available on ebay, iphone already released for 6 months in the US and better phones are on the market.

Ol!ver · 9 Nov 2007 at 20:17

Chrisp7 said:
Walked into the apple store at 6:30, anyone who walked into the shop got applauded - gaaaay! they were trying to create an atmosphere - but where was it! Virtually no queuing, iphone available on ebay, iphone already released for 6 months in the US and better phones are on the market.

Well aren't we a little ray of sunshine?!

Christo · 9 Nov 2007 at 20:22

Ol!ver said:
Well aren't we a little ray of sunshine?!

Well someone has to burst the smug apple bubble!

Ol!ver · 9 Nov 2007 at 20:25

Chrisp7 said:
Well someone has to burst the smug apple bubble!

I'm posting this on my touch and trying to decide whether to chop it in for an iphone when it's jailbroken.

Caged · 9 Nov 2007 at 20:38

WotDa said:

Why have they put the IMAP button on there twice?

Christo · 9 Nov 2007 at 20:46

Ol!ver said:
I'm posting this on my touch and trying to decide whether to chop it in for an iphone when it's jailbroken.

If only the touch had bluetooth, it would be one of the best gadgets ever.

csmager · 9 Nov 2007 at 20:48

Chrisp7 said:
If only the touch had bluetooth, it would be one of the best gadgets ever.

Chance'd be a fine thing. Even the iPhone barely has bluetooth - the only thing you can do is attach a headset. No sending files, no receiving files, no use as a modem. Just woeful, really.

Saltank · 9 Nov 2007 at 21:53

Can't say I wasn't expecting it to not be crazy.

I went to the Brent Cross store in London and people started counting down at 10 seconds and went 2 seconds too fast so they cheated!

A line of up maybe almost 100 people got cleared up really fast, there was a carphone warehouse two steps away, and an o2store and another CWH really close by and they were almost empty, but had a few people.

Raymond Lin · 9 Nov 2007 at 22:07

csmager said:
Chance'd be a fine thing. Even the iPhone barely has bluetooth - the only thing you can do is attach a headset. No sending files, no receiving files, no use as a modem. Just woeful, really.

That makes it totally useless to me, i use my n95 and my old k750 to access the net with my laptop all the time. These days without bluetooth is just totally unacceptable.

Saltank · 9 Nov 2007 at 22:34

I am sure they'll eventually open it up..slowly... like feeding candy to a baby.

McBain · 9 Nov 2007 at 22:58

Got one sat in front of me, first impressions :

1) Too heavy

2) Too big

3) Camera is pants

4) Screen gets real messy, real quick

Not a fan to be honest. N95 > *

ps3ud0 · 9 Nov 2007 at 23:10

Saltank said:
I am sure they'll eventually open it up..slowly... like feeding sour candy to a baby.

Fixed...

Just like they have the ipod?!?

. Apples track record shows that if they can charge for something or bring out a new generation where a firmware update is all thats needed they will - the iphone isnt going to be a different proposition...

ps3ud0 :cool:

Christo · 9 Nov 2007 at 23:19

ps3ud0 said:
Fixed...

Just like they have the ipod?!? . Apples track record shows that if they can charge for something or bring out a new generation where a firmware update is all thats needed they will - the iphone isnt going to be a different proposition...

ps3ud0

The SDK will be officially released in Feb - ie it will be opened up (or far more open than now).

Bennah · 10 Nov 2007 at 10:21

Its going to be funny when I see the first person around with one. Boasting about it.

Then I kindly tell them why the phone is pretty much useless as a phone.

N95 8GB is a much better alternative.

Ol!ver · 10 Nov 2007 at 10:28

Bennah said:
Its going to be funny when I see the first person around with one. Boasting about it.

Then I kindly tell them why the phone is pretty much useless as a phone.

N95 8GB is a much better alternative.

I think people are getting a bit carried away when saying it's useless as a phone. It's almost becoming fashionable to NOT like it.

Wicksta · 10 Nov 2007 at 11:22

Ol!ver said:
I think people are getting a bit carried away when saying it's useless as a phone. It's almost becoming fashionable to NOT like it.

Exactly. I've got an N95 and an iPhone, both are great devices but for different reasons. Web/email is far better on the iPhone, but the N95's camera is 10000 times better.

sid · 10 Nov 2007 at 11:33

Wicksta said:
Exactly. I've got an N95 and an iPhone, both are great devices but for different reasons. Web/email is far better on the iPhone, but the N95's camera is 10000 times better.

But heres the thing

If you were even remote serious about email on the move and internet, then you probably wouldn't have the iphone as its not the best at that by a long long way.

sid

Saltank · 10 Nov 2007 at 11:44

EDGE is slow, but the phone is such a pleasure to use, I don't think anything I've used can compare to it.

ps3ud0 · 10 Nov 2007 at 20:38

Ol!ver said:
I think people are getting a bit carried away when saying it's useless as a phone. It's almost becoming fashionable to NOT like it.

Oh please - dont use that excuse...

The iphone just doesnt cater for the European market, Apple havent considered it or even equated to give us a product suitable for our needs. The things that it doesnt do arent superfluous extras but something thats been a standard to expect as a minimum for at least the last 3 years...

Why do people feel they have to defend a product thats pretty much incomplete and forces you to change the way you work. If I buy a product I expect it to fit into my life and how I want to use it not the other way around...

Ive made my thoughts clear by not buying it - I just hope the people that have bought it have the gumption enough to start voicing their opinions as a valued Apple customer if they arent completely happy, in an endeavour to improve their purchase...

ps3ud0 :cool: