Letters to the Editor
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iPhone later but excellent in UK!
The iPhone doesn't launch until September 26 in UK, but can be unlocked, even though it works with the excellent Virgin Mobile service, which I already use. And the price retails for only £189.99, and includes £5 worth of airtime, as well as a battery and charger. There is near-perfect digital coverage for mobile phones across all the cities, and most of the UK itself, as the infrastructure was started the same time as non-digital cell roll-outs in the US. I'm glad I moved!
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burnunit
I laughed my ASS off when I read your post.
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Hmmm
I'm no expert, but if this i-phone thing does half of what Mr. Jobs claims it does reaonably well, he just revolutionized technology for forever.
He also just single handedly reduced every major record label to dust. Imagine, you're lying in bed at 2 a.m. and your friend calls you up and says you have to hear to this song...He sends you a link to i-tunes where said artist has posted his song without the help of any record label and promoted themselves by touring on their on. Then, you the consumer buy the song right there from your bed and download it to your phone...just like that. And the only middle man is Apple.
This is pure genius.
And wait until Apple cuts deals with the television networks and you can watch any major sporting event or TV Show simply by attaching your "phone" to your TV or right there on your screen in real time...Mind blowing, mind blowing, mind blowing, mind blowing...Cable companies too, absolutely obsolete in one fell swoop
Do we realize how mind blowing this little device really could be? Many may not like him, but is Jobs our generation's greatest genius?
Time will tell. Let the debate begin.
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Farhad brings the funny once again
"The iPhone is so complex -- it's got an accelerometer in it to detect when you flip it sideways, it's got a proximity sensor to tell when it's near your face, it's got to understand myriad finger gestures -- that crashing, or at least slowing down, the way an overworked computer sometimes does, might be a real possibility."
Something going wrong *might* be a *possibility* - folks you can't find that sort of insight anywhere else.
I'm trying to figure out what this article is...analysis without any actual analysis or something like that...
There is a lot of interesting analysis that could be done here. MS has been trying to get into the living room as a media center for years and it hasn't worked at all, meanwhile in a short timespan Apple has made far more progress in that direction. There is also the fact that Apple is essentially now a consumer electronics company that also makes computers, rather than a computer company, something that has occurred equally quickly.
For years Apple tried to compete with MS on a playing field MS was comfortable on, the home PC, with virtually no progress. Finally Apple has realized that instead of beating MS at their own game a better strategy is to redefine the terms of the engagement.
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Wow.
I think I just got wood watching the demos of the thing.
http://www.apple.com/iphone/
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Calm down...
I'm surprised at the venom and bile being directed at Farhad in some of these letters. I thought it was a very fair assessment from a guy who's a self-professed iPod addict.
Yes, it's a very interesting device and yes, if it works as it's supposed to, it could be a nightmare for a few companies.
But Farhad is absolutely right to ask whether we'd be okay with our phones, iPods and handheld devices all crashing at the same time. In answer to someone who's asked the question - yes, I'd absolutely be much more upset if my iPod crashed than if my PC crashed. I'm used to the PC crashing - if my iPod crashes and imperils the three years of work that's gone into loading it, or deprives me of music during my 90 minute commute, you bet I'd be pissed off!
My Treo 650 crashes all the time and it's much more of a headache than my laptop crashing. My laptop's hard disk died last month but my backups saved me - my phone crashes every time someone sends me a SMS message and I don't even get to read the damn message after that!
So - unless this device is *bulletproof*, it will not live up to the hype. But, if it does live up to the hype - it will be a wonderful device indeed!
As for those who are sending in letters cursing the iPod and Steve Jobs' Reality Distortion Field - I don't think anyone's forcing you to buy it, are they?
Lastly, to the person who slammed Farhad for writing about it without using it, do you have a direct line to Steve or are you confident enough of getting someone to break Apple's Non Disclosure Agreements and lose their jobs for the sake of your getting a first-hand opinion? Otherwise, why don't you quiet down?
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This is the Lead Story Today? New Toy Gadgets Are More Important than Iraq.
Look, I use an iBook laptop and love Apple's products, but on the day the President of the United States is seeking an escalation of a disastrous war with an influx of 20,000 new troops, Salon chooses to lead with a story on Apple's new cell phone?
Come on!!!! Let's get our priorities straight.
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Yes
I'll buy it. I am waiting for Apple to redesign everything in my life, from cars to taxes, and make it better.
Til then, how about getting a tech writer to cover tech.
And, by the way, the Treo already costs $200-$400, with 2 year contract, for most of the carriers. The iPhone will be the gimme item in its class, not a stretch for those users.
So why the beef with Apple? You'd think vision and commitment to quality, not to mention an enormous r&d budget, is somehow un-patriotic, wants the terrorists to win or something. Sheesh.
No, it's nothing so exotic. These cranky writers are almost guaranteed to be MCSE certified Microsoft techs, terrified of a world where they are not necessary. Apple gives them fits.
You don't mess with a man's paycheck, I guess. Now that IS like the Republicans.