Phone envy... Not so much...
I wouldnt classify myself as a mac lover or hater... More of a mac neutral person.
I think the ipod is awesome. Hands down the best mp3 player avail for most users.
Their computers are good and have some advantages, but a big part of their popularity is because its such a trendy company.
The new product riding the wave of popularity is the much drooled over iphone...Touted as being a major innovation in cellular technology! Let me throw out my view.
Basic specs... A 'whopping' 2mp camera... Wow my phone is a few years old and has the same resolution.
Plays mp3s... Doesnt everyones phone now? And doesnt everyone already have like 10 ipods?
Can play videos. A bit more unique, but again my aging mobile also can do this.
Wifi. Something mine cant do, but many phones before its time could do this.
'html' browser. Many phones have this, but honestly with most sites optimized for you fancy 20 inch monitors the little screen is going to require a shit load of side and vertical scrolling. (Which is where opera mini rocks, but thats something totally diff)
Touch screen. Hmm... I guess its kind of new with the non stylus thing, but almost any smart phone has had this feature forever. Not to mention the screen is going to be a giant greasy mess from all the touching.
Runs mac os! Well since its the 'first' mac phone its def an innovation, but there are a load of phones running windown and palm os already so the os thing is a draw.
Plays itunes songs and videos. This is great, but so did apples first flop into the mobile world. And mac wont let any other devices run the security so tho my phone plays acc/mp4 (itunes format) i cant play secure ones downloaded.
All in all. Iphone will be a success cuz of the popularity of the company and will satisfy those who will think its the best thing ever (till they drop it once and it breaks). It will be a good phone that has some level of innovation, tho not ground breaking. However i do not think currently its worth the 500 subsidized via att price tag.
posted by Sko at 9:52 AM
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You are dead right about it not being groundbreaking. What apple does right is to take a bunch of existing features and package them well - their products never have any weird sticking out buttons or antennas that look like afterthoughts. Take just about any phone on the market and none have smooth surfaces. Same with any laptop. That is apple's trademark, and yup, people will buy it because the phone looks and feels like an iPod. They'll buy it for the coolness factor.
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