What is Digg?104 Comments
- friend18, on 10/12/2007, -28/+123Apple has a dedicated fanbase and userbase because of how great their products are. Not because its a brand name. You guys sound like gossiping girls who are jealous of a really pretty girl so you call her a slut.
- Lane5slacker, on 10/12/2007, -8/+48If you ask any photographer, a ***** camera is infinitely better then no camera.
Besides, it is, firstly, a Music player and phone. It's not suppose to be the worlds best camera. - kenvsryu, on 10/12/2007, -86/+121A 2mp camera phone is mediocre nowadays but ipod fans are used to that. It will sell as long as it's white.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+40don't lump all us mac users into the rabid apple fan camp. my xbox 360 doesn't like that.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+35Megapixels are hardly the only measure of camera quality. As long as you have "enough" resolution, other factors take precedence. a 10 megapixel cameraphone with the light sensitivity commonly found in most cameraphones is still going to be useless in low light situations. Let's wait and see, shall we?
- nightchrome, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18Not at all. I'm in Japan. I am constantly amazed at how far behind the rest of the world is with regards to cellphones.
- trghpy, on 10/12/2007, -3/+17Anyone know if it'll have GPS ?
- Miyazaki, on 10/12/2007, -13/+26Oh man, thanks for the information.
Could you link me to Apple's press release?
Oh...no?
Thought so. - DollaBill, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14If its got more than 10 gigs I'll buy one and I'm sure many others will as its one less object to be carrying around....
I've been waiting for a long time.. - PathDaemon, on 10/12/2007, -6/+19Stop making assumptions about the user base of an unannounced product on rumored specs.
That's just uncool. - nightchrome, on 10/12/2007, -7/+18My phone is over two years old and has a 3MP camera on it.
- Scottish, on 10/12/2007, -5/+162MP is above average for cameraphones these days. It'll be a little more common in early 2007, but still nothing to sneeze at.
- exobyte, on 10/12/2007, -5/+15no. The source for "more and more" is the last guy who reported it.
- Hindu_Wardrobe, on 10/12/2007, -6/+15How else are 13-year-old Myspacers going to take pictures of themselves?
- friend18, on 10/12/2007, -11/+20firemillen2 wrote:
*****. apple is a marketing machine. jobs takes existing technology, repackage it, and add the "cool" factor. their fanboys are nothing more than sheep who want to be "cool" and be part of the in crowd. it's like highschool...10 grade...when you come back from summer break and you see some guys who were previous geeks wearing trendy clothes and slick hair. all in an effort to be part of the cool crowd.
@@@@@@@@@@
Now you remind me of the Goth kids on South Park. It seems like your anti-apple for no real reason other than they are popular. I didn't buy my first Macintosh computer because it was cool. My friends dad let me use his and I was amazed at how great it was. Computing didn't have to be a hair pulling drag on Windows. OSX is a great operating system and the Ipod and Itunes are and were an extremely well made and thought out product. The Ipod wouldn't be the most popular Mp3 player in the world if it were utter *****. - g0dzuki, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11iPods aren't white anymore.
- omaryak, on 10/12/2007, -5/+122 megapixels is mediocre? On a mobile phone? What mobile phone store are you browsing? All I see is VGA and 1.3 MP. I was going to complain that this story was another unsubstantiated rumor, but I think it's worse to start hating on the product before it's even released.
- sshuit, on 10/12/2007, -7/+14Make no mistake this is a "killer app" as far as I'm concerned. I can't go anywhere without my cell phone and my ipod. Now I can just carry one thing instead of two. Add in the ability to buy songs from itunes via WiFi and you've got some real synergies happening.
Besides, what self respecting nerd doesn't want to buy a new cell phone and or ipod every 2 years or so ? - bbardlbradd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7I have a Blackberry Pearl (NOT CHEAP) and it has a 1.3Mp... but if you had a 10mp camera w/ the same quality at the 1:1 ratio it's still going to be a ***** camera.
No matter, it's main function is to be a phone. If you want a good picture, buy something called a "Camera". It's a tool used for the same thing, only, it's only function is to take pictures, so it does it better. - Ireland, on 10/12/2007, -4/+11"A 2mp camera phone is mediocre nowadays but ipod fans are used to that. It will sell as long as it's white.
Bill Gates is white, and he gets dugg down the whole time? - corduroy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7I don't think it'll matter. A lot of people still clamour the RAZR and that only has a VGA camera. Currently here in the states, a 1.3 megapixel camera is the incoming average and 2 megapixels are the higher end models.
However, how will this compare with SE k790/K800 and the Nokia N73. Both have good mp3 playing capabilities, offer 3.2 megapixel cameras and I believe retail for 499$/599$ (you can order them through their respective websites). Memory can be upgraded (i think they have micro-sd slots), however, the camera can't. - bbardlbradd, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7 I see 2Mp cameras in phones now, I think I watched a review of a new sony phone on C|net w/ one a few days ago. It's the next step and by the time the iPhone comes out it will be the norm. That is of course if camera phones don't develope any faster than they did this year.
@firemillen2
I agree with friend18. If Apple didn't come out with good products they wouldn't be doing as well as they are right now. Yeah, they do use older tech in new products and brag about it, but the fact is, it's b/c they put the tech to better use. Oh well.
If you haven't realized, Apple comes up with more innovative ways to use current technology than any other company around, especially in the way of computers. They are a hardware company with their own OS that is far more advanced than a software company has came up with. Tell me that's been done by anyone, better. Then they take a step in another direction, and that's music. They've got a far larger media library than anyone else, and again, they are a hardware company. They have the best working machines with the best os and they also figured out how to make them look good too... All done by one company... and you're over here trolling on them. - coheedcollapse, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5A cameraphone could be 20MP, until they get a real lens in those somehow, they'll always be crap.
- flamingmb, on 10/12/2007, -4/+9you want an award or something?
- Rice, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Killer app doesn't have to mean straight-up "computer application". An application for something is a use. Purpose, even.
- JimXugle, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8It could integrate with Leopard!!
"Turn right in 500 meters. ROAR!" - joel8x, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6I wouldn't say the cellphones are way ahead in Japan - they are all made by the same companies anyway - its the carriers in the USA that have to figure out how to nickel and dime us before any tech is introduced here.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6My Sony W810i already had a 2mp camera..and takes great shots
- SinkToTheBeat, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." - Einstein
- jonknee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Very unlikely. It will be a GSM phone if the reports are right (so you can put in your SIM card--otherwise they would have to contract with Sprint or Verizon which is just not going to happen right away). GSM phones typically don't have a GPS, it's a very rare feature. All new CDMA phones in the US do, that's why you see the navigation services being offered by CDMA carriers. The reason being is how each group decided to be E911 compliant. GSM phones use a network based technology to pinpoint location for E911, it's essentially triangulation.
- Shayer, on 10/12/2007, -65/+68you're gonna get dugg down, along with me, but thanks for pointing out the truth.
- tuxerware, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I've had a sony ericsson K750 for a year now, it has a 2Mpixel camera. And i would say that 2Mpixels could be more than enough, it's the lens that matters. The lens on this phone is decent but no more.
- TWhid, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6If Apple does do this, it won't be an iPhone, it will be the nth generation iPod -- adding phone capabilities. Just like the 'video' iPod wasn't a separate product but simply an update of the iPod.
I can see it now: Jobs is showing off the new iPod at Macworld and suddenly... it rings. Everybody goes nuts.
Mark my words :) - sibhod, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4except that adding video/photo capability changed nothing to the design of the ipod, and very little to the functionality for those just wanting to use a straight audio player. adding a cell phone into the next gen of ipods will drastically change the look, functionality, and price of a pure ipod.
- corduroy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3haha, oops. i am aware it's not a word. irregardlessly, i'm working on it
;) - joel8x, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3They make phones without a camera in it? Get a better job!
- Juano11, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3My Ericsson W810 already plays MP3s and has a 2MP camera....and it's a year old.
- blake213, on 10/12/2007, -9/+11Am I the only one who thinks a cell phone should be for making phone calls, a digital camera for taking pictures, and an mp3 player for playing music? Why combine it all?
- yujie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2How does it compare to the Nokia N95 or Sharp 910SH?
- NewChar, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5Hmm yes, the Sony Walkman phone doesn't quite stack up to the rumored, non-existent Apple phone.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3new Apple product, must buy, will stand in line, will blog about endlessly, must buy.
- bbardlbradd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2+1
I think you're wrong about over styled tho. Apple understands modern/contemporary styling. Nothing is there that doesn't serve a function. It's never "over styled".
Not too over priced, because the quality is good, but they are under featured. What I mean is, though the technology of radio integration in MP3 players is becoming more and more common Apple hasn't came out with a model that takes advantage of this from the box. I think it's because they can't sell radio in the iTunes Store, haha.
Then I was going to say that the U2 thing was right on, but I think they are seeing that the aids red ones are far more popular... b/c it's not U2... - Terc, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Spin rumor mill, spin!
- ilgaz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I would compare but they would digg me down so bad that Digg guys would contact FBI :)
3 words: Nokia, Symbian, expertise - joel8x, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1If anything it will be the iPod phone instead of the iPhone, but I agree, the iPod was given its ambiguous name so that it would not be locked down to any one function. Pretty smart marketing move.
- corduroy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2i was mistaken, the se phones use memory stick micro.
no offense or anything, but has their been any documentation stating 10 gigs yet? I've seen it mentioned here on digg but the normal apple rumor sites make no mention of it.
irregardless, i personally would rather have a 3.2 megapixel phone with lower memory now that's upgradable than having a 2.0 megapixel phone with a set amount of memory (however, it can always have an extra slot, but that 2.0 megapixel is permanent). it all amounts to preference. i hope it succeeds because of good hardware (rather than advertising), that way it can push other manufacturers to improve their own offerings. - aristotle0dude, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I don't want a camera in a phone. I just want a phone that works damn it. Bluetooth would be essential. I also agree that 2MP is mediocre.
- wetdirtmud, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I currently own a Sony Ericsson W810i cell phone / mp3 player / 2 MP Camera, and I personally couldn't love it any more. I've got usb capabilities to get any kind of music I want, a 1gb card to hold approx. 10 full length cd's, and so many skins/themes, games, and anything customizable. On top of it all, it only cost me $99 from Cingular... the iPhone might be behind its time already.
- RawkBob, on 02/13/2009, -3/+4I'd get one, the only contender to an iPhone is sony's walkman phones and the software on them is limited.
Apple will hopefully make a decent OS for their phone, that's what I look for in a phone. the camera/mp3 player are added bonuses! I still have an iPod to take my music collection with me, but use my SE Walkman phone when I can't be bothered to carry both around (e.g., I'm only going out for half an hour and not a few hours in the car/train/bus).
I'm looking forward to seeing apples entry into the phone market. -
Show 51 - 100 of 106 discussions
© Digg Inc. 2009
— Content created and posted by Digg users is