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- eurotransient, on 07/02/2008, -16/+86MMS, MMS, MMS, MMS!
- Alwaka, on 07/02/2008, -5/+52BCC field at last, but where the hell is copy and paste?
- mannymix03, on 07/02/2008, -13/+54I don't get why everyone wants MMS?
seriously who uses this besides my 12 year old sister? For work everyone I work with has a blackberry or at least a phone capable of receiving email - ColorBlind, on 07/02/2008, -7/+48Affordable Plan, Affordable Plan, Affordable Plan, Affordable Plan!
- superkendall, on 07/02/2008, -4/+26You underestimate the number of diggers desperate to receive photos from underage females.
- blamgiz, on 07/02/2008, -0/+18If this turns into the same anti crusade jobs had against the right click, its going to be a problem.
- Turbosc, on 07/02/2008, -0/+14July 11th really needs to hurry up and get here, and there better be an IM Client ready for me to download and use off the bat, because those data charges are ridiculous...
- frisbeeman, on 07/02/2008, -0/+13I agree, viewmymessage.com is absolutely awful, and I think asking people to send me pictures via email and pay ridiculous data charges if they don't have a data plan isn't too cool either.
- ColorBlind, on 07/02/2008, -0/+13the iphone is subsidized through AT&T....the ipod touch is just an apple product you buy straight from them without a contract.
- billbugger, on 07/02/2008, -0/+11it'd be nice to have mms messages auto-forward to your email account.
1. no MMS like apparently Jobs wants
2. no viewmymessage.com ***** portal. - tnoy, on 07/02/2008, -3/+12My sister and I are the only people out of the group of people I text back and forth with that have a PDA-like phone, everyone else has something like a RAZR or other cheap cellphone. We're also the only ones with a data plan. We're able to send pictures back and forth through email without a problem.
Everyone else, though, will just send an MMS with the picture they just took. I can view it just fine on my Tilt, but my sister cannot because its an iPhone.
Sure, MMS is ***** compared to what the iPhone can provide, but when 99% of the people you know just use their basic phone to send a basic camera phone picture over MMS, then it would be a very good feature to have. Works the other way around, she cant just send a quick camera phone image to anyone.
The MMS omission is just stupid. Its something a lot of people still use. - KSUdesigner, on 07/02/2008, -1/+10But there is light at the end of the tunnel, Jobs eventually caved and gave in to the right click. Took a while to get there, but eventually they got there.
- fribhey, on 07/02/2008, -1/+10the iphone at face value without a contract will be $599 for 8gb and $699 for the 16gb. how is that cheaper then the itouch?
- Radan, on 07/02/2008, -4/+12I'm against MMS for the same reason that I'm against Fax. This is an old technology which was all out stupid to begin with. MMS is practically gimped email which only exist because no one would accept paying 35 cent for sending a regular email. There're no technical reasons for not including email in every phone, but it will never happen if no one takes the first step and throws this utterly ridiculous so called feature out the window.
- plbland, on 07/02/2008, -0/+8I'm looking forward to not needing to jailbreak
- ColorBlind, on 07/02/2008, -0/+7They will probably just drop them down a series. Replace the 8GB with the 16GB and the 16GB with the 32GB.
- RobotBuddha, on 07/02/2008, -0/+7superkendall, I'll happily concede that copy and paste might not be useful to you if you'll concede that you don't know the various uses everyone else in the world puts their iphone to. I tend to write a fair amount of notes with it, and it would be very helpful to not have to constantly switch between the browser and text editor to get the information I want in a single location.
- StuartGibson, on 06/14/2009, -2/+8"You underestimate the number of diggers desperate to receive photos from your sister."
There, fixed it for you. - tnoy, on 07/02/2008, -5/+1199% of the people that I know.
- Taiyoryu, on 07/02/2008, -1/+7scrap SMS and MMS for the useless and over-priced technology that it is. Unlimited data + IM/email client makes it unnecessary. And not that I'm a Twitter user, I'm sure a native Twitter client on phones isn't that far off.
- BadBosco, on 07/02/2008, -1/+7we shouldnt be looking at this!!! LOOK AWAY
- lightningrod220, on 07/02/2008, -0/+5Actually, yes. Twitteriffic for iPhone will be available on launch day.
- HairyGrapeNuts, on 07/03/2008, -0/+5When people make up statistics, why is it always 99%?
- thetanman, on 07/02/2008, -0/+5I'm 25 and I use it a helluva lot, people younger than me use it more than I do. Maybe that's the threshold, I don't know, but I typically send and receive a few a day, more on the weekends.
- cdubd, on 07/03/2008, -0/+5Will we finally be able to create a playlist and name that playlist? I mean, the iphone and the ipod touch have little virtual keyboards, it seems like a no-brainer to be able to create and name playlists without having to do it in itunes. I got an ipod touch and I was surprised that I could only create an on-the-go playlist just like the old ipods (though it is still a bit more cool).
- RichMig, on 07/02/2008, -0/+5Cool calculator. Time to retire the old HP 41CX
- Kyle918, on 07/02/2008, -0/+5Well, i understand where you are coming from, but can't the same be said for SMS? The reasons why cell phones have MMS is for the very reason you just stated. However, MMS isn't limited to one stupid picture like the iPhones email is. Also, just like kenvsryu said, nearly every single cell phone has MMS if not all of them excluding the iPhone. Why would you not include a feature that everyones cell phone already has? The whole point of the iPhone IMO is to re-invent the cell phone. It has done that and is in so many ways, many steps forward, but at the same time, a few stupid steps backwards. Its not a huge deal to implement MMS and if its easy and will please who knows how many people, why wouldn't you do it??? Another reason why so many people want MMS on their iPhones is for a simple reason....their previous phone had it. If my previous phones have ALL had MMS and the iPhone is supposed to be a phone and then some, why is it missing features I had and liked that my old $40 phone had??
Also, I don't see how you would be 'against' MMS? I mean, if it doesn't bother you if the phone doesn't have it, why would it bother you if the phone does?
"KB" - keviniskool, on 07/02/2008, -0/+5Developers, Developers, Developers!
- DelMonte, on 07/03/2008, -0/+4This article and video is about the iPhone FIRMWARE 2.0. While it will be standard on the 3G iPhone and released at the same time, it will also be available on the original iPhone for free, and on the iPod touch (for $9.99).
In other words, Gizmodo is not calling the 3G iPhone "2.0", they're talking about the new firmware. - ricksite, on 07/02/2008, -1/+5It probably won't drop much if at all. It isn't subsidized like the iPhone. My fiancée got a touch recently. It is lacking quite a bit. I was surprised to find that it doesn't have a built in speaker. The speaker on the iPhone isn't great but it works. It would also be nice if it had a small camera. If they don't lower the price, it would be nice to see them include a couple more features.
- tnoy, on 07/02/2008, -0/+4The iPhone also costs you the monthly fee of the cellphone.
- sfacets, on 07/02/2008, -4/+8MMS is crap, and should only be used by Japanese schoolgirls.
- ColorBlind, on 07/02/2008, -3/+7yes...considering.
- PrometheusZero, on 07/03/2008, -0/+4"I activated the restrictions for Safari and I still could access several of my favorite porn sites"
$199US used well. - superkendall, on 07/02/2008, -5/+9OS X always supported two button mice. And laptops never shipped with them - because they are not needed.
The only crusade I see is from people who cannot understand why you don't really need cut & paste on an iPhone nearly as much as they think you do. - Protoss, on 07/03/2008, -0/+4Because everyone knows one guy who just HAS to be different, and in this case, doesn't use MMS.
- ColorBlind, on 07/02/2008, -0/+3seriously doubt it.
- IsSubmittedBy, on 07/03/2008, -1/+4Ahh! "Look for iPhone & iPod Remotes". I'm really looking forward to this feature!
- jdoo, on 07/02/2008, -0/+3I would really appreciate the ability to copy the contents of an email into a new calendar entry
- inactive, on 07/02/2008, -2/+5Copy and paste!
Not that hard - so probably is a Jobs thing! - AZRoboto, on 07/02/2008, -2/+5Well, yeah, but it's a year later now, and they proudly shout their 50% off iPhone 3G (regardless that it's cheapened by AT&T).
You'd think that they'd either up the storage or cut the price by now. It is weird seeing the phone, at face value, cheaper than its less-functional counterpart. - ryanhayn, on 07/03/2008, -0/+3I bet YOU'RE someone who failed English.
- colourclassic, on 07/03/2008, -1/+4COPY AND PASTE
- rdas7, on 07/02/2008, -6/+9what was the point of MMS? I mean, you're supposed to be able to program slideshows, with multiple images, audio, transitions, text, etc. but all anyone ever uses it for is sending a single image from their camera — possibly with a caption. Tell me how that's not simply superseded by email, twitter, or IM?
- mouthster, on 07/02/2008, -0/+3What the hell is that thing wearing the "diabeetus" shirt?
- tnoy, on 07/02/2008, -0/+3Compared to the way most telcoms have been charging people, $150/mo for unlimited everything is not a bad deal.
Though, Helio and Sprint for $99/mo, Tmobile is around $130/mo, Verizon is $150. Though, some may offer less features under the "unlimited" umbrella that AT&T is for the iPhone. (or the other way around) - NBOY39, on 07/02/2008, -1/+4The iPod Touch is the big good Apple is giving away with "Back with Mac" this year. In the past, Back to Mac has given away a product which would be phased out for something new in September or October or so. Look to see the 8GB Touch dropped and the 16GB will become the new $300 model, making a little more sense with these pricing plans.
- klipseracer, on 07/03/2008, -0/+3I'd like to use a japanese school girl.
- sammythemc, on 07/03/2008, -0/+3while i personally don't really use MMS features like picture messages (or even more rarely, video messages), it seems like everyone's little sister is pretty into them, huh?
why not let little sisters have fun too, or are cellphones only for geeks now? - theCreator79, on 07/02/2008, -2/+5$1,800 a year... uhh yes, I do consider that much!
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