chicagotribune.com — If the device -- a melding of phone, Web browser and music and video player -- is a hit, analysts say it will cut into market share of major phonemakers, including Schaumburg-based Motorola.As if struggling cell phone-maker Motorola Inc. doesn't have enough to worry about: Here comes the iPhone, heir to the mighty iPod, brainchild of tech .
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locojonesJun 25, 2007
I'm so tired of this justification. Honestly, how f**king complicated is it to dial someone's number on the keypad and hit send? It's not. And because 99.9% of the cellphone users simply make phone calls, it strains credulity to say that using them is too complicated. Guess what? On your precious Iphone you'll have to dial a number too. And if you want to go to contacts, guess what, just like on every other phone, you have to hit a contacts button. People who can't figure out how to send a text message or surf the web on a traditional phone aren't going to fare any better with this because you can't change an interface that's as simple as going to a menu and clicking an icon. It's the same on all phones. And if using a traditional cellphone is sooooooooooooooooo hard, maybe you should just give up and get a Jitterbug.
locojonesJun 25, 2007
Too bad 16 year olds can't legally enter into binding contracts. Are you going to wait with them so you can co-sign their souls away to AT&T? And they may have the money for the phone, but will they be able to afford the 100+ dollar per month bill? And honestly, if people made market decisions based on what 16 year old boys thought was cool, we'd all be wearing shaggy, unkempt haircuts.
thijzerJun 25, 2007
Thousands of smart-phone users stand up and say "NO" to the iphone, "I do already have the ipod and my smart-phone can do more and better. This product will fail", they say. The iphone wasn't created to replace your precious toys, it was created for the parents, the modern women and the people who really don't care what you think, because they will still buy it.
bradleylandJun 25, 2007
Interesting. Personally, I can't stand browsing Digg on my Blackjack (same resolution and OS as the Q). I find that people who are fans of the WindowsMobile platform are generally apologists. I've been using Pocket PCs since I started with my iPaq 3800 series back in 2000 or so. I have yet to see a PPC or Windows mobile device render a standard web page in a manner sane enough to use for daily use. You can "get by", but let's be realistic. The iPhone is the first phone that looks like it might actually be usable for browsing the web. That's a good thing. Other phone manufacturers are bound to copy this in some way. I can't wait!When you get right down to it, WindowsMobile sucks. We get by on it, but it frequently lets me down. Most of the problems are just general inconsistency in performance and behavior. Sometimes things work as expected, but I spend an excessive amount of time _fiddling_ with my phone. That's just unacceptable in my mind. I don't spend this much time fighting my PC (running Windows XP SP2), so why should I accept this from my phone?Just to clarify any perceived bias, I won't be buying an iPhone. I use my phone as an internet connection when I'm on the go, and no 3G means no-buy for me. Also, the Blackjack supports Bluetooth PAN, which makes it extremely easy to connect to the internet using Bluetooth. So far, all indications lead me to believe that the iPhone will have no tethering capability.
mcnearcjJun 25, 2007
Yes please stop posting about electronics on digg please. It's really disrupting my life!
jsmith39Jun 25, 2007
Don't go ragging on the guy. He's right. Most iPod users do own PC's and don't buy into the Apple hype.Personally I have a PC desktop and an apple laptop, the desktop has more drive space and is an unmoving platform so I load up/charge my iPod there. When the iPhone comes down in price and the 3rd/4th revision is out MAYBE I'll switch over to AT&T but I'm not paying to get out of my verizon contract just to be one of the 'cool kids'.
jsmith39Jun 25, 2007
It's not even really the phones that are offered for sale, it's the service. Korea/Japan/Europe have some incredible phones and excellent high bandwidth features that are mostly not available here and the ones that are will cost you more a month than a decent car. It's bulls**t. The big carriers need to open up the pipes not charge me an extra 10 cents every time some buddy wants to send me a text saying pretty much nothing (and yes I have a 250 TXT message plan, but you'd be surprised how quickly 'Hey, what's up?" will eat through that).
bradleylandJun 26, 2007
Flickr set of Digg on WM5.<a class="user" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/97514955@N00/sets/72157600479933323/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/97514955@N00/sets/72157600479933323/</a>
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