istartedsomething.com— Just a little fun 'comic strip' put together showcasing the differences between the iPhone and 'Smartphones.'
Feb 26, 2007View in Crawl 4
It's not necessarily about the features themselves, it's about how they're executed. Other MP3 players may have the same or even more features than an iPod, but the iPod remains the market leader. Time will tell if the same proves true for the iPhone. Comparing phones on a feature-by-feature basis is meaningless if the features are poorly implemented.
Yup, I do. It's come down, but when the iPod came out, it wasn't the same. You're talking about one of the first hard drive based MP3 players in a compact form factor. There were other MP3 players like the iPod, but they weren't significantly cheaper than it.That's the exact opposite of the iPhone. It's coming out in an environment where there are a flood of cheap, able Windows Smartphones that will have more functionality (on the simple fact that they all allow third party software). The iPhone is not the first flash-based MP3 player (which it is), it's not the first successful wi-fi/2.5G enabled Smartphone-esque device.And yes, avid texters will be doubtful of the lack of a keyboard. It's difficult to type on a keyboard that you can't feel the keys. Imagine if that keyboard in front of you was just a flat piece of plastic. You would have to continuously look at it and take your attention away from whatever you were looking at to hit the next letter. No matter how good Apple implements the on-screen keyboard, it's not going to have tactile feedback and touch typing will be impossible. You have no spacial reference as to where the keys are and what key your finger is on. That's just how it is. The lack of a keyboard is a detriment to anyone who regularly types on a handheld device. Period.
Funny story?.so i?ve been an apple user for 4 years and my dad won?t touch them?he got a new Blackjack?and I was trying to be supportive since they are pretty slick looking....but it?s windows mobile?.So i looked at it, played with the camera..took a pic of myself and then I attempted to do the typical task of assigning that pic to my number and it was impossible to figure out?i sat there infront of him trying to be positive about his new expensive ?smartphone? but neither him nor I for the life of us could figure out how to add it to my contact info?.he told me about 2 weeks later that he had figured it out?..the iPhone may not have the capability of interfacing with a database or connecting to multiple data networks (which was also a task to figure out on the blackjack?.they bury the connection wizard in some sub folder of the windows directory on the phone) but what sets the iphone apart is the simplicity and UI that will not only give phone/music/internet/ and more to the masses but it will also be easy to use and readily adoptable. Apple has always understood that it take not only great engineering (which windows does have) but great design and also a bit of psychology to create powerful and useful devices that doesn?t take forever to learn.
And that's why you see cheap or poorly built mp3 players with "hundreds of more features than the iPod" sitting in the bottom of desk draws....where as the iPod has a probable
zolkFeb 26, 2007
It's not necessarily about the features themselves, it's about how they're executed. Other MP3 players may have the same or even more features than an iPod, but the iPod remains the market leader. Time will tell if the same proves true for the iPhone. Comparing phones on a feature-by-feature basis is meaningless if the features are poorly implemented.
mattassinFeb 26, 2007
My Razr V3xx already supports push email from yahoo!
contradictatorFeb 27, 2007
Most stats are just made up on the spot anyway, 43% of all people know that already.
sleepwalkersFeb 27, 2007
Yup, I do. It's come down, but when the iPod came out, it wasn't the same. You're talking about one of the first hard drive based MP3 players in a compact form factor. There were other MP3 players like the iPod, but they weren't significantly cheaper than it.That's the exact opposite of the iPhone. It's coming out in an environment where there are a flood of cheap, able Windows Smartphones that will have more functionality (on the simple fact that they all allow third party software). The iPhone is not the first flash-based MP3 player (which it is), it's not the first successful wi-fi/2.5G enabled Smartphone-esque device.And yes, avid texters will be doubtful of the lack of a keyboard. It's difficult to type on a keyboard that you can't feel the keys. Imagine if that keyboard in front of you was just a flat piece of plastic. You would have to continuously look at it and take your attention away from whatever you were looking at to hit the next letter. No matter how good Apple implements the on-screen keyboard, it's not going to have tactile feedback and touch typing will be impossible. You have no spacial reference as to where the keys are and what key your finger is on. That's just how it is. The lack of a keyboard is a detriment to anyone who regularly types on a handheld device. Period.
mobilehavocFeb 27, 2007
iPhone = DOA.
buddhabelievesFeb 27, 2007
Funny story?.so i?ve been an apple user for 4 years and my dad won?t touch them?he got a new Blackjack?and I was trying to be supportive since they are pretty slick looking....but it?s windows mobile?.So i looked at it, played with the camera..took a pic of myself and then I attempted to do the typical task of assigning that pic to my number and it was impossible to figure out?i sat there infront of him trying to be positive about his new expensive ?smartphone? but neither him nor I for the life of us could figure out how to add it to my contact info?.he told me about 2 weeks later that he had figured it out?..the iPhone may not have the capability of interfacing with a database or connecting to multiple data networks (which was also a task to figure out on the blackjack?.they bury the connection wizard in some sub folder of the windows directory on the phone) but what sets the iphone apart is the simplicity and UI that will not only give phone/music/internet/ and more to the masses but it will also be easy to use and readily adoptable. Apple has always understood that it take not only great engineering (which windows does have) but great design and also a bit of psychology to create powerful and useful devices that doesn?t take forever to learn.
daniel591992Feb 28, 2007
oh shut up...
salgatMar 1, 2007
Your best off spending half an hour reading the damn manual. I'll take functionality over the lack of a required 30 minute time investment.
buddhabelievesMar 1, 2007
And that's why you see cheap or poorly built mp3 players with "hundreds of more features than the iPod" sitting in the bottom of desk draws....where as the iPod has a probable