@se1zure.. you'll note my comment about the optics. I'm perfectly aware that more megapixels doesn't equal better quality. There is a lower threshold below which quality/utility suffers, however, and 3 megapixels is not far off it.
"I'm sure you'll blame Apple for having a "dumbed down" version of these exchange features and using "brainwashing" advertising to get people to use Find my iPhone."Gee, somebody has a stick up their ass. You asked how you could get Exchange remote wiping without having access to a corporate Exchange server. I told you. 'Round these parts that would be considered helpful. I have no intention of blaming Apple for anything. I think it's great that Apple is bringing iPhone users more features. You're the one that seems to be on some kind of holy war to defend Apple.
Well have you ever heard of an iPod (this comes on every iPhone) I don't get the selling point of phone manufacturers these days with FM radio. Didn't we love digital music because it allowed us to store lots of songs on the go and rid ourselves of the annoying commercials that plague radio? Not to mention song repeats Ughhhh. I think digital music has helped us escape the time old cliche' of "that song is so played out"f**k analog radio.
VERY DISAPPOINTING!Here's the features we were ALL EXPECTING and apply just couldn't make it true due to their lack of engineering skills required:Decent GPS. stop TRICKING US in believing iphone has gps!5MP camera. Lots of cells got it.Better external sound. Geez look at Nokia's phone. I feel embarassed when I compete!Transfer files via bluetooth. Stop being greedy apple!More RAM memory. Jesus christ a 2gb stick for laptop is like 50 bucks!Even better CPU/GPU. When a new Mac comes out it's like 5x faster.. why iphone has to be only 2x?Where the hell is multitasking? This cripples the iphone TOTALLY. WAKE UP APPLE.No flash in camera.No radio.No tv.No replaceble battery.. the phone is a dying clock without it.No memory card support.No front camera for videochat!! wake up! apple was supposed to be about innovation, not catching up to other phones.and so on!:(
> Pre has MMS, 3 mega pixel camera alreadyBoth on iPhone 3GS so those are not advantages.> That alone put's it on par with the GSReally? Video (which the iPhone has) puts the Pre on equal footing with the iPhone? How is $199 for 16 GB storage vs. $199 (with rebate) for 8 GB storage "on par"?> You wouldn't believe how advantageous being> able to open up more then 1 window is when> your trying to make plans or registering for site's You can open multiple windows within Safari just fine.> Backgrounding and their app switcher The iPhone does background processing/multitasking where it matters. I've been using one for almost a year and not once have I encountered an issue where I couldn't do what I wanted because of the limited of background/app switcher functionality. The iPod and various other functionality will continue to work just fine while you're using other apps and most apps save their state and startup almost instantaneously, so it's a nonissue.> The keyboardThere are plenty of us out here (me included) who find on-screen kbs easier to use than the tiny little chicklet keyboard on some phones. That's a subjective thing entirely and not an advantage either way.> iPhone dictionary doesn't exactly handle company> names, legalese, mixed foreign wordsYes, it does, but I'm not going to type all the details here. Google it if you care to find out how.
I think one of the reasons people are undervaluing the 3GS so much is because Apple allowed the 3.0 OS to be installed on earlier iPhones. Apple have actually done a huge amount of work on this. The list really is extensive.
melat0ninJun 9, 2009
@se1zure.. you'll note my comment about the optics. I'm perfectly aware that more megapixels doesn't equal better quality. There is a lower threshold below which quality/utility suffers, however, and 3 megapixels is not far off it.
ethergnatJun 9, 2009
"I'm sure you'll blame Apple for having a "dumbed down" version of these exchange features and using "brainwashing" advertising to get people to use Find my iPhone."Gee, somebody has a stick up their ass. You asked how you could get Exchange remote wiping without having access to a corporate Exchange server. I told you. 'Round these parts that would be considered helpful. I have no intention of blaming Apple for anything. I think it's great that Apple is bringing iPhone users more features. You're the one that seems to be on some kind of holy war to defend Apple.
jamaphJun 10, 2009
Well have you ever heard of an iPod (this comes on every iPhone) I don't get the selling point of phone manufacturers these days with FM radio. Didn't we love digital music because it allowed us to store lots of songs on the go and rid ourselves of the annoying commercials that plague radio? Not to mention song repeats Ughhhh. I think digital music has helped us escape the time old cliche' of "that song is so played out"f**k analog radio.
gcnaddictJun 10, 2009
Snow Leopard is 32bit with 64bit extensions. It's a hackjob.Vista and 7 both are 64bit OSes with 32bit appcompat.
Closed AccountJun 10, 2009
VERY DISAPPOINTING!Here's the features we were ALL EXPECTING and apply just couldn't make it true due to their lack of engineering skills required:Decent GPS. stop TRICKING US in believing iphone has gps!5MP camera. Lots of cells got it.Better external sound. Geez look at Nokia's phone. I feel embarassed when I compete!Transfer files via bluetooth. Stop being greedy apple!More RAM memory. Jesus christ a 2gb stick for laptop is like 50 bucks!Even better CPU/GPU. When a new Mac comes out it's like 5x faster.. why iphone has to be only 2x?Where the hell is multitasking? This cripples the iphone TOTALLY. WAKE UP APPLE.No flash in camera.No radio.No tv.No replaceble battery.. the phone is a dying clock without it.No memory card support.No front camera for videochat!! wake up! apple was supposed to be about innovation, not catching up to other phones.and so on!:(
inkswampJun 11, 2009
> Pre has MMS, 3 mega pixel camera alreadyBoth on iPhone 3GS so those are not advantages.> That alone put's it on par with the GSReally? Video (which the iPhone has) puts the Pre on equal footing with the iPhone? How is $199 for 16 GB storage vs. $199 (with rebate) for 8 GB storage "on par"?> You wouldn't believe how advantageous being> able to open up more then 1 window is when> your trying to make plans or registering for site's You can open multiple windows within Safari just fine.> Backgrounding and their app switcher The iPhone does background processing/multitasking where it matters. I've been using one for almost a year and not once have I encountered an issue where I couldn't do what I wanted because of the limited of background/app switcher functionality. The iPod and various other functionality will continue to work just fine while you're using other apps and most apps save their state and startup almost instantaneously, so it's a nonissue.> The keyboardThere are plenty of us out here (me included) who find on-screen kbs easier to use than the tiny little chicklet keyboard on some phones. That's a subjective thing entirely and not an advantage either way.> iPhone dictionary doesn't exactly handle company> names, legalese, mixed foreign wordsYes, it does, but I'm not going to type all the details here. Google it if you care to find out how.
greenalienJun 18, 2009
@bubba it is also based on your tariff. basically how quickly you paid off the subsidy.
greenalienJun 18, 2009
I think one of the reasons people are undervaluing the 3GS so much is because Apple allowed the 3.0 OS to be installed on earlier iPhones. Apple have actually done a huge amount of work on this. The list really is extensive.
har08Jun 29, 2009
"one of the handy things about the iphone" is that there already was an app for a compass!!<a class="user" href="http://www.apple.com/iphone/gallery/ads/#itchy-large">http://www.apple.com/iphone/gallery/ads/#itchy-lar ...</a>