While I am almost entirely cured of iPhone lust (thanks to the hype)
even before I actually see/touch one, I'd say most of these reviewers
are missing the point. Just as they did when OSX first came out in
2000-ish (and lacked decent printing support, browser, windows
networking, etc) or the iPod. Look where OSX is today (esp. compared
with Vista) and you'll see that you need to get past such reviews
(caused by the rather low memory span of your average tech
journalist) to see where this is going.
1. iPhone designers get it: It's the software, stupid. The other
phone manufacturers don't. They are still stuck in H/W mode.
2. iPhone designers get it: Less is often more. The others a busy
pushing feature lists. But our sensory inputs are already over-loaded!
3. iPhone designers get it: It's the Internet, stupid. Tie the device
(a software device) to the Internet, and you can deliver enhancements
easily and regularly.
Call quality? Pah! Every kid knows how to do call quality in
software. Apple certainly does, as iChat demonstrates. They'll fix
it. 3G? Dead already. And so on. These features you speak of are too
easy to implement! They'll fix them in no time.
Lets talk about hard stuff: 7hrs video playback on a handheld device
with a colour screen. Find me another consumer device of the same
size/weight that does this (iPhone does), and I'll stop being
impressed. I could go on.
In short(!) what is gratifying is that somebody has had the guts
to walk into the room and tell everybody they not worth their
paychecks! Takes guts and real leadership to do that effectively. And
It's good for all present. Cue feverish R&D from Nokia/LG/Samsung/
Motorolla!
P.
On Aug 22, 2007, at 08:58, Ernest - (AfriNIC) wrote:
Sometimes I wonder whether techies from Apple could be
involved in this, I surely will promote the iPhone :)/
The i-phone is really a "fashion" thing.
most reviewers note the following cons:
- no 3G/HSDPA
- very poor call quality
- no stereo bluetooth
- no music management (apart from using a computer & sync)
- no FM radio
- integrated email client lacks many features.
- web browser not as stable as hyped (crashes a lot
apparently, but this can be fixed with an update)
there are far better phones for the same cost:
+ Nokia E90
+ Nokia E61i
+ Sony Ericsson P1i
+ Sony Ericsson W960
+ Samsung Blackjack
+ Motorola Q9
eb
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