Apple presents the 'Magical' iPhone

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 10 Jan 2007, 19:01

WOW check this out.

The iPhone (Ipod Nano + Mobile): http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/the-apple-iphone/

WOW impressive:

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 10 Jan 2007, 20:05

I saw it on the news (CNN)(!)... but I'm not really into 'apple' and that whole hype, and didnt think this was all that special. I'm sure the apple fanboys will all flock to the 'apple-stores' and buy this for the cheap cheap price of just 500-600 bucks (dollars) orso...

Anyway, it's not for me...

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 10 Jan 2007, 20:10

Me neither in the slightest but I do think it looks impressive. As products Ipods are solid but overall don't interest me.

Put it this way the iPhone looks to be in another league to other phones which can play MP3s, which are all very badly implemented.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 10 Jan 2007, 20:16

That looks pretty damned nice. I'll probably go for one of those once my Nokia 3510 finally conks out, or when the battery dies at least (which is likely to happen first considering the stuff my phone has survived).

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 11 Jan 2007, 00:14

LOL, this was on the news today. They talked of innovation and when they listed it abilities, I found that my old Samsung mobile could do the exact same things actually, lol.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 11 Jan 2007, 01:13

Ipods suck, the fucking things are married to DRM.

gojensen · Post by **gojensen** » 11 Jan 2007, 09:58

No the fucking things are not.

iTunesMusicStore is married to DRM, the iPods will play any open MP3 or AAC file you throw at it (it supports more formats I think...)

Anyways. This iPhone looks GREAT. The multitouch interactive screen is finally available in something useful. No more diddling with tiny buttons that "hang" - much like mouse gestures on decent browsers - your fingers now do all the talking.

And no, I'm not an Apple fanboy. I loathe any form of DRM or user content restriction, but I happen to like the iTunes application (even with all it's annoyances)...

Lourdes · Post by **Lourdes** » 11 Jan 2007, 16:32

Shame Cisco own the name iPhone and Apple are being sued.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 11 Jan 2007, 19:24

Lourdes wrote:Shame Cisco own the name iPhone and Apple are being sued.

I bet it will be settled out of court. Besides as Apple correctly say loads of VOIP companies are already using the iPhone name. They're not the first.

EvaUnit02 wrote:Ipods suck, the fucking things are married to DRM.

That's the same for other mp3 players too if you opt to use it.

I wouldn't buy one personally but to give them credit the players are very good (it's the software tie-in that really puts me off).

thelostdragon wrote:LOL, this was on the news today. They talked of innovation and when they listed it abilities, I found that my old Samsung mobile could do the exact same things actually, lol.

My MP3 Player can play MP3s but many say Ipods do it better. A feature list means squat. It's how it's implemented that matter!