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By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Video: Twenty smokin’ hot minutes with the iPhone

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 20:03:46 +0000

[...] Tammy Bruce says it’s not so much that she wants it as that she needs it. I feel about it the way I do about KP — a mix of admiration, longing, and self-loathing that it’s out of my price range. My many, many hints about it have fallen on deaf ears thus far, leading me to suspect that the only way this is going to happen is with a work stoppage. It’s risky, though: the last time someone pulled this on a staunch conservative, it didn’t work out so well. [...]

By: calirighty

calirighty — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:07:17 +0000

Sorry I can’t get the links to work.

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/mwsf07/

By: calirighty

calirighty — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:06:01 +0000

By: calirighty

calirighty — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:04:15 +0000

This is not new technology, other non-proprietary phones already have these functions. paulsur on June 5, 2007 at 10:02 AM

Absolutely false. I watched the keynote address that gave a full demonstration of this product. There is nothing on the market even close.

By: rightg33k

rightg33k — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:25:37 +0000

I waited 5 years to get an iPod… (partly cos I was a starving college student for four of those years *hehe*), I don’t know if I’d get one… Mind you, I like macs… but to drop a $500+ device because your clumsy fingers decided to be creative? I’d rather get something a tad easier to replace…

On the other hand, you know what would be awesome? If you could install Linux on the phone *hehe* (sorry, had to throw that in…)

By: nukemhill

nukemhill — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:55:21 +0000

It’s not the “what” that is important. Yes, almost every feature in the iPhone is available on other ‘smartphone’. It’s the how. Look at the commercials. Look at how easy it is to get from point A to point B. This is Apple’s strength. This is what will sell the iPhone. Ease-of-use.

This is one of the reasons I’m incredibly long on AAPL right now. Apple does it right, time and time again. They get interface better than anyone else. The only (and it’s a big only) thing that will keep Apple from selling a gazillion of these is if the economy tanks. Otherwise, fuggetaboutit. It’ll be like printing your own money.

By: heatherrc77

heatherrc77 — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:31:11 +0000

Ouch, a women co-worker once said when her husband “messed up”.

“That is major jewelry retribution.”

F15Mech on June 4, 2007 at 9:43 PM

Well, if he doesn’t get me the ring I have been wanting, for my b-day, then it better be the phone. It is quite a bit cheaper than the ring….. :) Either one and I would be a happy, happy girl.

By: paulsur

paulsur — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:02:35 +0000

This is not new technology, other non-proprietary phones already have these functions.

By: flipflopper

flipflopper — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 13:34:33 +0000

Love my Macs. But most fanatics know that you wait until the 2nd release of their products nowadays. However, I am happy to see that there are lots of eager beta-testers!

By: Right Tracker

Right Tracker — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 13:07:05 +0000

I’ve got no problem with the phone itself, I’m sure it’s very good. But the keyboard is a killer. As someone who has owned or tested virtually every smart phone since inception, I would bet almost anything that it’s going to be a major sticking point, b/c they always suck.

Everything else could be great, but data entry is king and digital keyboards are horrid at it.

By: James

James — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 11:34:15 +0000

So what, is this a phone that won’t talk with 90% of the other phones out there, but lets other people who bought the same phone feel all smug about themselves in their ‘tight-knit’ group?

By: mrfixit

mrfixit — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 10:57:38 +0000

Since my current cell phone is about 5 years out of date, I’ld be willing to accept donations of whatever cell yer dumping for the iphone…. =)

By: saint kansas

saint kansas — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 09:54:38 +0000

I’d recommend the Nintendo DS instead of the iPhone. It’s only $129, has killer games, wifi, and soon will run the Opera browser. And best of all, it’s not a phone. I hate the phone.

By: flipflop

flipflop — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 09:45:41 +0000

Making something exclusive to AT&T just sounds like a really stupid business move (for Apple, not for AT&T).

RightWinged on June 5, 2007 at 3:53 AM

IIRC, the Motorola RAZR was initially exclusive to AT&T (Cingular at the time) and is now available for all carriers.

It makes sense to introduce a new phone first in GSM because those networks are used world-wide, then roll out the CDMA version.

I’d expect the iPhone to be available for all carriers within 6 months to a year.

By: liquidflorian

liquidflorian — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 08:19:12 +0000

JeffB…..
but isn’t Apple going to cap the max number of audio tracks on it like their previous phone ventures to keep it from outselling the ipod? And won’t it have to interface with iTunes, the shittiest software ever coded(well at least sense they did quicktime)?

And you know the OQO mk1 had a shit-tone of processing power for being only a smidgen bigger then and iPhone; all that power also made the thing hot enough to cook with.

I call Shenanigans. Windows Mobile devices can do everything and more that the iPhone can do. The real difference is not in what these devices can do, but how they do it, and weather or not you buy into the personality cult that Apples’ Ad department sell……

By: RightWinged

RightWinged — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 07:53:38 +0000

You’re going to be eating crow on this one. The iPhone will be a big success.

JeffB. on June 5, 2007 at 1:59 AM

We shall see, but I’m sticking with my prediction. Although, I can see it selling quite a bit (at first, as I said), especially when considering how many college kids’ daddies will buy one for them. I can actually see a few million going out like that, but they are going to have to expand beyond AT&T. Not to mention, I can imagine you’d pay a chunk each month to get internet access on a dinky screen and I just don’t see that catching on, especially considering the small customer base (again AT&T). Making something exclusive to AT&T just sounds like a really stupid business move (for Apple, not for AT&T).

By: JeffB.

JeffB. — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 05:59:58 +0000

RightWinged. Right Tracker, etc.,

I have more than 7 years experience in the smart phone and cellular industry. And 20 years in the computer industry w/ a Computer Eng. degree. There’s nothing out there with the OS or processing power under the hood that the iPhone has. A multithreaded, multitasking OS opens up all kinds of doors, not to mention the big screen. Don’t knock the keyboard until you’ve tried it.

You’re going to be eating crow on this one. The iPhone will be a big success.

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 03:38:37 +0000

Don’t get the iPhone when you can get a Sony PSP for $169. You get internet access where there is wifi and connect to T-Mobile hotspots for free for the first six months (and then only $5 or $10 year after that, I think). Oh, and soon they will be adding VoIP!

By: Right Tracker

Right Tracker — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 02:41:34 +0000

two words: digital keyboard.
one more word: blows.
:o)

Seriously a digital only keyboard? I thought apple was “progressive”.

By: StuLongIsland

StuLongIsland — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 02:26:27 +0000

I hesitate about getting anything with the internet via the cell phone company. I think it is too expensive. If a device can work wifi, and get net access from free places like libraries, and some restaurants, then cool, I might be game.

By: mufsidoon

mufsidoon — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 01:50:08 +0000

I have never owned a cell phone (had a few from jobs) and this is the one that would make me jump into the game. Not only does it appear to have a browsing experience that doesn’t want to make me shove a stylus in my eye socket, it is a widescreen iPod and has a revolutionary interface. If it can do the three things well (phone, iPod, internet device) and eventually includes corporate controls ala RIM you can count me in. Way in.

By: F15Mech

F15Mech — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 01:43:45 +0000

Plus, my husband has a lot of making up to do for forgetting our Anniversary last year. I love blackmail!

heatherrc77 on June 4, 2007 at 7:40 PM

Ouch, a women co-worker once said when her husband “messed up”.

“That is major jewelry retribution.”

By: RightWinged

RightWinged — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 01:42:14 +0000

I just have to make a prediction: This will crash and burn. Too expensive, too many people already have devices that can do most of the same stuff, and aren’t restricted to Mac… and I believe this is only coming out on AT&T… if they wanted it to succeed they’d have needed either Sprint or Verizon (IMO). I used to be in to having the latest phone… only I’d always be pissed after dropping a few hundred dollars, that the phone would be out of date in 6 months and Verizon would be giving it away as the free phone. It’s just never worth the money when you can see the phone being half the price (or cheaper) in a matter of months… not to mention the idea of dropping $500-600 on something that could break so easily. I take really good care of my stuff, but I would say that the vast majority of people tend to break or at least beat up expensive phones within the first year they own them.

Anyway, I guess I just wanted to bash this thing and make a prediction that it will be a failure.

By: Darnell Clayton

Darnell Clayton — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 01:36:11 +0000

Must. Have. iPhone! Note: Watch all three commercials on YouTube over here. Exit question: I didn't know you could shave with it?

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Audio: Michelle talks amnesty and blogs with Hewitt guest host Dean Barnett

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 01:31:18 +0000

[...] With a few kind words tossed in for a certain someone who wants to believe he’s appreciated but probably won’t be able to without his very own iPhone. [...]