oalvarez
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I dont think it has more functionality. As Jobs said: Its a phone, its an Ipod, its a great internet device. Thats all really.
Surur
isn't that ok?
I dont think it has more functionality. As Jobs said: Its a phone, its an Ipod, its a great internet device. Thats all really.
Surur
isn't that ok?
Precisely. Not the second coming. Not the "first ever" [fill in your favorite iPhone feature here]. It's just, well, ok.so it's ok.
First ever with cover flow?Precisely. Not the second coming. Not the "first ever" [fill in your favorite iPhone feature here]. It's just, well, ok.
Ah yes - the iPhone's defining feature. :cheers:First ever with cover flow?
All good stuff to note.
Well, we have:I agree with others that the iPhone is NOT a smartphone...it is in fact a very powerful feature-phone. Perhaps the most powerful Feature-PHone ever created with functionality even more powerful than most standard smartphones that have open platforms and 3rd party applications which the iPhone does not (silly web apps not-withstanding).
I agree with that. Video has been available on phones for 5+ years now, but it's typically been only the dedicated geek who's figured out a way to re-encode a movie to make that happen."If any company can overcome that barrier," he added, "it's Apple."
...I believe Sling Media actually primed the pump. A lot of less geeky people could take advantage of Sling on their mobile devices. Apple is now poised take it a little further with their already established iTunes video store and built-in desktop syncing. Sadly, they have to do it this way since streaming video over their phone will be too unreliable until they finally get a 3G version on the streets.The iPod "primed the pump for mobile video," Gartenberg said, and the iPhone "is going to legitimize the market for using the cell phone as a first-class media-centric device."
I agree with that. Video has been available on phones for 5+ years now, but it's typically been only the dedicated geek who's figured out a way to re-encode a movie to make that happen.
However...
...I believe Sling Media actually primed the pump. A lot of less geeky people could take advantage of Sling on their mobile devices. Apple is now poised take it a little further with their already established iTunes video store and built-in desktop syncing. Sadly, they have to do it this way since streaming video over their phone will be too unreliable until they finally get a 3G version on the streets.
Tivo by phone really is nice when you're trapped in some bureaucratic waiting room.
Although I'm not an Apple fan, I think this is a bit of an understatement. The iPhone has the potential to take video out of the backwater of geekdom to main stream status, just as the iPod jazzed the MP3 player market. It's Achilles heel is EDGE - it won't really succeed in expanding the market until it turns to 3G for ubiquitous data streaming.
...I wonder if Apple had a 3G iPhone ready, but had to hold it back because AT&T's network wasn't developed enough? What if it's waiting in the wings and can hit the streets when 3G coverage is consistent?!?!