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    • CommentAuthorAndy
    • CommentTimeJan 10th 2007
     
    From http://apcstart.com/4963/ten_things_to_love_about_the_new_iphone

    1. Smart Interaction. Finally no more lost or fiddly stylus action! Apple's Multi-Touch software makes the stylus redundant. I rate this near the top of the features to love.
    2. Smart design. Sure it looks nice. What Apple product doesn't? But the real triumph is Apple's commitment to a design philosophy that it not just about looks. Thin (11.6 mm), sparse and elegant, designed so that the software and hardware work perfectly together.
    3. Smart heart. The iPhone runs Mac OS X. It's hard to tell from the Keynote if it is a cut-down version or full-strength, but it promises the same intelligence, stability and elegance that I currently enjoy on my MacBook Pro.
    4. Smart sensors. With three built-in sensors, the iPhone knows more about what it is doing than I do. A proximity sensor, an accelerometer that automatically switches from landscape to portrait mode and back and ambient light sensors make this more self-aware device on the market
    5. Smart email. Rich HTML emails and true Blackberry-like "push" email make my Nokia E60 look like a dinosaur. This looks like a phone that it will be fun to email on, rather than a phone that you use to check your email is really, really have to.
    6. Smart browsing. I've enjoyed using Opera mobile on my Nokia, but the full-strength Safari included in the new iPhone just blows it out of the water. It does really look like "the Internet in your pocket" as Steve suggests.
    7. Smart headphones. Why are music phones less successful than the iPod? One of the key reasons has to be that you have to use the manufacturer’s special headphones, which you inevitably leave at home/work/in the other backpack. Phone manufacturers love the special headphones because replacements are a source of high-profit incremental revenue. Users usually hate them. Apple’s solution is special headphones that take advantage of the phone functionality but still fit into a standard headphone slot. Typical Apple elegance.
    8. Smart voicemail. Steve says, "Wouldn't it be great if you didn't have to listen to five [voicemails] to get to the sixth?" Oh, yes, it would. The new visual voicemail on the iPhone lets me choose which messages to listen to. No more waiting until the phone lets me hear the one I'm interested in.
    9. Smart speaker. I'm not sure what quality the built-in speaker in the iPhone will deliver, but I bet my freelancing income for the next six months that it is better than the speaker included in any other four mobile phones I've used before. Even if I leave my standard headphones at home, I'm not stuck anymore.
    10. Smart integration. In a perverse way I've grown to love the nightmare of syncing my phones and hand-helds with my Mac through third-party conduits and software. Everyone loves a challenge. The iPhone will bring all that to an end with seamless integration of contacts and all the info I need.


    I think the "Smart" or Random Access voicemail is one of the best, and will probably be one of the most overlooked, new technologies introduced by the iPhone. This obvious idea should have been carried out years ago. What's your anticipated favorite feature?
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      CommentAuthorHubkap
    • CommentTimeJan 11th 2007
     
    Best feature is OS X, hands down. The iPhone doesn't excite me today, it excites me to think what Apple will do with it tomorrow.

    But being Cingular only did break my heart. I had really hoped the rumors of the phone being carrier generic were true.
    • CommentAuthorAndy
    • CommentTimeJan 11th 2007
     
    I'm an OSX user myself, and I love it, and have a hard time imagining it running on a cell phone. This must be some kind of OSX "Lite" no? Like Windows CE?

    Anyway, I'm not sure what kind of contract Apple has written up with Cingular, but I'm sure we'll see the iPhone on other carriers... eventually.
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      CommentAuthorHubkap
    • CommentTimeJan 11th 2007
     
    Aye, the Kernal is pretty stripped. But a simple download will upgrade its features as much as Apple cares to; that's the neat part. They've already pretty much said that they've got a lot in mind as far as upgrading the phone's software in the future. And since it's more like a little computer, we hopefully won't see people stuck with old hardware. They'll just be able to update what they have.

    And I remember reading that 2009 is the earliest that we can expect the phone to open up to other carriers, as that's what the contract with Cingular states. Which puts it right at the end of all those 2-year agreements people will be signing in June.
    • CommentAuthorAndy
    • CommentTimeJan 11th 2007
     
    2009 huh? That sure is a downer. I was pretty excited to see the UI videos, but the more I hear about this iPhone, the more I suspect it's not going to be quite all it's cracked up to be.

    Do you know where you read that the kernel is stripped down? I'd be interested in hearing more about that. The only thing I found out about the processer is that it's made by Samsung, which makes me wonder if it's even an x86 at all. Know anything about the chip? And now I'm starting to hear that the iPhone won't be open to third party developers. That would really take a lot of excitement away from the device.
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      CommentAuthorHubkap
    • CommentTimeJan 11th 2007
     
    Sorry, I can't find where I read about the version of OS X in the phone. Not that I'm putting much faith into that yet... the model we saw isn't yet production, and nobody knows anything solid, just info that they may or may not be interpreting correctly. And who knows if it's x86. Could very well be PPC for all we know right now, or a third version of OS X.

    The phone will be neat, and the Wi Fi features put it close to replacing a lot of what folks turn their computers on for (to check mail quickly or check out the weather, for example). However, I'm not to excited about how much it would cost to use the phone on EDGE. I hope Cingular comes out with a better Data package suited for the iPhone.

    It'll be interesting to see what's inside the phone once somebody gets one and cracks it open... how much ram, how much (if any) of that 4 or 8 gigs is taken up by OS X, things like that.
    • CommentAuthorAndy
    • CommentTimeJan 11th 2007
     
    The Wifi is definitely a great feature, especially coupled with the awesome looking "Safari" browser. (I'm really more tempted to call it Safari Lite. It's always bugged me how Apple has used the same name for essentially different products, such as the standalone iSight camera and the significantly less capable iSight camera built into the new Macs.)
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      CommentAuthorHubkap
    • CommentTimeJan 11th 2007
     
    Marketing Marketing Marketing. The second biggest department at Apple after Legal. ;)
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      CommentAuthorHubkap
    • CommentTimeJan 13th 2007
     
    • CommentAuthorAndy
    • CommentTimeJan 13th 2007
     
    Oh man, Hubkap, good find. Now I'm bummed that I didn't just go with my intuition, do a little more research, and get Hellaphone slashdotted. That would have really kicked off these forums in style. 8)
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      CommentAuthorHubkap
    • CommentTimeJan 14th 2007
     
    Scratch that last link... OS News had an article later this evening that debunked that slashdot article. It is a Samsung CPU in the phone, but I guess there actually is a new Darwin build running on ARM. So it really is OS X, just not the same core that we run now.
    • CommentAuthorAndy
    • CommentTimeJan 14th 2007
     
    Yeah, I went on to read that in the comments. I still think it's misleading to say that the phone runs OSX, as if I'm going to be able to use Spotlight and Exposé on it.
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      CommentAuthorHubkap
    • CommentTimeJan 14th 2007
     
    Yeah, I went on to read that in the comments. I still think it's misleading to say that the phone runs OSX, as if I'm going to be able to use Spotlight and Exposé on it.


    Ahh, but you forget that OS X was around way before the current bells and whistles that make it the OS X we love today.

    Were you a Mac user back in the good old 10.0 beta days? That was called OS X, too. And I wouldn't hit a dog in the ass with it. Sadly, it doesn't have to be "good" to be called OS X. Being based on Darwin and having an Aqua interface is really all they need to brand it OS X, me thinks.
    • CommentAuthorAndy
    • CommentTimeJan 14th 2007
     
    I agree that OSX was once a terrible operating system, but I disagree that any new product based on Darwin should be marketed as "runs OSX". And I wouldn't even say that the iPhone even has much in common with Aqua. I mean, black?
    • CommentAuthorshark12er
    • CommentTimeJul 2nd 2007
     
    the iPhone looks amazing, and it probably feels amazing in the palm of your hand, too. It's sleek, curvy, shiny, and sexy,with on-screen icons and buttons that just ooze and drip class.

    http://www.iphone-converter.org/
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    • CommentTimeNov 4th 2008
     
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      CommentAuthorMike
    • CommentTimeNov 6th 2008 edited
     
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    the best thing about the iphone in my opinion is how it always continues to evolve because of all the new apps that continue to come out. as an iphone user the phone is much better than the day I purchased it. I can't say that about many items I have bought. I am extremely satisfied with the phone!

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