Mark Crispin <MRC@CAC.Washington.EDU> wrote:

> Well, duh! What did you expect? The iPhone is a high-end iPod that is
> also a phone and Internet access device. As such, it is first and
> foremost an iPod. Telephony and Internet are afterthoughts.

Mark Crispin, always the clueless wonder. The iPod is the afterthought,
the phone is a marvel, best in class of any smartphone. The internet is
the "primary" focus.

> > I still got one despite all this because I wanted the big screen with
> > Google Maps and a full(er) browser, but it was a compromise for me.
>
> It is not only not a particular good phone, it also is not a particularly
> good Internet access device. The screen resolution is too tiny.

Don't you realize with a flick of two fingers you can increase the size
of any page on the web? And these are REAL pages, not crappy "phone"
sized pages... but the REAL way you see it. Plus you much better
resolution on the iPhone compared to any other smartphone. Everything is
crisp and clear.

> The Nokia N800 or a UMPC (such as the Sony UX series) make much better
> Internet access devices. Nobody who has either a Nokia N800 or UMPC is
> particularly impressed with the iPhone's Internet capability. What's
> more, both are open platforms: Linux on the Nokia N800 (and you can
> develop your own applications for it) and Windows on a UMPC.

Only if you don't have a lot of demands. The N800 is like looking at a
decade old device compared to the iPhone. And linux on a phone will
never take off, it's just not a robust enough platform for such a small
device. The graphics alone make a linux based phone unusable.

> > The iPhone could be so much more than what it is.
>
> Of course, but it won't; Steve Jobs wants to make it as cheaply as
> possible and sell for as much as possible.

As of this moment the iPhone is the best built smart phone in the world,
best batter life, thinnest, best screen, etc, etc. And it's the cheapest!

The fat openmoko has a tiny screen, poor battery life, and is going to
be $450 with less than HALF the iPhone features.

> Apple is absolutely NOT interested in having open development for the
> iPhone. They made that abundantly clear.

Apple is more concerned with making a USABLE phone by millions, so that
means developers must step up to a higher level and not try and cheat
the user like Linux and Nokia love to do.

Mark, you are clearly out of touch with what is happening. The iPhone
will be the primary phone for the next 20 years or so, so LEARN to
develop for it... it's PURE UNIX under the hood, not amateurish Linux.

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