Oxford wrote:
> Jack Hamilton <jfh@acm.org> wrote:
>
>>> iPhone is the invention of the YEAR - TIME Magazine
>>>
>>> This goes without question of course, nothing so remarkable has ever
>>> been introduced to the phone market probably since the rotary dial or
>>> original phone back in 1876.
>> More remarkable that the idea of cell phones? Or transistors, or
>> direct dial? I don't think so. The iPhone is a new way to do
>> something old, not a way to do something new.
>
> nobody has done multi-touch before, nobody has done a real browser in a
> cell phone before, nobody has done an ipod in a cell phone before.
>
> workable visual voice mail another first. super slim size, incredible
> battery life, airport mode, international mode, on and on...
>
> but thanks for trying jack!
>
> you'll get an iphone at some point, so don't worry!
>
> -


No MMS messages

No 3G

No GPS

No user-replaceable battery

Poor PDA functionality

Restrictive terms of use...

No memory expansion..

Have to PAY for ringtones?

2 Megapixel Camera

No output to TV

VOIP?

Touch Screen? Been around for along time.. 'MultiTouch'.. Completely
superfluous.. What USEFUL thing can it do? Please do not come back with
the old pinch and stretch argument... It is a cute feature, but hardly
earth shattering..

No one has done the iPod in a phone? Have you forgotten the ROKr?, and
the iPhone doesn't have near the capacity it should to make it truly
'useful' as an iPod...

'Real' Browser? Please...

Visual Voice Mail? I get that with GrandCentral..(Who by the way, was
the 'first'..) and really have no use for it..

Airport Mode/ International Mode? Phones have had that for years...

Super Slim? Slim? maybe, but 'super'.. NOT...
The iPhone is 4.5x2.5x.46 inches.. The Razr (what is that a 5 year old
phone?) is 3.86x2.08x.54

As far as volume.. The iPhone is 5.2 cubic inches vs Razr's 4.3...

So why is it again? that the iPhone is so revolutionary? You, and many
others, have obviously fallen victim to another genius marketing blitz
by Apple and have gotten sucked into a flashy overpriced product with
little or no substance...

It is 'pretty'., I will give you that, but that's all it is..

If you like the phone, good for you, enjoy it.. But it sounds more like
you are trying to convince yourselves you didn't waste the money on old,
repackaged tech...