Gene Jones wrote:
> Tony <tony@nospam.net> wrote:
>
>> No MMS messages
>
> not needed by 99% of users
>
>> No 3G
>
> kills battery life, WiFi is much faster and more common / free.
>
>> No GPS
>
> GPS might not yet be ready for the iPhone's level of needs.
>
>> No user-replaceable battery
>
> Incorrect, it's $20 for a user to replace the iPhone battery
>
>> Poor PDA functionality
>
> Ah, I think you mean GREAT PDA functionality, Apple invented PDA's so
> this is just an extension of Apple's original dream.
>
>> Restrictive terms of use...
>
> ? Use is the exact same as any smartphone.
>
>> No memory expansion..
>
> Ah, you are forgetting how iTunes works, syncing makes for little need
> for expansion when iTunes does this automatically.
>
>> Have to PAY for ringtones?
>
> no you don't, use iToner.
>
> http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/itoner/
>
>> 2 Megapixel Camera
>
> Megapixels have little to do with image quality, the Lens in the iPhone
> is higher grade than most any smartphone or cellphone.
>
>> No output to TV
>
> Apple offers cables to output TV from any iPhone or (most) any iPod.
>
>> VOIP?
>
> VoIP is still in the formative stages. iChat does this now so it's only
> a matter of time before it can be moved to the iPhone. Apple tends to
> wait until the time is right, not push out inferior products before they
> are ready.
>
>> Touch Screen?
>
> Yes, it's the best on the market. The Multi-Touch tech is a revolution
> that only Apple will have for the next 17 years. The use of "Gestures"
> has been a long held research project of Apple. Even the CEO of MS was
> shocked / impressed by how good Apple did it with the iPhone.
>
> Flicking through data with a single finger is unreal. The future of all
> phones in the 18 year time frame.
>
> -----
Apple really didn't invent anything. Just marketed ideas, some dating back
to the late 60's. Your real browser as it were, is based on KHTML which
belongs to the KDE community. I couldn't consider a browser, regardless of
rendering engine, being viewed on a screen only a tiny fraction the area of
a typical 19" monitor, "real" browsing.
As far as wifi, the reason it typically draws less current is because most
of them put out less than 100mw and you need to be within 500 feet of a
Latte as it were for it to do any good. Cellular devices typically can
output ten times that at 850mhz and twenty times that on 1.9ghz. There is
no free lunch here. Power dissipation in watts is power dissipation and it
does not matter how you arrived at a specific power dissipation. Of course
if you are closer to a cell tower, the tower controls the output of your
device and throttles it back. Translation: In a weaker area, you will use
more battery power. With WiFi, it won't use much power because it doesn't
have it to use in the first place. I do like the WiFi and the SIP phone
feature of my chosen Multimedia Cellular device though so I'm not totally
bashing WiFi.
Seeing as how the rate of change is quite high these days, was 70% a year
back in the 70's and I'm sure it is mind numbingly fast these days, there
is no accurate way to predict what will be in vogue for the next decade or
more and nothing that is used in the iPhone is earth shattering, it is a
collection of existing technology with a marketing trademark slapped on it
and a HUGE advertising budget. To me, if it had a holographic virtual
screen and virtual keyboard as well as virtual touch on the virtual screen
in thin air rather than on the physical device itself, THEN it would be
revolutionary. The problem with all these small multimedia gadjets is that
you are limited to real estate a third the size of a paperback book, sorry
but this won't do.
Dave
Dave