Horry <horacewachope@gmail.com> wrote
> Kwyjibo wrote

>> What's the big deal over this thing? It's just a phone with below
>> average features, and is nowhere near 'state of the art'. It's got
>> a non-replaceable battery, shitty 2 Megapixel camera, limited
>> support for media formats, no front camera for video calling,
>> no option to increase memory capacity via SD cards etc....
>> So it's basically a heap of shit phone with a glitzy UI.

>> I find it amazing that people are stupid enough to fall for the hype
>> the Apple marketing machine generates, and totally ignore comparitive
>> specifications and value for money. Of course the Mac zealots are
>> expected to cream their jeans every time Jobs opens his mouth, but in
>> this case it looks like 'normal' people are being suckered too. WTF
>> is going on here?

> I agree, to some extent. I do like the touchscreen idea, however (assuming
> it works well, unlike most touchscreens I've ever encountered).

The tomtoms work fine. I'd never go back to non touchscreen again voluntarily, for a GPS.

> I also like the large-size screen. Perfect for watching videos on a rainy day.

Dunno, bit small for me. And the N95 and iphone cant play videos effortlessly
like a wifi laptop can, playing the dvr-ms file that the PVR produces over the
wifi into the device, so you dont have to copy it to the device first. And neither
of them will play dvr-ms files directly out of the box, you have to transcode them
into something else they will play out of the box or find a dvr-ms viewer for them.
Thats likely feasible for the N95 but likely not with the iphone which is much more
restricted about what apps you can run on it.

They should support podcasts tho.

> But I've decided against the iPhone personally (perhaps for the kids),
> and will be going for the N95 8GB.