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Total agreement--just that fact they signed on with one exclusive carrier is going to hurt sales----AT&T must have given some cheddar to them to get that done to make up for apples loss of sales on the device---it looks cool but I'm not going to pay a cancellation fee to get one....dumb
This is not an uncommon occurance in the cell phone industry. The RAZR was exclusive to Cingular, the Moto Q was exclusive to Verizon, etc.
Cingular/ATT seems to lead the way in getting exclusives with Verizon a close 2nd.
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You won’t believe it, but I’m going to do it again. Why the heck would I do it again? The answer is obvious – type 1 diabetes is a horrible disease that affects both my wife and daughter and I will do whatever it takes to cure it.
If riding a bike 105 miles for 12+ hours with 30+ MPH winds in a desert, gets people’s attention, I’m all for it.
Ringtones are such a racket, its silly paying $.99 - $2.50 for a low bitrate, mono, 30 second cut of a song. I have been able to make my own for Sprint and Nextel, and I'm sure there is a workaround for AT&T's system also. I was leary of the Iphone, but they surprised me with a reasonable data plan... I'll wait another year until my current contract is done, and reevaluate the Iphone 2 vs its competitors.
Ringtones are such a racket, its silly paying $.99 - $2.50 for a low bitrate, mono, 30 second cut of a song. I have been able to make my own for Sprint and Nextel, and I'm sure there is a workaround for AT&T's system also. I was leary of the Iphone, but they surprised me with a reasonable data plan... I'll wait another year until my current contract is done, and reevaluate the Iphone 2 vs its competitors.
I wish that song ringtones cost $99 to purchase.
I'd be willing to bet that there will be a way to get your own ringtones into it very soon.
This is about to get really interesting when this is opened up to 3rd party developers...my guess is that the iPhone you start out with will not have nearly as many features as your same phone 6 months later...
Referring to the iphone and its possible customers: Due to lack of time, I will just quote (supposedly) P.T. Barnum: There's a sucker born every minute.
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Referring to the iphone and its possible customers: Due to lack of time, I will just quote (supposedly) P.T. Barnum: There's a sucker born every minute.
Quoting a tech reviewer that has actually used an iPhone: "This is the coolest cell phone I've ever used."
This is about to get really interesting when this is opened up to 3rd party developers...my guess is that the iPhone you start out with will not have nearly as many features as your same phone 6 months later...
As you likely know after moving from Windows, the Mac developer community is very healthy. If 3rd party apps are allowed on the iPhone there will be an app for every possible want you could have.
I find it hard to believe that anyone is an actual "Windows junkie." I can see people tolerating Windows, or Windows meeting their usage needs....but to actually really enjoy Windows enough to be a "Windows junkie"...
I think that has more to do with the kind of people Apple's marketing attracts if that's what you're comparing.
New video of the iPhone keyboard. Apparently it learns as it goes and predicts upcoming letters. Target zones for likely upcoming letters get larger.
One example is the word "time". After T, I, and M are entered, since there are no words spelled "timR" or "timW", it shrinks the target zones for "R" and "W" and makes the tap zone for the letter "E" larger.
New video of the iPhone keyboard. Apparently it learns as it goes and predicts upcoming letters. Target zones for likely upcoming letters get larger.
One example is the word "time". After T, I, and M are entered, since there are no words spelled "timR" or "timW", it shrinks the target zones for "R" and "W" and makes the tap zone for the letter "E" larger.
What an great idea ... oh, wait - Windows Mobile and Blackberries have had predictive text for about 3 years now.
But now its cool.
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RIDE TO CURE DIABETES
You won’t believe it, but I’m going to do it again. Why the heck would I do it again? The answer is obvious – type 1 diabetes is a horrible disease that affects both my wife and daughter and I will do whatever it takes to cure it.
If riding a bike 105 miles for 12+ hours with 30+ MPH winds in a desert, gets people’s attention, I’m all for it.
Their physical keys actually grow larger in anticipation of the most likely letters that could come next in a word just like the iPhone does?
No, but the word(s) appears - ready to select.
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RIDE TO CURE DIABETES
You won’t believe it, but I’m going to do it again. Why the heck would I do it again? The answer is obvious – type 1 diabetes is a horrible disease that affects both my wife and daughter and I will do whatever it takes to cure it.
If riding a bike 105 miles for 12+ hours with 30+ MPH winds in a desert, gets people’s attention, I’m all for it.
Looks like AT&T/Cingular has boosted EDGE speeds today. It's part of a $50,000,000 upgrade of their network. Not 3G speeds, but a big improvement apparently.
[quote=Trevor Barnes;3693987]Looks like AT&T/Cingular has boosted EDGE speeds today. It's part of a $50,000,000 upgrade of their network. Not 3G speeds, but a big improvement apparently.
That's not fast enough for someone to do basic browsing on a cell phone?!?...
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It would be if you were using a wap browser, and checking scores, but the second best selling point of the Iphone is its wonderful safari browser. (The first being the categorized voice mail). The "wonderful" speeds you are listing is about a quarter of what you can get from Sprints EVDO, Mind you I don't have that delightful browser the Iphone has, but Opera Mobile has been pretty solid.... and fast!
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