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Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 6:22 pm
by alvinphp
I am getting this phone the day it comes out. I love having the latest and greatest gadgets. My last phone I got a few months ago, but by the time the iPhone comes out it will be a good 7-8 months. Just about time for something new.
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 7:43 pm
by jayshields
matthijs wrote:Maybe I'll just wait for the
iPhone Nano
As big as a lighter, only one single button (call/hang up), one small scroll wheel to browse contact list (imported from pc/mac/pda). Nothing else. Pure simplicity and elegance.
Wait a minute. I just read that again. You're serious? What about the screen? Is there one? Please don't give us an iPhoneShuffle. There's one button? How do you send text messages?!
If it's got a 4+ line screen and a numeric keypad then I'm sold with that. Aslong as it's not tied down to a network and they don't add £100 to the price 'cos it's white.
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 7:56 pm
by feyd
Apple hasn't said a thing about an iphone Nano. I haven't even seen speculations to one existing. Sure they may bring one out, but if it's a smart phone, it'll require a few more years of miniaturization before it becomes available.. unless they make it thicker.
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 1:00 am
by matthijs
Wait a minute. I just read that again. You're serious?
No I was kidding/dreaming

Wishful thinking ...
Saying that, maybe it isn't that unrealistic. Why no iPhone nano. There would be a massive market for it. First, all the cool people who, like me, decide that all that technology and comlexity isn't needed (anymore). Who decide they want a bit of simplicity back in their life.
Then, if I look at how my parents generation handles their phones. Even the most basic nokia from 3 yrs ago is way too complicated for them. 98% of the functionality isn't used. I think there is some simplified phone on the market now, can't remember which, but that looks like a childrens toy phone. Nobody wants to walk around with that. However, if it has the style of Apple.. And this generation has money, and spends it.
I know, I know. Features sell. The more the better. But Apple is good at selling isn't it? They did it with the ipod/nano/shuffle.
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 1:26 am
by m3mn0n
Maugrim_The_Reaper wrote:Just saw on Yahoo News that Cisco are now suing Apple over rights to the "iPhone" term...

. Looks like Cisco are out to play a little time wasting game - they were until the iPhone announcement - in negotiations to license the name to Apple.
The full story behind that is a company made & trademarked a product called iPhone back in 1996. This is before the whole "iProduct" thing form Apple, as the iMac rolled out in 1998 and iPod in 2001. This company was acquired by Cisco in 2000 and Cisco claims Apple has contacted them about that trademark as far back as 2001.
Apple and Cisco have been in talks extensively about the trademark and basically Cisco wants something from Apple (I think it has to do with collaboration on a network device) and Apple doesn't want to do that. These talks were as recently as a few weeks/days before the Keynote.
So because of the Keynote, Apple has officially infringed on a trademark so Cisco filed the suit. An Apple exec even scoffed the suit as "silly" and says Apple "will prevail" in court about it.
heh.. the phone looks amazing but I really think they should have gone with Apple Phone or something like Apple TV. Cisco clearly has rights to the name, they still use it with an iPhone product, and Apple has no argument when it comes to the name being generic or under-used. I'd bet they'll officially change the name before launch.
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 2:01 am
by feyd
Saw this come over the wire a bit ago:
http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?si ... 12/0430200
Apparently Steve Jobs has told the New York times they will not allow third-party applications.
Booooo!
Prediction: First hack for the device will likely unlock this limitation in some fashion.

Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 4:42 pm
by m3mn0n
I can't wait for a hack. heh
It would essentially enable the device to support Skype and so you could make calls anywhere in the US & Canada unlimited for $15.
Only thing you'd need is to be in a hotspot.
That alone would make me get it even though I've invested close to a grand on a BlackBerry mid-last year.