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Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 11:39 pm
by feyd
superdezign wrote:Is the iPhone out yet? I remember hearing a lot about it long ago, but I haven't seen any commercials for it.
Unless they've pushed it back, it launches this month.
I've already seen at least one commercial for it last month.
Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 11:57 pm
by John Cartwright
Well I know what my next purchase is going to be.
*throws Treo 650 in garbage*
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 1:11 am
by nickvd
Jcart wrote:Well I know what my next purchase is going to be.
*throws Treo 650 in garbage*
I doubt we'll get it until late this or early next year... we're always a few months behind all the new crap

Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 1:34 am
by Kieran Huggins
Apparently Rogers is getting it within the next few months - I wonder what their data plan will change to...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kieranhuggins/428284077/
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 5:17 am
by superdezign
Jcart wrote:Well I know what my next purchase is going to be.
*throws Treo 650 in garbage*
I just considered how expensive a Treo is... God, how much is the iPhone going to cost?

Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 6:41 am
by feyd
superdezign wrote:I just considered how expensive a Treo is... God, how much is the iPhone going to cost?

When it was announced, $499 for the 4GB, $599 for the 8GB models.
http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.a ... /1/10/6559
For users outside the US, apparently other regions will get it pretty quickly after we do.
http://apple.slashdot.org/apple/07/05/29/1425227.shtml
At this time, I'm planning on waiting until the end of the year to get one. Partly so that I will have tossed all my Windows machines by then.

Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 7:56 am
by superdezign
I'll definitely have to look deeper into it's features to decide if it's worth it.
Anyone remember this?
Conan O'Brien iPhone commercial

(I'm on 56k, so I'm not even sure if that's the right video. Google says it is though. :-p)
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 9:36 am
by onion2k
Apple's multitouch system and MSFT Surface use very different technologies. Apple's is a traditional touchscreen system. MSFT's uses near infrared cameras under a rear projection monitor.
Apple's has the advantage that it's dinky enough to fit in a phone.
MSFT's can track up to 52 different inputs of any size and shape and material.
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 3:40 pm
by feyd
onion2k wrote:Apple's multitouch system and MSFT Surface use very different technologies. Apple's is a traditional touchscreen system. MSFT's uses near infrared cameras under a rear projection monitor.
Apple's has the advantage that it's dinky enough to fit in a phone.
MSFT's can track up to 52 different inputs of any size and shape and material.
It's not quite traditional that I remember. My memory tells me Apple's uses light to detect the points instead of electrical/capacitance disruption.