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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
8O

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
:lol: (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.