Comments on: Apple iPhone

By: Jesscor

Jesscor — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:58:46 +0000

So in essence, Apple have spent most of their time concentrating on the “smart” part, and forgotten about the phone?

By: iPhone Reviewer

iPhone Reviewer — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:38:29 +0000

I tried to research what are the problems with iPhona and there are quite a few of them exists. For example, after 5 days of working with the screen started to go blank and reset option did not help, so the only option was to return iPhone to Apple for a replacement.

I would strongly suggest to back up all the data to your computer and since it’s not hard to do via iPhone docking station, should not be a problem if your iPhone stop working.

By: Ghengis

Ghengis — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 00:40:48 +0000

It may be that soon people will be buying the cheapest, most stripped-down phone possible.
I see the “dude walking around talking into his bluetooth headset” phenomon reaching a critical mass, and this: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070118/ap_on_hi_te/tech_test_bluetooth_watch
is a watch that incorporates a caller-id type display. How far are we from the point where we wear a bunch of bluetooth enabled jewelry and carry a ruggedized transmitter brick in our pocket? Maybe they can put a chording keyboard into a cross pen for text messaging.

By: apple iphone

apple iphone — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 11:52:09 +0000

I think it was a excellent move for apple to come out with the apple iPhone. The iPhone has most features consumers have been wanting to have. I also think the price will not deter people from buying the apple iPhone. I even think they will sell more then the 10 million apple iPhones they expect to sell within the year.

By: SuperMike

SuperMike — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 05:48:24 +0000

‘Apparently, the apple website needs you to upgrade to the latest version of quicktime (or itunes) it is pretty bizarre that they’d put it out there like that. My systems all dumped it immediately on load (both firefox and IE7), also. I don’t know why they didn’t make it a flip phone. A funny conversation I had with one of the human interface people I work with: My mom’s looking for a cell phone, a whole bunch of people I know (including the H.I. person in question) have motorola razors; I told her that I reccommended a razor to my mom, and she said something like “a flip phone? don’t older people like the candy-bar kind of phone more?” I was a little astonished.
One observation someone made was that you have to be careful about what kind of material your pockets are made of if you don’t want your ipod to get scratched, and they pointed out that they hoped the iphone is better.

By: James

James — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 18:04:53 +0000

It looks lovely, and I’m sure it will have some very nice software on board, but the lack of a ‘tiny plastic keyboard’ is a deal killer for anyone who sends more than the occasional email. It was horrible watching Steve tap out single words on that virtual keyboard.

Lack of third party software is also a blow, although Apple may get around that with third party widgets.

It’ll also be interesting if they get to use the iPhone name, after this Cisco trademark issue.

-James.

By: Dave T.

Dave T. — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:24:02 +0000

Patrick:

On Windows Mobile you can see the running programs–and kill them off if desired–by going to Start -> Settings -> System tab -> Memory -> Running Programs tab.

Or, a quicker way (at least on a Treo 700w–not sure if it works the same on other phones), hold down the Option button (the one on the bottom left with the big dot on it) and press OK.

Dave T

By: patrick giagnocavo

patrick giagnocavo — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 06:22:33 +0000

Just a warning to those considering a Q or other “smart” phone that runs Windows.

The UI is horrible, and worse, the phone will not suspend applications you open that are not in the foreground … so if you start a game, take a call, then put it in your pocket, the game continues to run and drain your battery faster, with no visual indication that this is going on!

Of course, taking a bad thing and making it worse, there is a “Task Manager” under the settings panel that lets you kill off apps you no longer want running.

By: Sam LIpoff

Sam LIpoff — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 03:14:47 +0000

This seems to be an interesting but very risky move from Apple — selling a product in a market segment that does not currently exist. It is not a smartphone in the sense that the Blackberry, Treo, Q, or Blackjack are simply because it does not have a thumboard. No corporate customer (or consumer) for whom e-mail comes first could switch to the iPhone from any of these thumboard devices. A thumboard is an absolute, non-negotiable necessity for serious e-mail usage. An on-screen keyboard is no substitute. So, they are trying to hit a high end fashion phone market that has not really worked before. The Nokia 7280 or Nokia 8800 are both $500+ phones that really did not see much success in any geographic market. Maybe the iPhone will win over consumers with better marketing and more media features, but I think that it is still, at best, a niche product, and will likely be handicapped by Apple’s proprietary proclivities.

By: Ed Mund

Ed Mund — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 01:33:21 +0000

There’s two kind of people in the world, flip-likers and candy-bar likes (aka flip haters). To me, flip always means extra motion opening and closing. I’ve always used Nokia candy bar style (currently a very nice 6682). I keep the keypad mostly locked. I can still answer an incoming call with a key press and only need to quick keypresses to unlock.

Flips always feel bulkier to me (Razr etc notwithstanding). I work with a number of people who feel the same…so realize there two kinds of people out there.