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Posted on 07/01/2007 2:30:08 AM PDT by Swordmaker
. . . The hype for the iPhone has been so relentless — witness the screaming Yahoos outside the Apple store — that to praise the phone feels a bit like you're falling for a sales pitch. Resist the temptation. This thing is a marvel.
But to look at the iPhone as a laundry list of features and bugs is to miss the point (though if you did, the former would commandingly outweigh the latter). The iPhone isn't just the gadget du jour, it's a fresh new platform, an exceptionally powerful mobile computer that's still in its infancy. There's a full version of Apple's desktop operating system in there. The Palm and the Treo, et al., were merely harbingers of the era of true walk-around mobile computing that Jobs has just inaugurated. Hail to the chief.
Apple and its partners are just beginning to figure out how to develop for this thing. Look at the iPods of five years ago. That monochrome interface! That klunky moving touchwheel! They look like something a caveman whittled out of a piece of flint using another piece of flint. Now imagine something that's going to make the iPhone look like that. You'll have one in a few years, and it'll be cheaper, too. If you're not ready to think different, then think ahead.
(Excerpt) Read more at time.com ...
"The user interface is crammed with smart little touches — every moment of user interaction has been quietly stage-managed and orchestrated, with such overwhelming attention to detail that when the history of digital interface design is written, whoever managed this project at Apple will be hailed as a Michelangelo, and the iPhone his or her Sistine Chapel"
This appears to be a positive review.
Good luck on the tagline...
Text reviews cannot do justice to the iPhone. To truly see what a wonder this product is, you must look at a detailed video review. Plenty of them on Engadget.com and YouTube.
Obviously the person who wrote this is a Applehead, but I do think by the 3rd generation, Apple will have a very special device that will have truly revolutionized the phone. I am not convinced the first generation is a grand slam, but it will sell quite well and people will both applaud it and point out missing features and flaws.
I plan on buying mine in 2010.
Gee, too bad this thing is tanking so badly, like all the Apple-bashers said it would. /sarc
I wouldn’t say ALL. I’m certainly no Mac fan but knew it would sell. Mac has identified and shored up their market. They finally have a business plan that is working.
They are quickly becoming the number one high-end toy manufacturer in the country. You’ll probably take that as an insult but it’s not. A person would have to be a fool not to invest in Apple. They learned how to make the jack. As I said, I’m no Mac fan but kudos to them for making me some money. :)
I do not take the “toy” comment as an insult, except in the same way I get annoyed at Mrs. Slowboat for calling the gear I use for a hoppin’ little freelance video business “toys”. I am impressed with the fact that we finally have a cool new telephone with an American moniker on it. (Yes, yes, I know where it’s made, but it’s still an American company putting it out).
It puts the iPhone in the basket...
Yeah, “toy” makes it sound like it’s for children but that’s not what I mean. “Gadget” doesn’t really do it justice either.
I play guitar. I have more than I really need. Some of them are my toys that I only play with at home or with friends. That’s kind of what I mean by “toys”. Technically, a thousand dollar guitar isn’t a toy, but for my purposes...
Random access voice mail is a grand slam to me... :-)
But....can you make a friggin telephone call with it?
It will be inside your inner ear at that time... LOL
After you buy it how much does it cost every month to use?
Oh come on...., telephone calls are “so passe’...
One plan is $60 a month, with something like 450 minutes of cell-phone use. For some this is too expensive, but put it in perspective - for example there is a new casino that opened up in my hometown. I don’t gamble, but apparently a lot of people do albeit a demonstrably retarded activity par excellance - lots of people would think nothing of throwing away $1200 a year on slots. So who is to say?
Unlimited data with 450 minutes call time.
200 SMS messages.
$59.99
I’ll be honest. I’m not a big cell phone user. I talk to my wife, my parents, take the rare business call, and maybe talk about 10 minutes a day on the thing. Most of my business is conducted via emails and instant message these days.
But I need access to the net and my email while on the go, as well as the functionality of an iPod nano. And my family and I are now taking road trips more and more these days. When we were in San Diego a few months ago, this thing would have been great. And while on the road, I can now feel safer about not taking my laptop with me.
If it had a terminal I could ssh into my home or work machines and check in code. I hope that we will see more 3rd party real applications on this box soon.
Couple that with the cell phone functionality and I am happy to have it!
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