iPhone announced

Post by **Wes** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 1:13 pm

While edge (the at&t net) isn't near broadband, it is usable enough when there isn't wifi around, esp. for email and for basic web stuff. And there is nothing like having the power of google in your pocket! I upgrade from a treo 650, that while not bad, is not even close to the iphone. And even on the same edge net, the iphone browsing is way faster then the treo.

Post by **tomdarch** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 2:28 pm

I'm still bummed about all the stuff that doesn't sync with a mac - like read/responded to mail! WTF?!?!

Until a bunch of that stuff gets sorted out I'm not really considering it.

Here's a summary of what's going on with cracking the thing:
http://machinist.salon.com/feature/2007 ... index.html
(wait through an ad and click "enter Salon")

Post by **SCIN** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 8:56 pm

Only thing I found out about the I-Phone I don't like is it doesn't support 3G (HSDPA).

Post by **tomdarch** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 3:34 am

Oh yeah - another crazy "duh!" lack of functionality - even with it's wimpy EDGE-ness, it won't work as a 'modem' for a mac (via wifi or bluetooth)!?!?

Pru · Post by **Pru** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 10:29 pm

yeah, I'm pretty spoiled by the 3G (which, by the way, AT&T offers). Take that, Wes, you consumer whore.

Can I play with your 12-in schl.. er iPhone when I see you?

Post by **Yasmeen** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 2:45 pm

http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=iphone [may not be work safe]

[Steve Jobs] claimed that the phone was three devices in one: an iPod, a phone, and an "Internet communications device." Oooh, an Internet communications device?! AWESOME!

It's not three devices in one any more than my laptop is you morons. Using Jobs' loose definition of what constitutes a separate device, technically my laptop can be considered 8 devices in one:

# A clock
# A calculator
# An "Internet communications device"
# A phone (I can make voice calls with my modem)
# A pornographic media storage device
# A video player
# A word processor
# And an "iPod" (see below)

There's no such thing as an iPod. The word "iPod" is a marketing tool for a hard drive with software that plays mp3s. Yeah, doesn't sound so sexy now, does it you chimps? And an "internet communications device" is officially the douchebaggiest way of saying "it has a browser." So actually it's just a phone that plays mp3s and has a browser. SNORE.

Post by **Josephine** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 2:47 pm

fyi - the web link is not work safe (at least the Big Brother @ my work didn't want me to see it)

Post by **Yasmeen** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 3:07 pm

Thanks Josie - I updated the post.

Post by **rockman** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 4:22 pm

Its easy to hate something that is cooler than you are.

Post by **Yasmeen** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 4:23 pm

I don't know, man - you've got to be pretty cool to own the best page in the universe (dot net).