Easy there...
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Also, any video I've ever tried from youtube works just fine...I have the 8gb model (the next model(s) will have at least 32gb), which allows me over 500 songs with room for a couple of movies as well...I send well over 500 texts a month, and with it's revolutionary predictive keyboard, I can send them faster than I ever did on my POS verizon phone that had a full keyboard...
And finally, most users wouldn't even notice the difference in speed between 3G and the current network...and with WIFI functionality built in, the Iphone is quite fast, and WIFI is just about everywhere these days...
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On topic, I think this will be great if they can get park info/maps on to the Iphone, or any smartphone for that matter...it would be SO much more convenient and useful than having to carry around all that paper...and just think of all the trees Disney could save!!! Oh, the tree-huggers will be ecstatic...
Well my phone can store over 2000 songs, and several movies. What is so revolutionary about predictive text? Nokia and Sony Ericsson actually pioneered it - a decade ago, and on average I send over 4000 SMS per month and so do with great ease and speed. In fact despite how revolutionary you claim the iPhone keyboard to be, the #1 texting device based on usage, continues to be the T-Mobile Sidekick family of devices.
Most users wouldn’t even notice the difference between 3G and GPRS/EDGE? That is pure fanboy talk, intended to lessen the negative impact from consumers regarding having a phone for under a year that is already obsolete. 3G is a world a difference, it's the equivalent of nearly dial-up to cable/DSL. Wi-Fi is everywhere, but it's not free everywhere and in most cases, you still need to set up an account or modify your Wi-Fi settings on your device.
The iPhone is predicted to have sold 45 million units by 2009. I wouldn't say that it's "too small."
You would say “expected,” to sell not predicted to have sold. I see the expected sales for 2008 at just 10M. So by the next year, they expect to sell 450%? Anyway Nokia in 2007 alone sold over 445M phones worldwide, so I have to agree that the iPhone is still a marginal niche market.
I love how I can listen to music and play movies and videos because I produce music on the side and I can dump music straight to my iphone without having to go through the annoying process of burning it to cd. Also, another thing people are overlooking is Apples long term commitment to the iphone. They are alway coming up with software updates to improve use. Every other brand of phone just comes today and is gone within a few months. Plus I think Apple is on the verge of overtaking the PC as the norm. Less problems, less haggle.
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It’s great that the iPhone can do everything a phone could do four years earlier, I guess I don’t see what is impressive about it? I’ve been listening to music on my phone for decades, nothing new there. Also Blackberry, Treo/Palm and Windows also do updates, and their products have longer lifecycles unlike Apple where you have to literally discard your subsidy-free device for the new 3G one soon.
Rob, are you kidding? lol On the verge of taking over? Have you seen the market? The only thing keeping Apple afloat is iTunes and iPod sales, the desktop market isn't doing too well and the MacBook Air is a major bomb. Besides the PC market is dominated by Windows with 98% of the market, that's not changing anytime soon. I find that fact that Apple hardware/software is so limited to be a major problem, I just love the freedom and flexibility of having access to tens of thousands of programs and hardware choices as opposed to the relatively tiny selection available to Mac users.
The name change had NOTHING to do with any "reputation". It was done simply because the big AT&T bought Cingular (who had earlier bought out AT&T's unprofitable wireless division). Simple as that.
I love my iphone. Wouldn't take two Blackberries for it.
Yes, it's locked to our service...happens with most phone models when they first come out (remember the Razr?) I fully support the locking of the phone, and the bricking of it when it's hacked or unlocked. We paid good money for that exclusivity.
The new iphone will hit between June 15 and July 15. It will be 3g (fastest 3g in the US and getting faster)and will handle enterprise mail (as likely will the 2g version following the 2.0 software update coming at around the same time).
The name change is complicated, and you being an employee is immaterial as this information is completely public. I am not going to get into this convoluted topic, but it’s all a major monopoly. BellSouth and ATT, back to the good ole’ days of one company wanting to control the market and increase costs for consumers. Who does this benefit?
Phones are locked because they are subsidized, yet when iPhone was first released, people had to lock up via prisoner loyalty to ATT/Apple a 24 month agreement and pay full MSRP for the device. The whole point of contracts is to secure the return on any up-front subsidies, anyway the FCC was on the verge of investigating and low and behold, ATT drops the price in the nick of time. I think it’s pretty sad, a fellow consumer would take pride in a major corporate monopoly engaging in such anti-consumer practices.
Also ATT is not the fastest 3G, it’s Verizon. And care to explain why ATT was forced to cease and rescind that old ad campaign regarding the least dropped calls? And how JD Power & Associates, an industry and global leader, continues to rate ATT at the bottom for call quality, customer service, price and in-store experiences? How exactly does a carrier with 70M accounts service them with such limited service hours? Sorry but ATT is no leader, they are just comprised of several smaller mobile operators and ATT Wireless’ old consumer base into one huge entity now.
Which is one reason why Sprint/Nextel is bleeding customers at a rate of nearly a million per quarter while AT&T creeps upwards toward 70 million. Honestly, I think that S/N would be ripe to be purchased by another carrier if it weren't for the nightmare of dealing with their old technology.
On topic...the Disney maps are great.
Still surprises me to see a consumer be so proud of corporate anti-consumerism. It’s like you want to see one carrier rule the market, not me. The reason ATT has 70M is from buying out myriad of smaller operators, and the former ATT owned ATT Wireless and merging that with Cingular. Might I add the transition was horrible, ATT engaged in shady practicing regarding its CDMA consumer base, and of all the mobile providers (and this includes Sprint), ATT is consistently rated very poorly and actually has the most complaints of them all with the BBB AND FCC. ATT accounts for over 60% of the mobile operator complaints, whereas Verizon less than 6%.
Now back on topic, I agree the maps are great but I'd prefer Disney to stick with Nintendo DS.
). It only takes 2 clicks with a special program to unlock. It does not brick the phone. Mine is fully functional and I get all the features except you tube, but there is something you can download to make it work. The only thing unlocking does is that it completely voids the warranty. So if it breaks, your out of luck. Just take good care of it and don't drop it. 
