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DSLover on 28 January 2008

congrats. iphone's a nice piece of kit



 

 

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joora on 28 January 2008
Gazz said:
I remembered a great piece I read some time ago about the Iphone. You can find it @ http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=iphone.

Funny how I am a tech person with a killer pc, use the PS3 and PSP for all it's multimedia functions and have a degree in IT and still do nothing more with my phone then call with it and hit hobos upside the head. I wonder where it went wrong...

 In that comparsion, is it tru that iPhone can't do all that stuff that is listed? Having no interest in it, i haven't been checking it's capabilities. But some of that stuff have became essential for cellphones.

 Anyway, i'm sticking with my Nokia N70. It was resonably cheap, it has a keyboard, it has symbian, and i don't care it it'll fall on the ground.



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SamuelRSmith on 28 January 2008

Now that my Sony Ericcsson k750i has started crapping out on me, I have been looking at getting the iPhone (though it'd have to be the latter part of the year - leaving school, getting a PT job, birthday and Christmas all within the space of about 3 months).

But I also really want one of them new Zunes, so it'd be kind of pointless getting the iPhone.

So, basically, what I'm asking for is a review of the iPhone from Mr. Rocket, and a review of one of the news Zunes, from anyone who wants to chip in.



Omac on 28 January 2008

Ya I had a crappy razor and I just got a new phone. It's kind of a iphone knockoff. Cect p168.


I got this because it's all unlocked, like it so far.

 

edit: only $150 bucks and works with T-mobile, AT&T and most gps sim cards.

  • Comes with a Free 256MB Transflash Storage Card
  • Unlocked Tri-band Phone (900/1800/1900 Mhz) for World GSM Support
  • Built-in Bluetooth
  • Dual SIM card slots
  • Comes with a spare lithium battery so you don't have to worry about power
  • Ring tones Type: Polyphonic (64 channels), Monophonic, True Tones, MP3
  • Music player: Support MP3 player,with mp3,midi,wav format
  • Movie player: Support 3GP/MP4 movie player with full-screen
  • Camera function: 2.0MP Digital Camera Built-in with video recording capability
  • Memory Type: Support T-FLASH arbitrary expansion slot
  • Interface: USB 2.0
  • Built-in handsfree operation mode
  • Display: 3.3" TFT Touch Screen QVGA display with 260k colors, 320 x 240 pixel resolution
  • Vibrate: Yes
  • Internet Browser (GPRS + WAP)
  • Java 2.0
  • Handwriting Recognition
  • Messaging: SMS, MMS
  • Cellphone Directory: iPhone Book Memory supports 300 records
  • Supports Caller Ringing / Caller Video Player
  • Game: Two games built in + downloadable
  • Calculator/world time/stopwatch
  • Unit Conversion/Currency Conversion/Calendar/
  • Stand-by time: Up to 150h
  • Talk time: 180min--300min
  • Stil not as good as an iphone but it's half the cost and don't have to have the contract with AT&T.


rocketpig on 28 January 2008
azrm2k said:
MrMafoo said:
Gratz. I thought about an iPhone, but after my horrible experience with a Windows Mobile phone, I wanted something that was the best at doing nothing but talking. I went with the Razor 2.

Really?  I've only had two Windows Mobile Phones and my experience has been amazing with both of them (barring a faulty hinge on my MPX220 but that had nothing to do with the OS itself).  It's possible you had problems with the phone hardware itself as the OS has been solid for me and very customizable.


While Windows Mobile isn't terrible, it's behind the game quite a bit. It lacks most of the customization found in BlackBerrys out of the box (variable alarms, auto on/off) and the interface is too clunky (though so is BlackBerrys).

Overall, I would rate the operating systems like this:

- Windows Mobile 6/10 (lack of features out of the box, clunky interface, doesn't do anything extremely well)

- Blackberry 8/10 (amazing feature set, slightly bulky interface, overall very business-oriented, slightly lacking in multimedia stuff)

- iPhone OS 8.5/10 (missing a few BB features, amazing interface, Maps and other programs very multimedia friendly, Mac-friendly which is important tom me). 




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MrMafoo on 28 January 2008
rocketpig said:

Overall, I would rate the operating systems like this:

- Windows Mobile 6/10 (lack of features out of the box, clunky interface, doesn't do anything extremely well)

- Blackberry 8/10 (amazing feature set, slightly bulky interface, overall very business-oriented, slightly lacking in multimedia stuff)

- iPhone OS 8.5/10 (missing a few BB features, amazing interface, Maps and other programs very multimedia friendly, Mac-friendly which is important tom me). 


I would rate them the same as you did, aside from the fact that the mobile MS OS does a lot of things very well. It has the most apps for it, and I can DL an SDK for it to make my own apps in .NET (and have). I used "The Missing Sync" to sync with my Mac, and it worked well.

The only thing I really don't like about it, is MS took the appoarch of stuffing everything they can into a phone, as apposed to making an OS designed to be the best OS for a phone. It's great to fill up a feature list on the side of a box, but not so great to use as a phone on a daily basis.



Munkeh111 on 28 January 2008
DOATS1 said:
w960i ftw!

 awesome looking phone, but out of my price range like the iPhone, i just have the iPod touch, once jailbroken, it becomes a really uesful device



Munkeh111 on 28 January 2008
SamuelRSmith said:
Now that my Sony Ericcsson k750i has started crapping out on me, I have been looking at getting the iPhone (though it'd have to be the latter part of the year - leaving school, getting a PT job, birthday and Christmas all within the space of about 3 months).

But I also really want one of them new Zunes, so it'd be kind of pointless getting the iPhone.

So, basically, what I'm asking for is a review of the iPhone from Mr. Rocket, and a review of one of the news Zunes, from anyone who wants to chip in.

 Have the zunes even been announced for release outside the US (and Canada?)



bigjon on 28 January 2008

I am not a huge fan of Iphones... I prefer my Blackberry, but I hope you enjoy your purchase : )



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Wii- 72 million   3rd Year Peak, better slate of releases

360- 37 million   Should trend down slightly after 3rd year peak

PS3- 29 million  Sales should pick up next year, 3rd year peak and price cut

SamuelRSmith on 28 January 2008
Munkeh111 said:
SamuelRSmith said:
Now that my Sony Ericcsson k750i has started crapping out on me, I have been looking at getting the iPhone (though it'd have to be the latter part of the year - leaving school, getting a PT job, birthday and Christmas all within the space of about 3 months).

But I also really want one of them new Zunes, so it'd be kind of pointless getting the iPhone.

So, basically, what I'm asking for is a review of the iPhone from Mr. Rocket, and a review of one of the news Zunes, from anyone who wants to chip in.

 Have the zunes even been announced for release outside the US (and Canada?)


Well, there was talks about it being released here within the next couple of months. I don't know whether
that escalated to more than just talks.

Even if it's not out here by September, there's nothing stopping me from importing it. Especially when I'm
going to Florida during the summer.