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Apple Announces The iPhone

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One thing if/when the iPhone comes to Canada hopefully Rogers will come out with an unlimited data plan for the phone.

**** was going too say something else. Oh yah hope it will have great reception in the metro system here in Montreal. Be sweet to be able too surf the net.
 
I don't see why they couldn't say to the phone companies. Look we got this amazing product you want it well work with us and start modifying your network... surely they could have persuaded them this..

anyways I'm curious on the poster above. He said that the data plans for sprint are 39.99... Kinda curious on that. See maybe I don't have a Data Plan maybe I do... I thought I did

I have the PPC 6700

My Unlimited internet is 15 bucks per month. My unlimited text is another 10, but I get it free because I signed up with sprint when they originally started releasing their color screen ("3g" as they called it) phones.

So what makes a data plan? Hooking it up to your laptop or is mine a data plan because technically I'm getting it for 15 bucks a month for unlimited internet and if I wanted picture that'd be another 10 or maybe 5
 
Ok, so... I'm really sorry if this has already been discussed, but I don't have time to read back 40 pages >_<

Can anyone tell me how this will work in Europe and specifically the UK?

I really can't afford to spend £300+ on a handset and then a £20 or so monthly service fee as well.

I don't use the phone *that* much... I spend maybe £10 a month on pay as you go credit...

I would *love* to have an iPhone based on Steve's demo, but if I can't get one on pay as you go, I'm afraid I'll have to pass.
 
Well done

First of all Apple this is an excellent device and I will definitely be buying one.

I would just like to remind everyone what the CEO of Palm, Ed Colligan, said "PC guys are not going to just figure this out. They're not going to just walk in." These words will go down in history much like the original comments on the iPod. And what about their comments again today "How do you compete with vaporware?", this guy will be out of the job within 12 months.

If this product gets adopted by the business community (though unlikely with what we know so far) it kill everyone PDA producer out there.

I hope that when this comes to the UK that I will be able to purchase it without having to signup for a contract (just started my new one). I imagine that the exclusive period will only be for initial sales maybe until sometime in 2008 and then after that you will be able to buy it in Apple stores unlocked. As soon as these are sold unlocked in any country it will be grey imported all over the world, hence why they would have to do this. Apple must be getting major kickbacks from the cellphone carriers because they are going to miss out big time on unit sales by going down this track.

I was shocked to hear that it will take so long to get these out in the UK, absolutely unbelievable. I find myself in a crazy position where a product is announced I want and are able to buy it but I wont be able to for up to 11 months and even then I can't just walk into a store and get it. Crazy. And whats more it gives their competitors ages to try to come up with something to compete against it.

Technology will come so far that by the end of the year 4 and 8GB will not be enough storage. Apple will have to push this up to something like 20GB just so I can keep all my music, photos and some of my vids on it and that's before it's even available.

Will this use isync or itunes or both to sync?

Cons:
Needs a removable battery (this is a big thing for a lot of people)
Not available now
No flash for camera
No front camera for ichat/skype video calls
 
I managed to watch the keynote speech on apple and was compelled for the whole 2 hours, Iv'e never watched one before as I usually have better things to do.

When you watch it yourself I just can't understand some of the comments like it was souless?? What, they guy thanked his employees families and was almost in tesars for gods sake. You could tell he was excited.

Now seeing it demoed and it has wifi I would buy one even if it is not 3g. I have a 3g phone and most of the time (particularly last year) it was only operating on 2 g and the call quality is not any better on 3g. I don't use the internet or video call (pointless)as I don't want to rack up a heavy bill. I have 3g as it was free to phone my wifes 3 phone and still is.

But I would use the iphone in wifi mode in my house, at work and out in the street (Sydney has pretty good coverage) so its like a lap top in a way.

I honestly think It is a revolutioary gizmo but when he pointed out the billion phones sold a year apple is going to stat stepping on some big shoes as well as MS's.

Watch out Apple, they won't take it lying down and as somebody has already said the attack dogs are out to get you.....
 
needthephone said:
When you watch it yourself I just can't understand some of the comments like it was souless?? What, they guy thanked his employees families and was almost in tesars for gods sake. You could tell he was excited.
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I did say that Apple sold its soul to Cingular to be able to make the iPhone, and get it out at $499/$599. And I'm sticking with that.

However you're absolutely right that Jobs was very moved when talking about the iPhone. Actually he seemed more emotional than I've ever seen him (actually, maybe the first time we saw him getting emotional ;) )
 
Scrolling

I like the natural way the iPhone scrolls (I'm sure Apple will have a name for this). It occurs to me that a similar effect would be a nice feature for Leopard (so long as it could be turned off if you didn't want it).

What do you think?
 
blurtigo said:
According to this press-release, it's just been renamed to iTouch Mobile:

http://associatedpress.newsvine.com/_news/2007/01/12/517473-apple-renames-iphone-to-itouch-mobile
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good name. wow, does this imply that there will be an iTouch TooHeavyTooCarry? world's first touch-sensitive cement block. what would be the features. check your email while keeping the door open? "all your music -- in the bin of your wheelbarrow"?

anyway no joke it's another good hint that many kinds of iTouch devices will be showing up. wonder if the touch thing is practical for nano-sized devices.
 
Or it could be just a bluff against Cisco. They were the one who would stand to benefit from the name sharing, not Apple. I wasn't impressed at all with their 'iphone' junk
 
Was Jeff Han involved in iphone development?

Not sure if anyone has posted this before.. and I don't want to read all nearly 1000 posts, but Jeff Han, researcher at NYU has been researching multi-touch screens. On his website he recently updated saying "Yes, we saw the keynote too! We have some very, very exciting updates coming soon- stay tuned!"
Not sure what that means, but it doesn't seem like he's upset or surprised by the announcement.

Just food for thought... and the videos on Han's site are pretty cool. :)
 
cjewby said:
Not sure what that means, but it doesn't seem like he's upset or surprised by the announcement.
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The fact that Apple is calling their UI multi-touch is probably a hint that there's some relationship there, like CoverFlow mode. Where it turned out they just bought CoverFlow.

Philsy said:
Shouldn't this be added on the main Rumour site?
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The release should have been out by now. I guess it was a fake.

B
 
Yes, I think it was somehow. The "newsvine" site is purely user contributed news articles, and the one in question is suddenly unavilable, so i imagine it was someone being a smart ass...
 
I'm very disappointed to hear that the phone is not 3G but hope it will be by the time it is released in the UK. '3G' literally means '3rd generation' network and, by the end of this year, I pretty much expect ALL phones in the UK. All of the top end phones are 3G capable (as well as containing GSM technology). 3G networks are pretty fast, and all 3G phones can do video calls and live mobile TV (something that is taking off in the UK right now).

The other thing: I was expecting the $499/$599 with 2 year contract to include the 2 year calls within it - i.e. so you don't need to pay a monthly line rental (just pay for any calls and texts, etc on top of your free minutes). Most plans in the UK are £20-£50 ($40-100) + but the phone (which would cost £300 on its own without a contract) is then subsidised to either free or max £100. Apple can't have it both ways. And only a 2MP camera with no video capabilities? Most new phones are now 3.2MP and Nokia has a 5MP camera on it. And no 3G video calls?

Finally, I hope I can get an O2 contract - they are by far the best network in my opinion. However, I fear it's going to be Vodafone... :(
 
kristoffer4 said:
Do you think that the Iphone will have E-book reading?
https://www.macrumors.com/pages/2006/...22213042.shtml
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I'll second that. I don't think I've read a single book on paper (apart from manuals) in the past 4 years (or more, started reading e-books on the Palm V). Now I just have to convert all my pdb formats to ???.

I tried to read on the iPod, but it doesn't do it for me. I hope that a proper e-book reader is released.
 
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