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Apple Phone In August?
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macattack5 said:
I think the generic font on the OS X Mobile logo is pretty telling...couple that with the fact that this is just a themed-out Nokia phone, not a slick-looking brand new Apple iPhone, and I'd put money on fake.
But I could be wrong.
210 said:Living in the U.K., I didn't know signal strength was such a problem in the U.S. I guess it's a very big country with not much population in large areas, but are signals poor in reasonably populated areas? In the U.K., I guess we take it for granted getting a solid connection all the time. Also, I'm surprised that the U.S. is "behind" in the 'phone department compared to other continents. I thought Americans would be at the forefront. Does that mean 'Cellular' isn't accurate?
I really do hope Apple do release a 'phone soon as I have not bought a new 'phone just because of these rumors. My Motorola V600 is starting to have problems now. I was tempted to get the Motorola ROKR, but Orange didn't have it on their Pay Monthly selection. I really do hope that if this Apple 'phone ever comes out that Orange will be quick off the mark to provide it. They're always so slow providing new 'phones compared to other networks.
Things are great in Canada too. I had not idea the US sucked so bad for Cell phones. Canada is still behind in that 2/3 of our carriers are CDMA instead of GSM, but at least we get decent reception, especially in urban centres, but also in the middle of nowhere, and we're far less densely populated than the US.
David
macattack5 said:
This is the fakest fake that's ever faked. It's ugly, has bad icons for the most part, stupid error messages. Not Apple at all.
David
macattack5 said:
That's pretty easy to do. A lot of people how found ways to change the RAZR interface and put in new fonts, logos, sounds, etc.
macattack5 said:
i brought a phone off ebay, and it had an OS X theme. thats basically the same thing format as icons and the such.
Oh, and I think that the user think he shows saying "pre release software" is a text message. My reason? he doesnt show how he opened it, AND he covered the top part.
Yeah, okay. I'm convinced it's coming.
But not at WWDC. Apple will wait till MWSF so that this xmas is all about the new iPods. Apple wouldn't try to aggressively market two similarly-priced products at the same time.
But not at WWDC. Apple will wait till MWSF so that this xmas is all about the new iPods. Apple wouldn't try to aggressively market two similarly-priced products at the same time.
guffman said:
I believe that's the proper spelling in the UK. It's usually "ise" instead of "ize". Authorize/Authorise is another one.
Ha ha ha ha!someguy said:Hey, now. My rumors are just as valid as the next guy's.
That really made me laugh for some reason.
Why is it that we are all getting more posts on this subject - which is just some guy making up crap, show me one bit of evidence - than we were when there was the quite convincing fakes of the the "true" video iPod.
Although the iTalk vid on YouTube with the phone floating in the air looks pretty awesome.
Although the iTalk vid on YouTube with the phone floating in the air looks pretty awesome.
BornAgainMac said:
my sony eriscsson syncs with no prob ! and it is teh best phone I've had (T616)
you guys seem to be ignoring the fact that there is hard evidence that the apple phone is for real and should be expected in the forseeable future (within a month or so).
http://forums.appleinsider.com/showthread.php?threadid=64885
so please... someone explain why there are such things as
t_feature_app_PHONE_APP
kPhoneSignalStrength
in an ipod nano updater!! you guys have been mac users too long, experienced too many false products that you barely trust something as obvious as this!
http://forums.appleinsider.com/showthread.php?threadid=64885
so please... someone explain why there are such things as
t_feature_app_PHONE_APP
kPhoneSignalStrength
in an ipod nano updater!! you guys have been mac users too long, experienced too many false products that you barely trust something as obvious as this!
someguy said:
Created on December 16, 1999
Modified November 14, 2005
Expires: December 16, 2006
^ Interesting date right there.
Sure is. Thats my birthday.iMacZealot said:
Things can get pretty interesting on my birthday. *wink wink, nudge nudge*
Apple certainly has to consider that if a telco wants to subsidise an Apple phone, it'll get some users who would otherwise go for a nokia or sony subsidised phone.iMacZealot said:
However - there are people are already paying a bit for an iPod, and those same people may pay for an Apple phone. Also, the more expensive phones are rarely free anyway (or need to be on a high volume plan).
ps. There is no "hoping" that a GSM phone will work with a GSM carrier. I've never had a problem moving a GSM phone from carrier to carrier, and cross countries - the GSM standards are quite well defined.