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Apple Phone In August?
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Gsm = Old --- Cdma = New
I happen to know for a fact that CDMA will not go away. CDMA is a newer technology that is replacing the older GSM standard that is only in Western Europe. GSM is old and good for talking, sending text messages, and very basic media transmissions (like pictures). CDMA is rapidly evolving and replacing GSM because it is capable of transmitting large amounts of data. CDMA is good for phone calls, text messages, transmission of pictures, transmission of video, VOIP, and other high speed, multimedia intense transmissions.
iMacZealot said:
I happen to know for a fact that CDMA will not go away. CDMA is a newer technology that is replacing the older GSM standard that is only in Western Europe. GSM is old and good for talking, sending text messages, and very basic media transmissions (like pictures). CDMA is rapidly evolving and replacing GSM because it is capable of transmitting large amounts of data. CDMA is good for phone calls, text messages, transmission of pictures, transmission of video, VOIP, and other high speed, multimedia intense transmissions.
sunfast said:
How do you figure? The iPod is Windows compatible. Anything you can do on a Mac with and iPod you can do on a PC with XP. Sync, photos, address book, music and movies (obviously).
Peace said:I can already see Phil sitting in the audience and then Job's cell phone rings..
Jobs: um..excuse me a sec..Seems I have a phone call..
Pulls out this cool looking cell phone,flips it open and says hello?
Phil: Say Steve,can we have a chat real fast ? then starts up iChat on his iPhone..
Jobs: starts up iChat on his cell phone..
The rest is history
i don't care, but i would buy one anyway, heheheh.
I just hope to have Mac OSX in the future and not winblows in my Mac
Did anyone post this already? Much more realistic type of thing than those terrible ones on YouTube:
Go check out the concept on the Synaptics (ex-iPod touchwheel makers) website.....
Go check out the concept on the Synaptics (ex-iPod touchwheel makers) website.....
Hmm have you all seen the new Jessica Simpson Video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRFMFFScmRs
About 3:20 in Andy Dick takes a picture with what looks like an ipod...
About 3:20 in Andy Dick takes a picture with what looks like an ipod...
lmg0910 said:
Huh? According to Wikipedia GSM is the world's most popular standard with over 2 billion users. I'll take GSM over CDMA any day of the week, everyone develops the best phones for GSM, obviously because its the largest market. In addition, GSM will never convert to CDMA, the upgrade path to 3G for GSM is UMTS, a completely unrelated protocol. The upgrade path for CDMA is CDMA2000. So its unlikely that US based CDMA or GSM carriers will be using the same protocols anytime soon.
Chupa Chupa said:
Just not so easily is what I really meant. For OS X, the iPhone would sync seamlessly with iCal, address book etc - for windows it wouldn't be nearly as slick.
For example, my iPod syncs with iPhoto. Dead easy and simple. Don't you have to use some third party stuff for windows as there's no dedicated app? (I don't know - never done it)
I guess what I really mean is that the iPhone would be much more elegant if it was mac only as it could link up to OS X really well and be designed for the specific apps of the OS. But obviously it would have to be windows compatible and that may lose some of the simplicity / elegance.
I'll stop now, I'm rambling!
brbubba said:
I haven't talked to my sister since I got the e-mail, but it looks real to me....
OK, it's a fake . I wanted to see if I could fool anyone. It's a golden Blackberry and I edited it in PowerPoint, actually . I got the photo from Engadget Mobile. Although my sister does know someone that helped design the nano.
. I wanted to see if I could fool anyone. It's a golden Blackberry and I edited it in PowerPoint, actually . I got the photo from Engadget Mobile. Although my sister does know someone that helped design the nano.
There's no way Apple would design something like that. Since when have Apple's designs looked anything like the competition?iMacZealot said:OK, it's a fake
Come on Apple, we're running out of days for an "Apple Phone In August"!
evilgEEk said:There's no way Apple would design something like that. Since when have Apple's designs looked anything like the competition?
Come on Apple, we're running out of days for an "Apple Phone In August"!
Yeah, I wasn't expecting anyone to fall for it, but it seemed like fun at the time.
As for the iPhone rumors, I doubt we will see one until the fall.
ipod phone in august
So, August is almots gone and no iPhone in sight.. or maybe there is one:
http://uk.lge.com/ir/html/ABboards....seq=5440&page=1&target=pressreleases_read.jsp
LG added a control wheel to its "chocolate" model, and there you go: a mp3-enabled phone that looks like an iPod nano. I expected a real iPhone to be like this one, except with less buttons.
So, August is almots gone and no iPhone in sight.. or maybe there is one:
http://uk.lge.com/ir/html/ABboards....seq=5440&page=1&target=pressreleases_read.jsp
LG added a control wheel to its "chocolate" model, and there you go: a mp3-enabled phone that looks like an iPod nano. I expected a real iPhone to be like this one, except with less buttons.
iPhone Focus Group?
I was just contacted by a market research company to participate in a focus group for a new cellular phone. As these qualification interviews go, they asked me the usual questions about my age, income, etc. but there were a few questions that make me wonder if this might not be for an iPhone. Here's the questions that I remember:
Do you use a laptop?
What operating system do you use?
Do you have an mp3 player?
What brand is it?
Have you ever purchased music off the internet?
What service did you use?
I managed to qualify, but the focus group isn't until Sep 20, so will have to wait and see what it is. But the question about which operating system I use on my laptop made me wonder if this might not be Apple.
Of course it could just be a post release follow up to Chocolate, or any other phone company trying to jump on the band wagon.
But until the 20th at least i can hope it's the new iPhone.
I was just contacted by a market research company to participate in a focus group for a new cellular phone. As these qualification interviews go, they asked me the usual questions about my age, income, etc. but there were a few questions that make me wonder if this might not be for an iPhone. Here's the questions that I remember:
Do you use a laptop?
What operating system do you use?
Do you have an mp3 player?
What brand is it?
Have you ever purchased music off the internet?
What service did you use?
I managed to qualify, but the focus group isn't until Sep 20, so will have to wait and see what it is. But the question about which operating system I use on my laptop made me wonder if this might not be Apple.
Of course it could just be a post release follow up to Chocolate, or any other phone company trying to jump on the band wagon.
But until the 20th at least i can hope it's the new iPhone.
