iPhone: PC Mag Review, Fingerworks, and Jeff Han

[Stella]

Javascript will be supported, without that, a lot of website ( i.e., Web 2.0 / Ajax ) won't work, and is apart of webkit anyway.

Did I read somewhere that Flash may be supported in the iPhone? Also that Java apps are not to be supported, but that Javascript will be supported? If it doesn't support both flash and javascript then fogetaboutit.

Anyway your points are well taken - my big question is can you zoom in like you can with the iPhone. It seems to me, in usability, that iPhone web surfing rocks, but again i haven't the experience with the iPhone or for that matter even surfing the web with a smart phone - it would have to be a killer implementation on a small screen (plus wifi) to make it worth my while - from the keynote it seemed that apple was able to pull that off.

 

[rdrr]

voice clarity?

Did anyone else notice that the "pre-viewer" mentioned that a phone call he made to the office was reported to him being fuzzy? I hope that it can be attributed to the poor coverage at the facilities. I will not be happy shelling out $700 for a pretty tin can.

Edit: LOL! Maybe that is why they didn't go with Verizon! "Can you hear me now?"

 

[guzhogi]

Olny srmat poelpe can raed tihs.cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty
uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid,
aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in
waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the
frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses
and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid
deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh?
yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! If you can raed tihs psas
it on !!Psas Ti ON !

I don't mean writing like that, I mean pen and paper writing. How often do you actually write on paper? Now, everything it seems is written in MS Word.

 

[Grakkle]

I worry about anyone not having to write again. After Christmas, I was writing my thank you letters by hand and I caught myself wondering "Now how do I write this letter in cursive again?" With all this technology today, writing, especially cursive, is not being reinforced. Kinda sad. Sometimes I seriously think about going Amish.

Yeah, I notice the same thing sometimes. Actually, I try to make a point of writing stuff by hand at least every few days just to keep in practise.

As for the iPhone, I still think it sounds great - But the way it's being offered is cruddy. Apple should sell an unlocked iPhone. Period. Yes, it might be expensive, and the market for unlocked phones is certainly a minority of the total mobile market - at least in North America. That being as it may, it wouldn't cost any more for Apple to sell at least some unlocked phones, and if I bought one I'd certainly prefer unlocked.

The interface sounds massively better than traditional button-phones. If I could replace the keyboard on my laptop with something like that... That should be the next step from keyboards, IMO.

 

[gwangung]

As for the iPhone, I still think it sounds great - But the way it's being offered is cruddy. Apple should sell an unlocked iPhone. Period. Yes, it might be expensive, and the market for unlocked phones is certainly a minority of the total mobile market - at least in North America.

I am constantly impressed by the business acumen shown around here.

 

[Grakkle]

I am constantly impressed by the business acumen shown around here.

Nokia and SonyEricsson sell unlocked phones. Of course any unlocked phone is going to be more expensive due to the lack of subsidising from the carrier, but there's no reason that selling unlocked phones should cost the manufacturer any more.

If Apple sold unlocked phones they'd sell them on their website (as they no doubt will with the locked AT&T iPhone) and through the normal distribution channels they'd sell the locked phones through, so distribution costs wouldn't be any higher.

If anything, selling unlocked phones as well as locked makes more sense because selling the unlocked phones (albeit probably a small number) would allow Apple to capture a portion of the market they'll probably otherwise lose.

 

[AidenShaw]

If anything, selling unlocked phones as well as locked makes more sense because selling the unlocked phones (albeit probably a small number) would allow Apple to capture a portion of the market they'll probably otherwise lose.

It's probably a sure bet to say that Cingular's "exclusive" deal with Apple forbids this...

 

[Stella]

It's probably a sure bet to say that Cingular's "exclusive" deal with Apple forbids this...

Hint: Gray imports.

There will be unlocked versions in some parts of the world - forced upon Apple by local laws and different market conditions, i.e., unlocked phones are more popular in Europe than the states.

 

[Grakkle]

Hint: Gray imports.

There will be unlocked versions in some parts of the world - forced upon Apple by local laws and different market conditions, i.e., unlocked phones are more popular in Europe than the states.

Right. It's a fact that the U.S./North American mobile market is so screwed up that buying phones from Europe is usually the best option for getting unlocked phones. If I buy the iPhone It'll probably be an unlocked Euro unit - unless Apple does end up selling them unlocked in North America.

 

[jenme]

iPhone & PC?

Is iPhone going to be compatible w/PCs? Is the calendar able to sync even w/ PC?