iPhone - Yahoo News Article Beyond Belief

[gifford]

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/hughes/14081

Over a thousand comments slating the iphone, I know we must look fanboys, but these people should be locked up...

"And what technology is Apple using that others are not? What a SFB statement. In fact, the iPhone contains nothing that has not been tried before and it really simply rips off many old technologies [Apple simply looked at what was out there and incorporated/repackaged those ideas it thought might sell]"!

"Two words - Sony Ericsson. Apple cannot come close to matching Sony's Superiority in this field, those who go out and get this are being duped by Jobs & Co - the W960i eats the iPhone alive, its just Mass Hysteria with Apple, get a REAL Product that perfoms too - Apple? Looks like the maggots got to your core Jobs & Co, now your just rotting from the inside. "!

Ha Sony Ericsson! I have had practically every Sony Ericsson phone they have ever made, im currently with the p990i touchscreen, it is quite possibly the worst phone i have EVER used. It cant even keep the time, i lose about 15mins a week!

Sony Ericsson, Nokia, and whoever else is in the symbian consortium have their work cut out. Infact I would say they should ditch it and hope Microsoft is able to follow Apple somewhat with windows mobile.

There are pages of dumbfounding comments, worth a read...

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/hughes/14081

 

[Turkish]

She's never used or held one. How can she write a review?

Price/Storage: Probably the biggest reason to wait is the price.The iPhone will retail in stores for $500 (4GB) and $600 (8GB) — AND you still have to sign a new two-year agreement. Don't expect this phone to replace your iPod either. The top-of-the-line $600, 8GB iPhone only holds 2,000 songs, and only a handful of videos and full-length movies. I also don't understand why you have to buy the iPhone at full price, and still sign a two-year contract. You could easily get a comparable phone actually running on a 3G network like a Treo 750 for $199 with a two-year contract, or an 80GB video iPod for almost half the price.

The Treo isn't a comparable phone, so why is she comparing it to that?

Can you play full-length movies on your Treo? No.

I like her definitive terms like "handful."

She can't even be bothered to give the correct pricing ($499 and $599) for the phone. She just rounds up for the sake of accuracy.

Plans: What's really bothering me about this is AT&T is playing into all this hype too, forgetting about its customers. I called AT&T today to find out more details about switching carriers, and the rep was clueless. Come on guys, we needed pricing details about a month before the phone went on sale so we could estimate costs. Why is the company being so secretive? We know the phone is launching on Friday, and we know what it does. So why did it wait so long to reveal service plans? At least now we know getting an iPhone isn't going to be cheap. Chris Null outlined the cost of each service plan, the cheapest plan being $60/mo for 450 minutes. He says that in two years, you'll end up paying close to $2,000 for service alone. Plus there is that $36 activation fee, and a two-year contract on top of that. Those who already have an AT&T account can expect to pay an additional $20-$30 for the "iPhone plan" which includes Visual Voicemail, 200 SMS text messages, and unlimited data since there is no voice-only plan. And if you think you can get the iPhone to use without service, think again. Apple's web site says a two-year agreement is required for iPhone activation including iPod features.

There she goes rounding up again.

Accurate, this one.

She actually thinks that AT&T is going to give away teh iPhone services like visual voicemail...

Network: Surprisingly, the iPhone does not run on a third-generation (3G) network, instead it runs on the slower EDGE network. Forbes thinks Apple opted for the slower network because AT&T's EDGE coverage spans across 13,000 cities and towns nationwide, compared with only 165 major U.S metro areas that have 3G coverage. It also brings up another excellent point. Since 3G devices are interchangeable between faster and slower networks, why did Apple still choose EDGE? Other AT&T smartphones like Samsung's BlackJack and Treo 750 run on 3G, and for what I understand AT&T is slowing moving away from EDGE. So perhaps a second- or third-generation iPhone will have 3G capability. And while the iPhone may have Wi-Fi capabilities, realistically, looking for a hotspot when you're out can be a challenge, unless you pay an extra $10 for T-Mobile access at Starbucks.

Reasonable enough, but try getting a full web page on a Treo or Blackjack.

Op-Ed garbage.