agreed, however it's not just in phones... my Canon Powershot SD1000 has an accelerometer built in as well, as i'm sure lots of devices have it also.
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Nokia's New.... iPhone?
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agreed, however it's not just in phones... my Canon Powershot SD1000 has an accelerometer built in as well, as i'm sure lots of devices have it also.
Hmm, iphone-like interfaces seem like the next logical step, you can't really call everything which uses such tech a complete ripoff.. Touch screen with a nice, swooshy interface is bound to look like an iphone.. :/ Everything in the UI has to be made a similar size for touchability, the hardware will largely be the same too.
This looks to me like it'll be good for the iphone line, as Nokia aren't likely to put a low-end feature-set in a high-end phone, so the iphone line might have to beef up its specs and features if the interface is one of the "only" selling points against a phone which does more.
Looking forward to future iPhones much more now.
This looks to me like it'll be good for the iphone line, as Nokia aren't likely to put a low-end feature-set in a high-end phone, so the iphone line might have to beef up its specs and features if the interface is one of the "only" selling points against a phone which does more.
Looking forward to future iPhones much more now.
I second that. Hideous is a good word to descibe it but that just somehow doesnt seem strong enough!!!
Now Nokia gives Apple even more free Iphone advertising as everyone says it looks like an Iphone/ripoff throughout the worlds media.The same as it was when a lot of news people repeatedly said Vista has a very Mac OSX like interface.
If Apple take some kind of legal action against Nokia,then Apple win yet again in the PR stakes as news of it floods through the media.
I note that Nokia also are also adding a music store,sounds very like Apple are giving them some concern.I would guess they are thinking of how the Ipod stormed the Mp3 market.
If Apple take some kind of legal action against Nokia,then Apple win yet again in the PR stakes as news of it floods through the media.
I note that Nokia also are also adding a music store,sounds very like Apple are giving them some concern.I would guess they are thinking of how the Ipod stormed the Mp3 market.
Lets remember that the LG Prada was shown already in the middle of 2006. So if Nokia copies Apples design in about six months then Apple copied Pradas desing in six months.
Everyone copies everyone. There's only so many ways you CAN make a phone that's as small as possible and has as big of a screen as possible.
You just couldn't come up with better argument? Looks don't have anything to do with this issue. Maybe it was cool looking in 2003, like mullets were cool back in 80's. Ten years from now and everybody will think that the iPhone was ugly as sin and huge as brick.
If the most important thing for you is having cool looking fashion device, then it's ok with me. Maybe you wanna contact those five gay guys on TV, so they can dress you up (do they still make that show?). I'd rather carry a device that gets the job done.
I don't believe the iPhone was thrown together in 6 months from scratch, do you?
OS X
Multi Touch
Safari
iTunes
Coverflow
Rich Text E-Mail
These are long-term ideas that Apple has been working to put on a phone for a while now.
No. That was my point. You think the Nokia 'iPhone' was thrown together in about eight months?
nokia obviously copied it.
this news fits into what i read yesterday. The german Balda Company will deliver its multitouch screen to another company than apple, too, maybe it is nokia.
this news fits into what i read yesterday. The german Balda Company will deliver its multitouch screen to another company than apple, too, maybe it is nokia.
im homosexual already honey, i ain't be need'n those queer eye guys for no fashion tips *snaaaap*.
if everyone followed your logic about only using gadgets and computers that can get the job done, all designers (graphics designers, technical designers, etc.) would be out of the job, and everyone would still have big boxy PCs instead of paying for the more expensive, better looking, easier to use, luxurious macs
sex sells honey...
im homosexual already honey, i ain't be need'n those queer eye guys for no fashion tips *snaaaap*.
if everyone followed your logic about only using gadgets and computers that can get the job done, all designers (graphics designers, technical designers, etc.) would be out of the job, and everyone would still have big boxy PCs instead of paying for the more expensive, better looking, easier to use, luxurious macs
sex sells honey...
One vote for the gayest post ever on Macrumors Forum.
Fair enough... however, its the insane comments that people make...
"Nokia running scared..." etc.
Pffff.....
"Nokia running scared..." etc.
Pffff.....
Let me guess, you don't like how much people enjoy their iPhones, and it STILL makes you upset as the weeks go by
The revelance of you bringing up ringtones and exlusive contracts to this article escapes me, but your name-calling is both logical and persuasive
As you PRETEND not to know:
* AT&T, not Apple, wanted the exclusive deal.
* Plenty of phones have been offered as exclusives.
* With the iPhone's low monthly rates, it's CHEAPER than it's competitors, within 2 years:
http://roughlydrafted.com/RD/RDM.Tech.Q3.07/28CE05EF-2E0F-4912-A62A-CBAB41E0D305.html
You could be posting what anyone here would say: the iPhone--like other phones--has flaws and strengths. But instead you abandon logic and repeatedly draw from these non-arguments, almost to the letter: http://homepage.mac.com/bhoglund/forumFudsters.html
Your regular pattern of non-sequitur anti-iPhone/anti-Apple posts seems to be very driven by emotion, not logic. Others criticize Apple with logic rather than lashing out with such anger/fear/whatever. Take a page from their book and you'll find a lot more people are suddenly agreeing with your anti-Apple points!
And being such a powerful Nokia apologist leaves you little room to criticize. But remember: nobody here criticizes you for liking your Nokia. It's fine to use whatever phone you prefer, and not be hurt by others who (by some insanity) actually like their iPhones.
Lol!
Sounds like we got a NoCryia baby on the forums!
Like I'm supposed to be impressed by nokia's (a years long established cell phone manufacturer with worldwide distribution) numbers for Q2 of this year, a quarter when Apple only had 30 hours to sell it's new product, in a new market, and only here in the U.S.
Apple still managed to sell more than a quarter of a million (270,000) iPhones in that minute amount of time. But it's not just that, it's the dynamics of who they were sold to: many of them paid over $160 just to cancel their contracts with their provider at the time ON TOP OF the iPhone cost and locking into an at&t 2 year contract. Plus, a large percentage of those iPhone buyers were non Apple product or Mac users.
Nokia and all other mobile phone manufacturers have felt Apple's iPhone market penetration verrrry deeply...
Your argument sound like ... well ... let's see (just to name a few); Creative, Rio, Sony, HP's Media Center division imediately following AppleTV's debut, BuyMusic, m$+Napster, m$+Urge, now Urge+RealNetworks...
Aaah... it doesn't matter whether it's products or services, Apple will CRUSH the competition by either making existing markets better, or creating their own market even when everyone says there is none.
Remember it. Write it down. Take a picture... I don't give a "WHAT?!!!"
I bet there are so many patients on the iPhone and bet this phone has violated a lot of them...
Spoken like a true apologist! Congrats!
Really. It is a rectangle people and it has a touch screen. Whoopity doo. *finger twirl* If you don't like it, don't buy it. The chances of unlocking a Nokia are much better since typically they just give you the code. It is more open and while not OS X, my Symbian phone is quite nice and it looks good.
Some people value that over what Apple can offer which is a locked down, closed environment. Get over it people. Most of you speak like you want Apple to take over which is bad for everyone. So just chill. It is a phone.
How Lame!
I will always be amazed of how cheap imitators will follow innovators like apple.
I mean, the imac got out, sony tried and still tries to copy it (with some variations), iPod got out, everybody and his mother tried to copy it, iPhone launched, everybody and his mother is trying to copy it.
I don't know if nokia or xyz brand mobile phones are better than iPhone or not, what I do know is that apple paves the way, everybody else follows and TRIES to copy.
Excuse me for saying this but you can have as much 5MP cameras and worthless features as you want, I'll stick with the innovators.
Keep in mind that I'm a techie freak, so I had 4 nokias (n71,n73,e65,n95), 3 Ericssons (k800i, k810i, w880i) 2 blackberries (7310, pearl).
The Only Phone I kept from those is the pearl. Still, not any of these phones holds a candle compared to iPhone. It's all about user experience, interface and innovation. By the time these companies complete their worthless copies, apple will probably have some new innovative "bomb" to throw. That's what leadership is all about...
I will always be amazed of how cheap imitators will follow innovators like apple.
I mean, the imac got out, sony tried and still tries to copy it (with some variations), iPod got out, everybody and his mother tried to copy it, iPhone launched, everybody and his mother is trying to copy it.
I don't know if nokia or xyz brand mobile phones are better than iPhone or not, what I do know is that apple paves the way, everybody else follows and TRIES to copy.
Excuse me for saying this but you can have as much 5MP cameras and worthless features as you want, I'll stick with the innovators.
Keep in mind that I'm a techie freak, so I had 4 nokias (n71,n73,e65,n95), 3 Ericssons (k800i, k810i, w880i) 2 blackberries (7310, pearl).
The Only Phone I kept from those is the pearl. Still, not any of these phones holds a candle compared to iPhone. It's all about user experience, interface and innovation. By the time these companies complete their worthless copies, apple will probably have some new innovative "bomb" to throw. That's what leadership is all about...
So when Apple copies it's ok but when someone else makes a similar device they're cheap imitators?
When Apple develops or steals, it makes it (whatever "it" is; a product, service, etc.) better.
The problem is that when others try to copy Apple's "it", it's a much worse solution that only looks like the great solution Apple provided.
In the end, it's the end user that either wins with intelligent, intuitive and innovative companies like Apple. Or, loses with dumb, thoughtless, wannabe companies that want OH-SOOO-BADLY to have that Apple "cool" factor and respect. Not only from it's current customers (as can be witnessed here), but also from completely new customers switching often from dominant companies in their fields (like m$ for OS's, dell for computers, Sony for music players, - whatever download service was dominant in whatever country before iTunes was available there, and now nokia for mobile phones).
Has nokia EVER had a product that truly revolutionized the industry that it dominates (for now)?
No.
It just took the same features and put them in new cases with different colors, form factors, orientations, whatever.
Now how about Apple?
Well, nokia's (cheesy) attempt to imitate the iPhone, is in fact the sincerest form of flattery.
I can hardly wait for the reviews to start pouring in about how sloppy nokia's version of the iPhone is compared to the real thing.
THAT will be one of the biggest reasons for people to neglect the (WTH crappy "OS" are they using anyway?) nokia, and go with the Mac OS X based iPhone instead.
Bet on it.
Does anyone really not yet understand that it's all about the OS?!!!
First Mac based computers, then Mac based Apple TV, then Mac based iPhones, and (in a week) Mac based iPods.
Find the common denominator.
