In addition, over 50 percent of the Fortune 100 are deploying a pilot program of the iPhone, Apple announced Monday, and over 350 higher education institutions have approved iPhones for students and faculty.
Got to love a company that only has the same handful of trolls who continually attempt extoll the downsides of the products that knowledgeable people are staking their reputation on and that all the competition seems to want to copy.
Originally Quoated by DaHarder; Ever thought that some of us have greater responsibilities than sitting behind a computer eagerly waiting to address some silly forum comment?
You crack me up. Some of us have greater responsibilities than sitting behind a computer and waiting for a response??? You've made at least 20% of the responses over the past 4 hours. What are your greater responsibilities?
Originally Quoated by DaHarder; Ever thought that some of us have greater responsibilities than sitting behind a computer eagerly waiting to address some silly forum comment?
You crack me up. Some of us have greater responsibilities than sitting behind a computer and waiting for a response??? You've made at least 20% of the responses over the past 4 hours. What are your greater responsibilities?
Wife, Kids, Honey-Do's, and Charging All Of These Dad-Blamed Gadgets...
Ever thought that some of us have greater responsibilities than sitting behind a computer eagerly waiting to address some silly forum comment?
Anyway - We have numerous other samartphones in my household with which to compare my iPhone, and all of them offer equal-to-much-better smartphone functionality than the iPhone.
On Verizon we have the HTC Imagio (480 x 800, live TV feed, far superior media playback capabilities w/Kinoma Play, far more attractive/intuitive TouchFlo 3D GUI, better battery life, full support of MS Office Word, Excel, Powerpoint at OS level, much more efficient PUSH capabilities).
On Sprint we have a Blackberry Tour (much more capable international/business smartphone than the iPhone), and a Palm Pre (with its truly State of the Art WebOS).
The advancements these devices display over my iPhone are striking to say the least, and both networks prived exponentially better service than AT&T, but of course when Apple sees fit to incorporate similar features in the iPhone it'll be heralded as the second coming - LOL!
As I state before, Apple's iPhone is a fine device, but few 'real' advancement to previous smartphone capbility has been added over these 3 generations, and it's actually behind many of the more advanced offerings available today - from a technological standpoint.
Just because the iPhone has become some kind of 'Fashion Statement' does not negate the fact that it's in serious need of a makeover, and the competition has not been standing still, so get over yourself already.
No lengthy lists of features nor clever demeaning exaggerated put-downs of what to you is fanatical devotion can refute the hard cold facts of sales statistics of the product, much less the steady increase of such over time.
You too are missing the essential points of the iPhone's success. But we iPhone owners aren't!
Wife, Kids, Honey-Do's, and Charging All Of These Dad-Blamed Gadgets...
I know the feeling all too well.
There are lots of improvements that Apple could make. Other smart phones will advance in certain areas faster than Apple and Apple will continue to move forward. When you think back to the state of the "Cell Phones or Dumb Phones" before the iPhone ...... it's pretty amazing that a company that never made a cell phone was the one that rocked the market and turned it in the direction it's heading today. Overall the package is pretty sweet. It's too bad that we spend so much time with life that you can't explore the 85,000 apps that could make the iPhone what we want it to be.
ROTFL - He Said 'Mobile Me'... Now that overpriced nonsense is hilarious!
Now I know you are a troll that doesn't own an iPhone.
If you actually own and use a Mac, and own and use an iPhone, Mobile Me is fantastic service. Especially if you have multiple Mac's. Aside from providing push email, over the air syncing of my calendar and contacts, and remote control and recovery for my iPhone, the syncing with Mobile Me of all my settings between all my Mac's is awesome. Snow Leopard finally fixed iDisk syncing and I now have my documents synced between my Mac's seamlessly and transparently. All my settings including my keychain passwords sync. Heck my bookmarks sync not just between my Mac's but my iPhone as well! I love Mobile Me. I've been using it since the iTools days - primarily as an ISP neutral email address, but it hasn't been until recently with the iPhone that I find it truly indispensable.
Are you sure you wouldn't be more comfortable on neowin.net?
Multitasking is a must, and let us choose whether we can do it or not. Perhaps when the app boots up it can ask if we want to enable it to run in the background. How hard is it to let Pandora play while I surf the internet taking the bus to work? Hopefully they are back there in a secret room developing a good UI to switch programs. How about allowing me to change the volume for each notification sound. I like my text messages to be at one sound and ringer at another and VM's at another. I also want to be able to change my phone's wallpaper instead of being just black. The ability to snooze calendar events and set them to remind me X amount of time later is a good idea, without having to acknowledge the notification. Maybe a drop down bar? Finally, I want the ability to change text message pop-ups to a badge.
I don't think I am asking too much.
but you're not thinking much either, just using "multitasking" as a blanket buzz word. the iPhone already offers limited multitasking with some programs and background push notifications (yes it ought to be extended to other companies' audio apps too). moreover, many apps now actually let you multitask within them for the multiple functions on the phone they access. simply having several unrelated apps open at once just isn't necessary. the one feature that would be nice for convenience is the ability to 'jump' back and forth between two apps without having to return to the home screen in between each time. whether they are both actually running at once is irrelevant, as long as they save their states and let you pick up where you left off each time. the trade off is always battery life, and you know how important that is. Apple clearly has made it top priority. the other things you list are all tweaks. we all could list a dozen tweaks we'd like too. if you're a compulsive tweaker i guess that really matters, but not to most.
Sflocal, let's be a little more specific about what makes the HTC Imagio a curiosity, since our friend DaHarder seems to be willing to cut corners on his review:
1. Resistive rather than capacitative touch screen, so no multitouch gestures allowed.
2. Limited onboard memory, which means that some Windows Mobile applications won't run on it, even with an SD card.
3. Navigating the web is slow because of the processor.
4. The battery loses 10% of its charge every 30 to 45 minutes
5. The performance with the Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system is uniformly sluggish, even when only one application is running.
These statements are from NY Times reader reviews posted within the last few days.
And DaHarder, nobody believes your disclaimer about waiting for replies.
Kinoma Play is a very nice $30 multifunction app that adds all the stuff Win Mo is missing that you get on the iPhone in multiple apps, instead of one, for free. congrats sucker for paying the Microsoft Tax! and you still have to deal with that dog of a WinMo OS running underneath it.
Now I know you are a troll that doesn't own an iPhone.
If you actually own and use a Mac, and own and use an iPhone, Mobile Me is fantastic service. Especially if you have multiple Mac's. Aside from providing push email, over the air syncing of my calendar and contacts, and remote control and recovery for my iPhone, the syncing with Mobile Me of all my settings between all my Mac's is awesome. Snow Leopard finally fixed iDisk syncing and I now have my documents synced between my Mac's seamlessly and transparently. All my settings including my keychain passwords sync. Heck my bookmarks sync not just between my Mac's but my iPhone as well! I love Mobile Me. I've been using it since the iTools days - primarily as an ISP neutral email address, but it hasn't been until recently with the iPhone that I find it truly indispensable.
correct Doc. and you didn't even mention how incredibly easy it is to use the Gallery with iPhoto and iMovie - the fun stuff!
Now I know you are a troll that doesn't own an iPhone.
If you actually own and use a Mac, and own and use an iPhone, Mobile Me is fantastic service. Especially if you have multiple Mac's. Aside from providing push email, over the air syncing of my calendar and contacts, and remote control and recovery for my iPhone, the syncing with Mobile Me of all my settings between all my Mac's is awesome. Snow Leopard finally fixed iDisk syncing and I now have my documents synced between my Mac's seamlessly and transparently. All my settings including my keychain passwords sync. Heck my bookmarks sync not just between my Mac's but my iPhone as well! I love Mobile Me. I've been using it since the iTools days - primarily as an ISP neutral email address, but it hasn't been until recently with the iPhone that I find it truly indispensable.
Are you sure you wouldn't be more comfortable on neowin.net?
Here's the part you fail to comprehend:
Just because YOU happen to find the service 'fantastic' doesn't mean that others are compelled to follow suit.
It's understood that there's a rather narcissistic letter 'i' placed prominently in front of many of your favorite Apple gadgets, e.g. iPhone/iPod/iMac, but some of us don't concern ourselves with what YOU find desirable.
All of my Macs, iPods, and iPhones etc. are merely appliances purchased solely to serve me at my convenience, in no way defining who 'I' am as a person.
It's a great way to live... you might want to try out it someday.
Maybe it?s simply a case of you (and those like you) having standards that are too low (possible complacency) ?
See How That Works?
Customer Satisfaction ≠ Complacency
Your anti-iPhone rhetoric makes me think that maybe you tried to get an iPhone in the past, only to be hit with an $800 deposit with AT&T. Maybe an iPhone raped your mother, I don't know. You just can't stand that millions of people are happy with their iPhones. Get over it.
Your anti-iPhone rhetoric makes me think that maybe you tried to get an iPhone in the past, only to be hit with an $800 deposit with AT&T. Maybe an iPhone raped your mother, I don't know. You just can't stand that millions of people are happy with their iPhones. Get over it.
As presumptuous as you are mean spirited and incorrect.
I've owned every generation of iPhone but simply find the handset(s) to be little more than adequate 'feature phones' with substandard reception - in my area (Las Vegas, NV).
It's difficult to believe that Apple's slogan was once Think Different given the legion of 'followers' that now support the company's efforts. Drones all spewing the exact same canned 'talking points' in regimented unison e.g. You're Bad-Mouthing The Almighty iPhone So Therefore You Must Not Be Able To Afford One.
Just because YOU happen to find the service 'fantastic' doesn't mean that others are compelled to follow suit.
It's understood that there's a rather narcissistic letter 'i' placed prominently in front of many of your favorite Apple gadgets, e.g. iPhone/iPod/iMac, but some of us don't concern ourselves with what YOU find desirable.
All of my Macs, iPods, and iPhones etc. are merely appliances purchased solely to serve me at my convenience, in no way defining who 'I' am as a person.
It's a great way to live... you might want to try out it someday.
i'm not sure i understand your 'reasoning'. it seems to me that 8 bucks or so per month for the convenience of having mobileme sync my computers with my iphone is a small price to pay. i understand if you don't see the value in it, since it doesn't work with all your other gadgets, but to belittle those that do find the value seems pointless.
it's not like you need to have it, and for a lot of people it makes sense to roll their own sync solutions. i could understand your dismay if you were forced to have it, but since it's optional, what's the big deal?
mobileme works for me personally, since i work on three different macs and the convenience to have my calendar synced alone would be worth paying something for. i guess it depends on how many features of mobileme you use and at what point you feel you get value for the money.
to ridicule it as 'overpriced' seems to make little sense to me when you appear to have a house full of expensive gadgets, some of which i'm sure come with a monthly bill. of course there are alternatives to many parts of mobileme, and a lot of them are free. none however offer everything i want, and i'm willing to pay for the convenience to turn them on with the click of a checkbox.
your mileage - as always - may vary, and in your case obviously does. but does that make everybody that sees the value in it a narcissist?
HTC Hero is the winner for me, I only missed iPod integration but now I use Spotify while doing other things with the phone.
Battery life is a lot bigger in the Hero.
Doesn't cath 1st gen iPhone, nops. Cook was acting like Ballmer with this sentence.
HTC has truly done a masterful job with the Sense (tm) UI on the Hero.
It's represents the absolute state-of-the art in handset UI design/execution, and Android (tm) is shaping up to be the mobile OS to beat.
The iPhone 3G also has its charms, namely the App Store, but the abysmal battery autonomy, washed-out display, dated UI, fixed storage capacity, and the lack of other core spartphone features left me longing for a more complete/advanced handset, and my iPhone 3GS simply isn't it.
It's funny. I was just talking with my fellow iPhone users at work and we're all more than satisfied with the device. Call us "fanboys" or whatever, but none of us can think of a device we've had recently that fits the bill so perfectly, even without the whiny requirements that DaHarder wants.
The iPhone IS state of the art. If not, what is? Offer us a few others that are more so?
Yeah best phone or single piece of technology. I want to get the iPhone 3GS for Christmas!
i'm not sure i understand your 'reasoning'. it seems to me that 8 bucks or so per month for the convenience of having mobileme sync my computers with my iphone is a small price to pay. i understand if you don't see the value in it, since it doesn't work with all your other gadgets, but to belittle those that do find the value seems pointless.
it's not like you need to have it, and for a lot of people it makes sense to roll their own sync solutions. i could understand your dismay if you were forced to have it, but since it's optional, what's the big deal?
mobileme works for me personally, since i work on three different macs and the convenience to have my calendar synced alone would be worth paying something for. i guess it depends on how many features of mobileme you use and at what point you feel you get value for the money.
to ridicule it as 'overpriced' seems to make little sense to me when you appear to have a house full of expensive gadgets, some of which i'm sure come with a monthly bill. of course there are alternatives to many parts of mobileme, and a lot of them are free. none however offer everything i want, and i'm willing to pay for the convenience to turn them on with the click of a checkbox.
your mileage - as always - may vary, and in your case obviously does. but does that make everybody that sees the value in it a narcissist?
Here's to wishing you and your MobileMe a long happy relationship... I'm sure it's a fine service, but just not for me.
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If and when Android takes off, I think Apple will be in a good position to handle it.
Agreed...
They certainly have the marketshare, but choice is always welcome in my world, as no single deice serves everyone's (individual) needs.
In addition, over 50 percent of the Fortune 100 are deploying a pilot program of the iPhone, Apple announced Monday, and over 350 higher education institutions have approved iPhones for students and faculty.
Got to love a company that only has the same handful of trolls who continually attempt extoll the downsides of the products that knowledgeable people are staking their reputation on and that all the competition seems to want to copy.
You crack me up. Some of us have greater responsibilities than sitting behind a computer and waiting for a response??? You've made at least 20% of the responses over the past 4 hours.
Originally Quoated by DaHarder; Ever thought that some of us have greater responsibilities than sitting behind a computer eagerly waiting to address some silly forum comment?
You crack me up. Some of us have greater responsibilities than sitting behind a computer and waiting for a response??? You've made at least 20% of the responses over the past 4 hours.
Wife, Kids, Honey-Do's, and Charging All Of These Dad-Blamed Gadgets...
Ever thought that some of us have greater responsibilities than sitting behind a computer eagerly waiting to address some silly forum comment?
Anyway - We have numerous other samartphones in my household with which to compare my iPhone, and all of them offer equal-to-much-better smartphone functionality than the iPhone.
On Verizon we have the HTC Imagio (480 x 800, live TV feed, far superior media playback capabilities w/Kinoma Play, far more attractive/intuitive TouchFlo 3D GUI, better battery life, full support of MS Office Word, Excel, Powerpoint at OS level, much more efficient PUSH capabilities).
On Sprint we have a Blackberry Tour (much more capable international/business smartphone than the iPhone), and a Palm Pre (with its truly State of the Art WebOS).
The advancements these devices display over my iPhone are striking to say the least, and both networks prived exponentially better service than AT&T, but of course when Apple sees fit to incorporate similar features in the iPhone it'll be heralded as the second coming - LOL!
As I state before, Apple's iPhone is a fine device, but few 'real' advancement to previous smartphone capbility has been added over these 3 generations, and it's actually behind many of the more advanced offerings available today - from a technological standpoint.
Just because the iPhone has become some kind of 'Fashion Statement' does not negate the fact that it's in serious need of a makeover, and the competition has not been standing still, so get over yourself already.
No lengthy lists of features nor clever demeaning exaggerated put-downs of what to you is fanatical devotion can refute the hard cold facts of sales statistics of the product, much less the steady increase of such over time.
You too are missing the essential points of the iPhone's success. But we iPhone owners aren't!
Wife, Kids, Honey-Do's, and Charging All Of These Dad-Blamed Gadgets...
I know the feeling all too well.
There are lots of improvements that Apple could make. Other smart phones will advance in certain areas faster than Apple and Apple will continue to move forward. When you think back to the state of the "Cell Phones or Dumb Phones" before the iPhone ...... it's pretty amazing that a company that never made a cell phone was the one that rocked the market and turned it in the direction it's heading today. Overall the package is pretty sweet. It's too bad that we spend so much time with life that you can't explore the 85,000 apps that could make the iPhone what we want it to be.
ROTFL - He Said 'Mobile Me'... Now that overpriced nonsense is hilarious!
Now I know you are a troll that doesn't own an iPhone.
If you actually own and use a Mac, and own and use an iPhone, Mobile Me is fantastic service. Especially if you have multiple Mac's. Aside from providing push email, over the air syncing of my calendar and contacts, and remote control and recovery for my iPhone, the syncing with Mobile Me of all my settings between all my Mac's is awesome. Snow Leopard finally fixed iDisk syncing and I now have my documents synced between my Mac's seamlessly and transparently. All my settings including my keychain passwords sync. Heck my bookmarks sync not just between my Mac's but my iPhone as well! I love Mobile Me. I've been using it since the iTools days - primarily as an ISP neutral email address, but it hasn't been until recently with the iPhone that I find it truly indispensable.
Are you sure you wouldn't be more comfortable on neowin.net?
Wife, Kids, Honey-Do's, and Charging All Of These Dad-Blamed Gadgets...
Don't forget to add cashing your check for astroturfing....
Although if I was your sponsor I'd want a refund or at least a steep discount.
Multitasking is a must, and let us choose whether we can do it or not. Perhaps when the app boots up it can ask if we want to enable it to run in the background. How hard is it to let Pandora play while I surf the internet taking the bus to work? Hopefully they are back there in a secret room developing a good UI to switch programs. How about allowing me to change the volume for each notification sound. I like my text messages to be at one sound and ringer at another and VM's at another. I also want to be able to change my phone's wallpaper instead of being just black. The ability to snooze calendar events and set them to remind me X amount of time later is a good idea, without having to acknowledge the notification. Maybe a drop down bar? Finally, I want the ability to change text message pop-ups to a badge.
I don't think I am asking too much.
but you're not thinking much either, just using "multitasking" as a blanket buzz word. the iPhone already offers limited multitasking with some programs and background push notifications (yes it ought to be extended to other companies' audio apps too). moreover, many apps now actually let you multitask within them for the multiple functions on the phone they access. simply having several unrelated apps open at once just isn't necessary. the one feature that would be nice for convenience is the ability to 'jump' back and forth between two apps without having to return to the home screen in between each time. whether they are both actually running at once is irrelevant, as long as they save their states and let you pick up where you left off each time. the trade off is always battery life, and you know how important that is. Apple clearly has made it top priority. the other things you list are all tweaks. we all could list a dozen tweaks we'd like too. if you're a compulsive tweaker i guess that really matters, but not to most.
Sflocal, let's be a little more specific about what makes the HTC Imagio a curiosity, since our friend DaHarder seems to be willing to cut corners on his review:
1. Resistive rather than capacitative touch screen, so no multitouch gestures allowed.
2. Limited onboard memory, which means that some Windows Mobile applications won't run on it, even with an SD card.
3. Navigating the web is slow because of the processor.
4. The battery loses 10% of its charge every 30 to 45 minutes
5. The performance with the Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system is uniformly sluggish, even when only one application is running.
These statements are from NY Times reader reviews posted within the last few days.
And DaHarder, nobody believes your disclaimer about waiting for replies.
Kinoma Play is a very nice $30 multifunction app that adds all the stuff Win Mo is missing that you get on the iPhone in multiple apps, instead of one, for free. congrats sucker for paying the Microsoft Tax! and you still have to deal with that dog of a WinMo OS running underneath it.
Now I know you are a troll that doesn't own an iPhone.
If you actually own and use a Mac, and own and use an iPhone, Mobile Me is fantastic service. Especially if you have multiple Mac's. Aside from providing push email, over the air syncing of my calendar and contacts, and remote control and recovery for my iPhone, the syncing with Mobile Me of all my settings between all my Mac's is awesome. Snow Leopard finally fixed iDisk syncing and I now have my documents synced between my Mac's seamlessly and transparently. All my settings including my keychain passwords sync. Heck my bookmarks sync not just between my Mac's but my iPhone as well! I love Mobile Me. I've been using it since the iTools days - primarily as an ISP neutral email address, but it hasn't been until recently with the iPhone that I find it truly indispensable.
correct Doc. and you didn't even mention how incredibly easy it is to use the Gallery with iPhoto and iMovie - the fun stuff!
correct Doc. and you didn't even mention how incredibly easy it is to use the Gallery with iPhoto and iMovie - the fun stuff!
Can?t forget Back To My Mac either.
Now I know you are a troll that doesn't own an iPhone.
If you actually own and use a Mac, and own and use an iPhone, Mobile Me is fantastic service. Especially if you have multiple Mac's. Aside from providing push email, over the air syncing of my calendar and contacts, and remote control and recovery for my iPhone, the syncing with Mobile Me of all my settings between all my Mac's is awesome. Snow Leopard finally fixed iDisk syncing and I now have my documents synced between my Mac's seamlessly and transparently. All my settings including my keychain passwords sync. Heck my bookmarks sync not just between my Mac's but my iPhone as well! I love Mobile Me. I've been using it since the iTools days - primarily as an ISP neutral email address, but it hasn't been until recently with the iPhone that I find it truly indispensable.
Are you sure you wouldn't be more comfortable on neowin.net?
Here's the part you fail to comprehend:
Just because YOU happen to find the service 'fantastic' doesn't mean that others are compelled to follow suit.
It's understood that there's a rather narcissistic letter 'i' placed prominently in front of many of your favorite Apple gadgets, e.g. iPhone/iPod/iMac, but some of us don't concern ourselves with what YOU find desirable.
All of my Macs, iPods, and iPhones etc. are merely appliances purchased solely to serve me at my convenience, in no way defining who 'I' am as a person.
It's a great way to live... you might want to try out it someday.
HTC Hero is the winner for me, I only missed iPod integration but now I use Spotify while doing other things with the phone.
Battery life is a lot bigger in the Hero.
Doesn't cath 1st gen iPhone, nops. Cook was acting like Ballmer with this sentence.
Conversely?
Maybe it?s simply a case of you (and those like you) having standards that are too low (possible complacency) ?
See How That Works?
Customer Satisfaction ≠ Complacency
Your anti-iPhone rhetoric makes me think that maybe you tried to get an iPhone in the past, only to be hit with an $800 deposit with AT&T. Maybe an iPhone raped your mother, I don't know. You just can't stand that millions of people are happy with their iPhones. Get over it.
Customer Satisfaction ≠ Complacency
Your anti-iPhone rhetoric makes me think that maybe you tried to get an iPhone in the past, only to be hit with an $800 deposit with AT&T. Maybe an iPhone raped your mother, I don't know. You just can't stand that millions of people are happy with their iPhones. Get over it.
As presumptuous as you are mean spirited and incorrect.
I've owned every generation of iPhone but simply find the handset(s) to be little more than adequate 'feature phones' with substandard reception - in my area (Las Vegas, NV).
It's difficult to believe that Apple's slogan was once Think Different given the legion of 'followers' that now support the company's efforts. Drones all spewing the exact same canned 'talking points' in regimented unison e.g. You're Bad-Mouthing The Almighty iPhone So Therefore You Must Not Be Able To Afford One.
Sad Really...
Here's the part you fail to comprehend:
Just because YOU happen to find the service 'fantastic' doesn't mean that others are compelled to follow suit.
It's understood that there's a rather narcissistic letter 'i' placed prominently in front of many of your favorite Apple gadgets, e.g. iPhone/iPod/iMac, but some of us don't concern ourselves with what YOU find desirable.
All of my Macs, iPods, and iPhones etc. are merely appliances purchased solely to serve me at my convenience, in no way defining who 'I' am as a person.
It's a great way to live... you might want to try out it someday.
i'm not sure i understand your 'reasoning'. it seems to me that 8 bucks or so per month for the convenience of having mobileme sync my computers with my iphone is a small price to pay. i understand if you don't see the value in it, since it doesn't work with all your other gadgets, but to belittle those that do find the value seems pointless.
it's not like you need to have it, and for a lot of people it makes sense to roll their own sync solutions. i could understand your dismay if you were forced to have it, but since it's optional, what's the big deal?
mobileme works for me personally, since i work on three different macs and the convenience to have my calendar synced alone would be worth paying something for. i guess it depends on how many features of mobileme you use and at what point you feel you get value for the money.
to ridicule it as 'overpriced' seems to make little sense to me when you appear to have a house full of expensive gadgets, some of which i'm sure come with a monthly bill. of course there are alternatives to many parts of mobileme, and a lot of them are free. none however offer everything i want, and i'm willing to pay for the convenience to turn them on with the click of a checkbox.
your mileage - as always - may vary, and in your case obviously does. but does that make everybody that sees the value in it a narcissist?
I own an iPhone 3G and a HTC Hero.
HTC Hero is the winner for me, I only missed iPod integration but now I use Spotify while doing other things with the phone.
Battery life is a lot bigger in the Hero.
Doesn't cath 1st gen iPhone, nops. Cook was acting like Ballmer with this sentence.
HTC has truly done a masterful job with the Sense (tm) UI on the Hero.
It's represents the absolute state-of-the art in handset UI design/execution, and Android (tm) is shaping up to be the mobile OS to beat.
The iPhone 3G also has its charms, namely the App Store, but the abysmal battery autonomy, washed-out display, dated UI, fixed storage capacity, and the lack of other core spartphone features left me longing for a more complete/advanced handset, and my iPhone 3GS simply isn't it.
It's funny. I was just talking with my fellow iPhone users at work and we're all more than satisfied with the device. Call us "fanboys" or whatever, but none of us can think of a device we've had recently that fits the bill so perfectly, even without the whiny requirements that DaHarder wants.
The iPhone IS state of the art. If not, what is? Offer us a few others that are more so?
Yeah best phone or single piece of technology. I want to get the iPhone 3GS for Christmas!
i'm not sure i understand your 'reasoning'. it seems to me that 8 bucks or so per month for the convenience of having mobileme sync my computers with my iphone is a small price to pay. i understand if you don't see the value in it, since it doesn't work with all your other gadgets, but to belittle those that do find the value seems pointless.
it's not like you need to have it, and for a lot of people it makes sense to roll their own sync solutions. i could understand your dismay if you were forced to have it, but since it's optional, what's the big deal?
mobileme works for me personally, since i work on three different macs and the convenience to have my calendar synced alone would be worth paying something for. i guess it depends on how many features of mobileme you use and at what point you feel you get value for the money.
to ridicule it as 'overpriced' seems to make little sense to me when you appear to have a house full of expensive gadgets, some of which i'm sure come with a monthly bill. of course there are alternatives to many parts of mobileme, and a lot of them are free. none however offer everything i want, and i'm willing to pay for the convenience to turn them on with the click of a checkbox.
your mileage - as always - may vary, and in your case obviously does. but does that make everybody that sees the value in it a narcissist?
Here's to wishing you and your MobileMe a long happy relationship... I'm sure it's a fine service, but just not for me.