This new technology of the future stuff is great, but how about some CURRENT technology NOW!
Seriously!! All those future ideas are well and good, but how about fixing the remaining annoyances of the device like you mentioned. Going to a website (which doesn't work from my iPhone) for picture messages?? Seriously Apple? You haven't figured out a better solution?
Big difference. AppleTV was sold (and I bought it ) with promises of integrating and simplifying music and video files to the living room and it has done neither. It's been turned into an iTunes digi$al jukebox. It is harder to find music on it than one's own computer. It's a joke.
If you know what's not featured on the iPhone yet is on all other phones -yet you buy? And then complain?
OK, I get the distinction now. If a person buys something based upon advertising,
without reading any reviews of it or doing any research into its capabilities,
and it does not live up to their hopes, they are entitled to complain ad nauseam.
On the other hand, if a person does read reviews and understand capabilities and
the item does not fulfill their wishes, they must remain silent.
a future version of Apple's iPhone wakes you up in the morning, it will have downloaded the morning's news feeds and sent a message to your coffee maker to begin brewing a fresh pot, says AT&T Mobile chief Ralph de la Vega.
Very impressed *NOT* Does this Mobile Chief actually know something about tech? It sounds like a tech prediction from the 80's. If the iPhone can't do that right now it's a piece of shit. Oh wait the iPhone wakes me up in the morning and it downloads te latest newsfeed, just waiting for a senseo coffeemaker app to come out!
Very impressed *NOT* Does this Mobile Chief actually know something about tech? It sounds like a tech prediction from the 80's. If the iPhone can't do that right now it's a piece of shit. Oh wait the iPhone wakes me up in the morning and it downloads te latest newsfeed, just waiting for a senseo coffeemaker app to come out!
It's the new "Wake Up N Smell the Coffee" App- coming soon from your favorite Java/Cocoa development team.
Coffee? I have a good idea: how about delivering the F@&king picture messages my relatives send? Before we enter the 22nd century, can we enter the 21st? I know they are low tech, but so are a lot of the people I have to communicate with....
It won't do MMS, but it can handle pictures sent by email. Why can't your relatives' phones send pictures using email? Sending email isn't something that's hard to program a device to do, it's more flexible.
Lots of research shows the pitfalls of multi-tasking on productivity and safety. Better watch out in the future as you listen to your messages and take your mind off of driving the car!
Having lead a teleclass for a group of coaches in Japan where I went through a translator - it was the most nerve wracking experience I've had in leading ANY conference call or face-to-face presentation (small group to Emcee with 600 people). Being able to translate on the fly like that would revolutionize how small business and solopreneurs conduct global business.
I can live without the coffee yet the translation on the fly would be amazing.
Hey, cut and paste is overrate and only gets you into trouble
I had a similar experience in a two way teleconference with a Japanese client. The client became so frustrated with the translation issues that he started to slam his hands on his desk. Talk about unnerving... we never did business with them again.
Before a future version of Apple's iPhone wakes you up in the morning, it will have downloaded the morning's news feeds and sent a message to your coffee maker to begin brewing a fresh pot. Sadly, you went on holiday 4 days ago, but forgot to disable this function on the iPhone, which has been texting the 'brew' instructions whilst you are sunning yourself on the beach. When you come home, the kitchen is 3 inches deep in coffee that has spilled over the top of the jug.
Another marketing guy not understanding technology.
* Why talk about downloading news, as it was something that would be necesary to do in advance in the future (or even now). News are available right away and doesn't have to be downloaded.
* Many people actually prefer making their own coffe ...
The rest of the predictions - well translationen, remote controlling or whatever isn't just something that would be unique for an iPhone. And those "predictions" - I think we have heard them around 1 million times before
For someone who is not conversent in the terms of technology, you're complaining too much.
I'll explain.
Downloading doesn't always mean having a copy on your machine. When you click on a link, you download that link. That'w what you did when you want to AI. You downloaded the page.
That's all that's required.
But, in order to have the device read the news back afterwards, it must then save that page to internal memory.
I don't get it. I don't see how the number of products available has
anything to do with making informed purchases or with whimpering about
one's mistakes afterwards. Remember that I first responded to your statement
that you could not understand how anyone could buy something that didn't
meet their needs "in the first place". That is precisely what you did when you
bought your AppleTV. You just won't own up to the mistake you made, preferring
to blame someone else and subjecting this forum to your tiresome, repetitive
caterwauling.
Man what made you so bitter?
Bad formulation in your Kool-Aid obviously.
And I have owned up to the mistake I made in purchasing ATV. I have previously stated that I should have bought a MacMini instead.
However when I bought into AppleTV there was a potential to be something big factor there which Steve mentioned. I never would have bought it if I knew that that potential was for it to be an iTune di$ital jukebox. If I'd know I was buying into a future rental /purchasing machine it would have been a dead deal.
I still lose 3G about half the time sitting on Interstate 5 going into Portland OR for work. There's not going to be any real-time translations or any nifty stuff till ATT get's their friggin network fixed!!!
I don't want to hear about the iPhone from AT&T, it is not their product, they simply provide the dumb pipes and the phone network to service it. That's all i want them to do.
Second, since when it is ok for AT&T to dictate what i can use my service for? Can we say "network neutrality" anyone? Doesn't matter that its a mobile network, i don't care. It's internet service, and they are restricting what i can do with it until they feel like allowing me to tether my laptop to the thing.
That's not true. That was 20 years ago.
Many of these functions require cooperation from the networks software.
We already know this is true, because as Apple itself said, AT&T had to rewrite their software to bring us visual voicemail.
There are some things the phone manufacturers simply can't do on their own.
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I pity the fool who thought he could speak on behalf of Steve and Jonathan's baby.
I guess the future is coffee, then!
It's likely Apple and AT&T won't even be doing business with each other by then.
Until then, AT&T's got Apple by the balls- OUCH!
What about:
MMS?
Video Recording?
COPY and PASTE!
This new technology of the future stuff is great, but how about some CURRENT technology NOW!
Seriously!! All those future ideas are well and good, but how about fixing the remaining annoyances of the device like you mentioned. Going to a website (which doesn't work from my iPhone) for picture messages?? Seriously Apple? You haven't figured out a better solution?
Big difference. AppleTV was sold (and I bought it ) with promises of integrating and simplifying music and video files to the living room and it has done neither. It's been turned into an iTunes digi$al jukebox. It is harder to find music on it than one's own computer. It's a joke.
If you know what's not featured on the iPhone yet is on all other phones -yet you buy? And then complain?
OK, I get the distinction now. If a person buys something based upon advertising,
without reading any reviews of it or doing any research into its capabilities,
and it does not live up to their hopes, they are entitled to complain ad nauseam.
On the other hand, if a person does read reviews and understand capabilities and
the item does not fulfill their wishes, they must remain silent.
Thank you for clearing that up.
OK...... maybe just twice a week.
OK, I get the distinction now. If a person buys something based upon advertising,
without reading any reviews of it or doing any research into its capabilities,
and it does not live up to their hopes, they are entitled to complain ad nauseam.
On the other hand, if a person does read reviews and understand capabilities and
the item does not fulfill their wishes, they must remain silent.
Thank you for clearing that up.
You still don't get it:
How many phones already existed when the iPhone arrived?
How many digital home entertainment options were there when AppleTV arrived?
You do the math- if you can.
a future version of Apple's iPhone wakes you up in the morning, it will have downloaded the morning's news feeds and sent a message to your coffee maker to begin brewing a fresh pot, says AT&T Mobile chief Ralph de la Vega.
Very impressed *NOT* Does this Mobile Chief actually know something about tech? It sounds like a tech prediction from the 80's. If the iPhone can't do that right now it's a piece of shit. Oh wait the iPhone wakes me up in the morning and it downloads te latest newsfeed, just waiting for a senseo coffeemaker app to come out!
Very impressed *NOT* Does this Mobile Chief actually know something about tech? It sounds like a tech prediction from the 80's. If the iPhone can't do that right now it's a piece of shit. Oh wait the iPhone wakes me up in the morning and it downloads te latest newsfeed, just waiting for a senseo coffeemaker app to come out!
It's the new "Wake Up N Smell the Coffee" App- coming soon from your favorite Java/Cocoa development team.
I just want flash! Can't someone give me flash? Flash!!!!!!! Pleaseeeeeeee!!!!!
Nope- Steve says so.
Bogs you down, makes you fat.
Bloated.
Coffee? I have a good idea: how about delivering the F@&king picture messages my relatives send? Before we enter the 22nd century, can we enter the 21st? I know they are low tech, but so are a lot of the people I have to communicate with....
It won't do MMS, but it can handle pictures sent by email. Why can't your relatives' phones send pictures using email? Sending email isn't something that's hard to program a device to do, it's more flexible.
You still don't get it:
How many phones already existed when the iPhone arrived?
How many digital home entertainment options were there when AppleTV arrived?
You do the math- if you can.
You're right.
I don't get it. I don't see how the number of products available has
anything to do with making informed purchases or with whimpering about
one's mistakes afterwards. Remember that I first responded to your statement
that you could not understand how anyone could buy something that didn't
meet their needs "in the first place". That is precisely what you did when you
bought your AppleTV. You just won't own up to the mistake you made, preferring
to blame someone else and subjecting this forum to your tiresome, repetitive
caterwauling.
Lots of research shows the pitfalls of multi-tasking on productivity and safety. Better watch out in the future as you listen to your messages and take your mind off of driving the car!
Having lead a teleclass for a group of coaches in Japan where I went through a translator - it was the most nerve wracking experience I've had in leading ANY conference call or face-to-face presentation (small group to Emcee with 600 people). Being able to translate on the fly like that would revolutionize how small business and solopreneurs conduct global business.
I can live without the coffee yet the translation on the fly would be amazing.
Hey, cut and paste is overrate and only gets you into trouble
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTOXlo1npmY
I had a similar experience in a two way teleconference with a Japanese client. The client became so frustrated with the translation issues that he started to slam his hands on his desk. Talk about unnerving... we never did business with them again.
Before a future version of Apple's iPhone wakes you up in the morning, it will have downloaded the morning's news feeds and sent a message to your coffee maker to begin brewing a fresh pot. Sadly, you went on holiday 4 days ago, but forgot to disable this function on the iPhone, which has been texting the 'brew' instructions whilst you are sunning yourself on the beach. When you come home, the kitchen is 3 inches deep in coffee that has spilled over the top of the jug.
Or the house has burned down.
* Why talk about downloading news, as it was something that would be necesary to do in advance in the future (or even now). News are available right away and doesn't have to be downloaded.
* Many people actually prefer making their own coffe ...
The rest of the predictions - well translationen, remote controlling or whatever isn't just something that would be unique for an iPhone. And those "predictions" - I think we have heard them around 1 million times before
For someone who is not conversent in the terms of technology, you're complaining too much.
I'll explain.
Downloading doesn't always mean having a copy on your machine. When you click on a link, you download that link. That'w what you did when you want to AI. You downloaded the page.
That's all that's required.
But, in order to have the device read the news back afterwards, it must then save that page to internal memory.
So, you lose both ways.
You're right.
I don't get it. I don't see how the number of products available has
anything to do with making informed purchases or with whimpering about
one's mistakes afterwards. Remember that I first responded to your statement
that you could not understand how anyone could buy something that didn't
meet their needs "in the first place". That is precisely what you did when you
bought your AppleTV. You just won't own up to the mistake you made, preferring
to blame someone else and subjecting this forum to your tiresome, repetitive
caterwauling.
Man what made you so bitter?
Bad formulation in your Kool-Aid obviously.
And I have owned up to the mistake I made in purchasing ATV. I have previously stated that I should have bought a MacMini instead.
However when I bought into AppleTV there was a potential to be something big factor there which Steve mentioned. I never would have bought it if I knew that that potential was for it to be an iTune di$ital jukebox. If I'd know I was buying into a future rental /purchasing machine it would have been a dead deal.
OK_ GOT IT?
I don't want to hear about the iPhone from AT&T, it is not their product, they simply provide the dumb pipes and the phone network to service it. That's all i want them to do.
Second, since when it is ok for AT&T to dictate what i can use my service for? Can we say "network neutrality" anyone? Doesn't matter that its a mobile network, i don't care. It's internet service, and they are restricting what i can do with it until they feel like allowing me to tether my laptop to the thing.
That's not true. That was 20 years ago.
Many of these functions require cooperation from the networks software.
We already know this is true, because as Apple itself said, AT&T had to rewrite their software to bring us visual voicemail.
There are some things the phone manufacturers simply can't do on their own.