Apple Announces the iPhone (and it does look fabulous)!

[David Franklin]

Seems to pretty much do it all: Phone, Music, Video, Internet.

And the looks are, as you'd expect,

More details here.

[ducasi]

I want one!

[Tiggerbabe]

I want one!

Me too, no doubt Franck's already ordered one

[BeccaB]

when's it out? i'm going to save all my pennies!!!!

[Tiggerbabe]

when's it out? i'm going to save all my pennies!!!!

June I want one now! *stampy foot smiley*

[ducasi]

June I want one now! *stampy foot smiley*

June in the US – "Quarter 4" in Europe, and it'll probably be tied to only one network – hopefully a good one...

Actually, there are a few things about this phone that disappoint me – GSM only, not "3G"; relatively limited storage; and only 2M-pixel camera, with no flash.

These things together mean that I *may* end up not getting one – at least, not until version 2.

[Whitebeard]

I think I live in another world where I don't even have a functional mobile 'phone. The battery of my inherited Ericsson GA628 (very clumpy by today's standards) expired years ago. And I haven't bothered to replace it despite having nearly £20 of Pay As You Go credit with O2. Logic tells me I should have one, if only for 'emergencies', but even though I've faffed and tracked on eBay I'm still on the wrong side of the digital divide.

Can anyone recommend a basic mobile with particularly outstanding sound quality ? The Ericsson, for instance, was better than my BT Freestyle 1 home landline model which is abysmal. At home I now juggle between that, for its other features, and a Phillips Xalio for it's better sound.

[frodo]

Seems to pretty much do it all: Phone, Music, Video, Internet.

And the looks are, as you'd expect,

More details here.

What a waste. Someone has finally got around to creating a multi function PDA with maximum screen real estate and easy finger use , then ruins it with just a single button, and no stylus.

There is definitely room for a couple more buttons at the bottom - I guess it is a style thing not to have them.

Shortcut buttons on a PDA make it so much faster and easier to use than having to look first for every action.


It has long been possible to operate PDA's with a finger rather than a stylus, and commonly done for simple tasks, though improvements aren't a bad thing.

Fingers don't work too well when you've got wet, dirty or gloved hands.

A stylus does make dedicated tasks much easier, and matters most when making good use of a high resolution screen

[straycat]

What a waste. Someone has finally got around to creating a multi function PDA with maximum screen real estate and easy finger use , then ruins it with just a single button, and no stylus.
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Fingers don't work too well when you've got wet, dirty or gloved hands.

After watching Jobs' presentation, I disagree about the buttons - as he said, the applications don't need to make use of hardware-defined buttons - they just draw their own...

Stylus... torn. I use a Palm-based PDA at the moment, which makes great use of a stylus, and I love it to the extent that I handwrite all my text messages on it, rather than punching 'em in on the phone. I think I'd have to play with one of these before I made up my mind - I can't tell how quick that keyboard would be compared to a stylus - probably not a lot in it.

As for wet / dirty / gloved hands - with the first two, you'd be mad to be using the thing anyway without cleaning / drying them. With gloved hands, a stylus is very very hard to use (small and fiddly) - so I don't think that makes a whole lot of difference, to be honest.

[drathzel]

Hold on bandwagon!!!*jumps on* i want one!!!

[David Bailey]

Apparently, Apple are now being sued by Cisco - that didn't take long....

[straycat]

Hold on bandwagon!!!*jumps on* i want one!!!

You can have the one I'm not buying

[frodo]

After watching Jobs' presentation, I disagree about the buttons - as he said, the applications don't need to make use of hardware-defined buttons - they just draw their own...

True they don't need it but I'd need it to reliably select the buttons before looking.

Stylus... torn. I use a Palm-based PDA at the moment, which makes great use of a stylus, and I love it to the extent that I handwrite all my text messages on it, rather than punching 'em in on the phone. I think I'd have to play with one of these before I made up my mind - I can't tell how quick that keyboard would be compared to a stylus - probably not a lot in it.

Quite possibly not a whole lot in it as to speed, but think the keyboard would need far more attention/looking than a stylus/hard keyboard.

..with the first two, you'd be mad to be using the thing anyway without cleaning / drying them.

Definitely a point; however it does tend to reduce the utility of the iPhone compared to current devices.

With gloved hands, a stylus is very very hard to use (small and fiddly) - so I don't think that makes a whole lot of difference, to be honest.

Fair enough - i can think of thicknesses of glove where it would be difficult to use and/or get out a stylus.