Monday, June 04, 2007
4 June 2007
Props Of The Day: LeBron James- Game 5, need I say more? NBA finals, here we come.
I'm unemployed for the month, no more headset, no more credit checks, no more The New AT&T.
NOW- Showtime's iPhone preview- better late than never.
New commercials this weekend confirmed a June 29th release date for the "JesusPhone" err I mean iPhone. In anticipation of this pending release, let me share with you some of my opinions of the iPhone. The information I use in this preview is strictly public info and in no way proprietary or insider AT&T info. So, without further adu:
The iPhone will be revolutionary. Never before have we seen a phone like this. Visual voicemail may be one of the biggest innovations. Know who left you a voicemail before listening to them. We've had PDA phones with organizers and email and phones for years, and they have added music and video capabilities in the last couple of years, but in my opinion, the biggest advantage of the iPhone will be the ease with which it merges all of these features together. Everyone knows about the iPod and how easy it is to use and how great it is. The music and video features of the iPhone will be like the iPod, which will be far superior to any "music phone" on the market today. Right now Samsung is making the Sync music phone and Blackjack smart phone and LG makes the chocolate and CU500 all of which are music phones, but none have the simplicity and ease of use of an iPod, nor do they have the storage capacity. From what we can tell from the product specs, the phone features will be on par with those on the Palm Treo and other smartphone devices. The iPhone will be running a version of Mac OS X, which will be interesting to see on a phone. That said, it will have safari web browser, which promises to be one of, if not the most advanced web browser on a smartphone. From what we've seen it will allow full access to any webpage, pictures, text and everything, in the full format, just like you'd see on your computer, but of course on a smaller screen. The email is something I'm waiting to see. Right now, devices like the blackjack, treo, and other smartphones have email, but its not as seamless as on a blackberry device. Currently, Blackberry has the best email solution on a handset. Emails are automatically forwarded to the blackberry (up to 10 accounts) and you then have the option to delete only from the handset or from the handset and inbox. Will the iPhone have similar features, or will it be such that you need to open the email program and check your email, or have it check every 5 minutes or so. It will be interesting to see. The calendar and address book should be on par with current smartphones, as Apple's own address book and iCal are also strong products, and integration with these as well as common windows calendar programs will be supported.
The touch screen is also getting a lot of attention, and since there will only be ONE real button on the phone, this will be interesting to see. I'm concerned that the touchscreen keyboard will be difficult to type on, but we will have to wait and see.
The multimedia, phone, software, calendering and organizing features on the iPhone promise to be fantastic, and will most likely live up to the hype.
As for the specs of the phone, one cool thing about it is that it will support wi-fi, one of the few phones on the US market to do that. AT&T currently only offers one phone with wi-fi support, and that is the Cingular 8525 smartphone. This will be great for using the phone at home, at school, at an airport or starbucks or wherever wi-fi is available, but how it connects remains to be seen. One drawback is that the phone will not feature 3G network access. This means that over the cellular network, it will have data speeds around 100 kb/s on the edge network, which is about twice the speed of dialup. 3g offers speeds around 700kb/s, more similar to broadband. This is the first glaring omission on the iPhone. The other biggest thing missing to me is the storage on the phone, the largest of which will be 8GB. The video iPods start at 30GB. Why would anyone want to trade 30GB of iPod storage for 8GB on the iPhone, clearly, the iPhone will not replace a video iPod. Now, if you own a iPod Nano, a blackberry or smartphone, or a phone and a PDA, the iPhone could easily replace all of them, and probably do a great job of it.
However, with these two omissions, it will not replace a video iPod, and will not have a fast enough internet connection over the networks.
My opinion? The iPhone will be a great product, even the 1st generation. Will i be buying one? No. Because of the 2 main features that are missing (3G and more storage) and the uncertainty of how OS X will translate to a phone, I'll be waiting until a second generation iPhone which will offer the full package allowing me to replace my blackberry and my video iPod while getting 3G on my phone. As the phone stands announced now, I do not think it justifies the announced prices. (and this from what some people would consider an Apple "fanboy")
Until Next time
SHOWTIME
Props Of The Day: LeBron James- Game 5, need I say more? NBA finals, here we come.
I'm unemployed for the month, no more headset, no more credit checks, no more The New AT&T.
NOW- Showtime's iPhone preview- better late than never.
New commercials this weekend confirmed a June 29th release date for the "JesusPhone" err I mean iPhone. In anticipation of this pending release, let me share with you some of my opinions of the iPhone. The information I use in this preview is strictly public info and in no way proprietary or insider AT&T info. So, without further adu:
The iPhone will be revolutionary. Never before have we seen a phone like this. Visual voicemail may be one of the biggest innovations. Know who left you a voicemail before listening to them. We've had PDA phones with organizers and email and phones for years, and they have added music and video capabilities in the last couple of years, but in my opinion, the biggest advantage of the iPhone will be the ease with which it merges all of these features together. Everyone knows about the iPod and how easy it is to use and how great it is. The music and video features of the iPhone will be like the iPod, which will be far superior to any "music phone" on the market today. Right now Samsung is making the Sync music phone and Blackjack smart phone and LG makes the chocolate and CU500 all of which are music phones, but none have the simplicity and ease of use of an iPod, nor do they have the storage capacity. From what we can tell from the product specs, the phone features will be on par with those on the Palm Treo and other smartphone devices. The iPhone will be running a version of Mac OS X, which will be interesting to see on a phone. That said, it will have safari web browser, which promises to be one of, if not the most advanced web browser on a smartphone. From what we've seen it will allow full access to any webpage, pictures, text and everything, in the full format, just like you'd see on your computer, but of course on a smaller screen. The email is something I'm waiting to see. Right now, devices like the blackjack, treo, and other smartphones have email, but its not as seamless as on a blackberry device. Currently, Blackberry has the best email solution on a handset. Emails are automatically forwarded to the blackberry (up to 10 accounts) and you then have the option to delete only from the handset or from the handset and inbox. Will the iPhone have similar features, or will it be such that you need to open the email program and check your email, or have it check every 5 minutes or so. It will be interesting to see. The calendar and address book should be on par with current smartphones, as Apple's own address book and iCal are also strong products, and integration with these as well as common windows calendar programs will be supported.
The touch screen is also getting a lot of attention, and since there will only be ONE real button on the phone, this will be interesting to see. I'm concerned that the touchscreen keyboard will be difficult to type on, but we will have to wait and see.
The multimedia, phone, software, calendering and organizing features on the iPhone promise to be fantastic, and will most likely live up to the hype.
As for the specs of the phone, one cool thing about it is that it will support wi-fi, one of the few phones on the US market to do that. AT&T currently only offers one phone with wi-fi support, and that is the Cingular 8525 smartphone. This will be great for using the phone at home, at school, at an airport or starbucks or wherever wi-fi is available, but how it connects remains to be seen. One drawback is that the phone will not feature 3G network access. This means that over the cellular network, it will have data speeds around 100 kb/s on the edge network, which is about twice the speed of dialup. 3g offers speeds around 700kb/s, more similar to broadband. This is the first glaring omission on the iPhone. The other biggest thing missing to me is the storage on the phone, the largest of which will be 8GB. The video iPods start at 30GB. Why would anyone want to trade 30GB of iPod storage for 8GB on the iPhone, clearly, the iPhone will not replace a video iPod. Now, if you own a iPod Nano, a blackberry or smartphone, or a phone and a PDA, the iPhone could easily replace all of them, and probably do a great job of it.
However, with these two omissions, it will not replace a video iPod, and will not have a fast enough internet connection over the networks.
My opinion? The iPhone will be a great product, even the 1st generation. Will i be buying one? No. Because of the 2 main features that are missing (3G and more storage) and the uncertainty of how OS X will translate to a phone, I'll be waiting until a second generation iPhone which will offer the full package allowing me to replace my blackberry and my video iPod while getting 3G on my phone. As the phone stands announced now, I do not think it justifies the announced prices. (and this from what some people would consider an Apple "fanboy")
Until Next time
SHOWTIME
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