Who is Ready for MACWORLD?

[James3shin]

Originally posted by: loup garou

Originally posted by: James3shin

Originally posted by: NakaNaka
NO WAP VERSIONS. Full web pages.

Oh DAYUM! That put a dent in my WM05 phone

Uh...use Opera. Plus, full webpages put the hurt on EDGE connections.

Anyways, looks nice for a basic smartphone. I don't care what kind of touchscreen tech they come up with, nothing beats a builtin qwerty keyboard. Just about everything he's gone over has been done on WM smartphones for quite a while though. I am definitely jealous of the builtin 8GB though.

I'm on a 8125, built in keys, touchscreen, and so on. From the video, the iPhone seems to be smaller, faster and slicker than any pocket PC on the market. BTW, I've tried Opera...still too slow.

 

[daniel1113]

I've had full Google maps functionality for months on Cingular, too.

 

[Al Neri]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: dartworth
Verizon would charge $30/month to use Google Maps...lol

i've had full google maps functionality for months on sprint

turn on the keynote..

hear the applause..

it's for you!!!!

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: NakaNaka
Apple shares up 2 points in the last 10 minutes.

jesus christ it's going up a cent every second

 

[dartworth]

10:36am - "We want to take what Apple's doing reinventing the phone and do that on the internet -- great form factors, user experiences, and UI, and translate them into a seamless internet experience. We want to take the Web 2.0 into the device world -- you have my address Steve, please send it to me."

10:37am - "It's been great having the two greatest companies on the web right down the block. Thank you guys so much, you've really helped us put the internet in the phone.

10:38am - "So, an internet communicator, an iPod, and a phone. Let's put them all together and see what you can do in a real-life scenario..."

10:39am - Another hands-on demo. "Let's see what happens when a phone call comes while listening to music -- music fades out and the call comes through."

 

[dartworth]

Phil wants photos to use as his screen saver, one of the phones from Hawaii. Go figure! Steve is emailing the photo -- shrinks, compose window pops up (he's still on the phone with Phil, mind you), and he sends it.

 

[Kaido]

So how easy does it scratch?

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: James3shin

Originally posted by: loup garou

Originally posted by: James3shin

Originally posted by: NakaNaka
NO WAP VERSIONS. Full web pages.

Oh DAYUM! That put a dent in my WM05 phone

Uh...use Opera. Plus, full webpages put the hurt on EDGE connections.

Anyways, looks nice for a basic smartphone. I don't care what kind of touchscreen tech they come up with, nothing beats a builtin qwerty keyboard. Just about everything he's gone over has been done on WM smartphones for quite a while though. I am definitely jealous of the builtin 8GB though.

I'm on a 8125, built in keys, touchscreen, and so on. From the video, the iPhone seems to be smaller, faster and slicker than any pocket PC on the market. BTW, I've tried Opera...still too slow.

Oh it's definitely much slicker. Smaller definitely, at the expense of a keyboard. Faster, probably, as WM5 is a hog in its current state, but I'd be willing to bet Steve is running off WiFi right now and not EDGE, so take that into account for page loads, data retrieval for weather data, etc. My point is people are orgasming over some of these features like they're unheard of.

 

[dartworth]

He ends the call, and the music pops right back up, no pauses, no fuss. Uproarious applause.

 

[NakaNaka]

Originally posted by: Kaido
So how easy does it scratch?

LOL I was actually thinking that. Beautiful big screen, in your pocket all the time, don't want to use a case, that's annoying for a phone.

 

[Atheus]

I hope there's a highlights reel of this soon - I need to see this phone.

The Yahoo-built-in thing is the only statement I haven't liked so far. I already have to make an effort to prevent Yahoo toolbar sh1t installing on my PC.

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: loup garou

Originally posted by: James3shin

Originally posted by: loup garou

Originally posted by: James3shin

Originally posted by: NakaNaka
NO WAP VERSIONS. Full web pages.

Oh DAYUM! That put a dent in my WM05 phone

Uh...use Opera. Plus, full webpages put the hurt on EDGE connections.

Anyways, looks nice for a basic smartphone. I don't care what kind of touchscreen tech they come up with, nothing beats a builtin qwerty keyboard. Just about everything he's gone over has been done on WM smartphones for quite a while though. I am definitely jealous of the builtin 8GB though.

I'm on a 8125, built in keys, touchscreen, and so on. From the video, the iPhone seems to be smaller, faster and slicker than any pocket PC on the market. BTW, I've tried Opera...still too slow.

Oh it's definitely much slicker. Smaller definitely, at the expense of a keyboard. Faster, probably, as WM5 is a hog in its current state, but I'd be willing to bet Steve is running off WiFi right now and not EDGE, so take that into account for page loads, data retrieval for weather data, etc. My point is people are orgasming over some of these features like they're unheard of.

Apple is making these features easy enough for the average person to use with minimal fuss...people are all about convenience, that's why McDonalds is so huge...

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: NakaNaka

Originally posted by: Kaido
So how easy does it scratch?

LOL I was actually thinking that. Beautiful big screen, in your pocket all the time, don't want to use a case, that's annoying for a phone.

Guess I'll be picking up an invisibleSHIELD for it

 

[dartworth]

10:41am - "Today Apple is reinventing the phone. How does this stack up? Let's look at the competition..." Treo, BB, E62, Q... comparing mail, contacts, calendars, web... "Let's see the web, we tried to make it look as good as we could. And this is what you get." Comparing music...

"After today, I don't think anyone's going to look at these phones the same way again."

 

[RichardE]

I want one

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: Atheus
I hope there's a highlights reel of this soon - I need to see this phone.

The Yahoo-built-in thing is the only statement I haven't liked so far. I already have to make an effort to prevent Yahoo toolbar sh1t installing on my PC.

Yeah, why didn't they make Google the default search engine? Oh I just realized, because Yahoo is a portal with tons of content, that makes sense. Nevermind lol.

 

[ElFenix]

i wonder if this thing is sold at apple stores and if i need a contract with a service provider to get one?

i'm tempted to go over to the galleria and see if i can pick one up right now

 

[James3shin]

I'll wait for the reviews and see what the downfalls are. I want CPU details, price, battery life, voice dialing present? So many questions still unanswered.

 

[dartworth]

10:45 PT. Accessories Accessories will include stereo headphones (like those for the iPod) with a tiny microphone built in, a bluetooth headseat (incredibly small), automatically pairs with the iPHone. Battery: 5 hours talk/video browsing, 16 hours playback of audio.

 

[RichardE]

Wonder when it will be available

 

[Kaido]

5 hour battery life! SOLD!!

 

[daniel1113]

Battery life: "A lot of these phones have low battery life. We've managed to get 5 hours of battery of talk time, video, and browsing. 16 hours of audio playback."

 

[dartworth]

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2007/01/dsc_0228.jpg

 

[EKKC]

i just bought more apple stocks. why oh why i didnt buy more when it was 80 2 weeks ago, and why oh why didn't I spend my life savings into it when i bought my shares at $55 last summer???!!!

 

[Kermy]

Originally posted by: daniel1113
Battery life: "A lot of these phones have low battery life. We've managed to get 5 hours of battery of talk time, video, and browsing. 16 hours of audio playback."

I'll believe it when I see it. 5 hours of continuous BT/Wifi/Phone usage in a battery that small?