The iPhone is here!!!!
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Jolly Green Giant
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The iPhone is here!!!!
Screen size 3.5 inches
Screen resolution 320 by 480 at 160 ppi
Input method Multi-touch
Operating system OS X
Storage 4GB or 8GB
GSM Quad-band (MHz: 850, 900, 1800, 1900)
Wireless data Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) + EDGE + Bluetooth 2.0
Camera 2.0 megapixels
Battery
Up to 5 hoursTalk / Video / Browsing
Up to 16 hoursAudio playback
Dimensions 4.5 x 2.4 x 0.46 inches / 115 x 61 x 11.6mm
Weight 4.8 ounces / 135 grams
Available June. US$599 for the 8 GB version
Check it out
http://www.apple.com/iphone/
Safari browser, Mac Mail and look at how you'll text!
I WANT ONE NOW!!!
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's just an oversize mobile phone, innit? My V3 does most of that except the big screen size - but it fits into my pocket and is tiny when not in use. It also cost a lot less.
Ah - but this is Apple, innit - a sort of cult thing.
Ah - but this is Apple, innit - a sort of cult thing.
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MP3 player, large colour screen, Wi-fi, Bluetooth = **** all battery life.
Great toy for the geeks, just give me a phone that I can use use for a decent amount of time without having to carry a recharger around.
Great toy for the geeks, just give me a phone that I can use use for a decent amount of time without having to carry a recharger around.
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Agreed, ORAC.
Having manged to knacker my trusty Nokia 6310i recently, I was dreading having to get one of the new toy phones with lots of things I neither need nor want. I do NOT want FM radio, a camera, photos, silly ring tones or videoclip displays. Although digi-yoof obviously does.
Fortunately eBay came up trumps and I manged to get a brand-new 6310i delivered to my front door less than 24 hours after ordering it! Excellent triband phone, the battery lasts for days between charges and it does all that I want a phone to do - allows me to make speech calls, text messages and download the odd TAF and METAR.
Having manged to knacker my trusty Nokia 6310i recently, I was dreading having to get one of the new toy phones with lots of things I neither need nor want. I do NOT want FM radio, a camera, photos, silly ring tones or videoclip displays. Although digi-yoof obviously does.
Fortunately eBay came up trumps and I manged to get a brand-new 6310i delivered to my front door less than 24 hours after ordering it! Excellent triband phone, the battery lasts for days between charges and it does all that I want a phone to do - allows me to make speech calls, text messages and download the odd TAF and METAR.
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I'm amazed they managed to keep it secret right up until the announcement despite all the months of speculation. The R&D that must have gone into that thing is huge.
It'll be massive. It doesn't really do much that other high end phones don't but it completely rewrites the way it is done. (Check the demo vids on the apple site). I'm someone who just wants a decent phone that works well(no need for camera, mp3 player, calendar etc) but when it integrates everything so well like this why carry an mp3 player and a phone around. And the small matter of having OS X in your pockets. Imagine all the useful widgets that will really come into their own 'on the hoof'.
I couple of reservations I'd like to see addressed first. Battery life of course. (though I could live with putting it in a syncing/charging dock whenever I'm home - I know many coudn't) And general ergonomic factors like the practicality of the touch screen - apple usually don't dissappoint, but we'll see.
It'll be massive. It doesn't really do much that other high end phones don't but it completely rewrites the way it is done. (Check the demo vids on the apple site). I'm someone who just wants a decent phone that works well(no need for camera, mp3 player, calendar etc) but when it integrates everything so well like this why carry an mp3 player and a phone around. And the small matter of having OS X in your pockets. Imagine all the useful widgets that will really come into their own 'on the hoof'.
I couple of reservations I'd like to see addressed first. Battery life of course. (though I could live with putting it in a syncing/charging dock whenever I'm home - I know many coudn't) And general ergonomic factors like the practicality of the touch screen - apple usually don't dissappoint, but we'll see.
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BEagle
Good to hear about another devotee of the venerable 6310 - I've resolutely refused to hand in my trusty work 6310 for the ***p devices that are the current corporate standard!
How much did your replacement cost on ebay, btw?
Luddite perhaps, but I've never, ever had a flat battery in 4 years with this phone!
Cheers,
SD
Good to hear about another devotee of the venerable 6310 - I've resolutely refused to hand in my trusty work 6310 for the ***p devices that are the current corporate standard!
How much did your replacement cost on ebay, btw?
Luddite perhaps, but I've never, ever had a flat battery in 4 years with this phone!
Cheers,
SD
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It doesn't really do much that other high end phones don't but it completely rewrites the way it is done. (Check the demo vids on the apple site). I'm someone who just wants a decent phone that works well(no need for camera, mp3 player, calendar etc) but when it integrates everything so well like this why carry an mp3 player and a phone around. And the small matter of having OS X in your pockets. Imagine all the useful widgets that will really come into their own 'on the hoof'.
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The iPhone is here!!!!
The iPhone has actually been here for some time now.
Cisco made the first iPhone in 1997.
Last year an updated model was released.
I see trademark issues here that might cost Apple Inc. a pretty penny.
Cisco made the first iPhone in 1997.
Last year an updated model was released.
I see trademark issues here that might cost Apple Inc. a pretty penny.
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iPhone - not so fast Mr. Jobs.... that name has been taken...
Indeed......
SAN FRANCISCO -- Cisco Systems sued Apple Inc. in federal court Wednesday, saying the computer maker's new iPhone violates its trademark.
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, came just a day after Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the Apple iPhone in dramatic fashion at a trade show in San Francisco.
But even while Jobs was trumpeting the product during his keynote address to Apple faithful, the matter of the product's naming had not been resolved behind the scenes between two of the biggest names in Silicon Valley.
San Jose-based Cisco, the world's largest network-equipment maker, has owned the trademark on the name "iPhone" since 2000, when it acquired InfoGear Technology Corp., which originally registered the name.
And three weeks ago, Cisco's Linksys division put the trademark to use, releasing an Internet phone called "iPhone" that uses the increasingly popular Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP.
But on Tuesday, Jobs unveiled Apple's own iPhone, a "game-changing" touch-screen-controlled cell phone device that plays music, surfs the Web and delivers voicemail and e-mail.
Apple spokeswoman Natalie Kerris said she could not immediately comment on the lawsuit.
Cisco said Tuesday it had been negotiating for several years with Apple over a licensing agreement, but that Apple lawyers had not signed and returned the final contract.
"Cisco entered into negotiations with Apple in good faith after Apple repeatedly asked permission to use Cisco's iPhone name," said Mark Chandler, Cisco senior vice president and general counsel, in a statement. "There is no doubt that Apple's new phone is very exciting, but they should not be using our trademark without our permission."
Cisco is seeking injunctive relief to prevent Apple from copying Cisco's iPhone trademark.
"Today's iPhone is not tomorrow's iPhone. The potential for convergence of the home phone, cell phone, work phone and PC is limitless, which is why it is so important for us to protect our brand," Chandler added.
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, came just a day after Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the Apple iPhone in dramatic fashion at a trade show in San Francisco.
But even while Jobs was trumpeting the product during his keynote address to Apple faithful, the matter of the product's naming had not been resolved behind the scenes between two of the biggest names in Silicon Valley.
San Jose-based Cisco, the world's largest network-equipment maker, has owned the trademark on the name "iPhone" since 2000, when it acquired InfoGear Technology Corp., which originally registered the name.
And three weeks ago, Cisco's Linksys division put the trademark to use, releasing an Internet phone called "iPhone" that uses the increasingly popular Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP.
But on Tuesday, Jobs unveiled Apple's own iPhone, a "game-changing" touch-screen-controlled cell phone device that plays music, surfs the Web and delivers voicemail and e-mail.
Apple spokeswoman Natalie Kerris said she could not immediately comment on the lawsuit.
Cisco said Tuesday it had been negotiating for several years with Apple over a licensing agreement, but that Apple lawyers had not signed and returned the final contract.
"Cisco entered into negotiations with Apple in good faith after Apple repeatedly asked permission to use Cisco's iPhone name," said Mark Chandler, Cisco senior vice president and general counsel, in a statement. "There is no doubt that Apple's new phone is very exciting, but they should not be using our trademark without our permission."
Cisco is seeking injunctive relief to prevent Apple from copying Cisco's iPhone trademark.
"Today's iPhone is not tomorrow's iPhone. The potential for convergence of the home phone, cell phone, work phone and PC is limitless, which is why it is so important for us to protect our brand," Chandler added.
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There had been rumours about a widescreen ipod coming out but it had issues with the click wheel. So it looks like they've changed the interface and incorporated everything that they could think of in it! I wanted the widescreen ipod, not convinced I want the phone side of it...but the battery life can't be too bad, the video ipods hold up pretty well, my nano lasts a continuous work day of use, 10 hours of music or two days worth of radio.
I'm seriously tempted to get it for the portable video device alone, finally a screen that is watchable.
I'm seriously tempted to get it for the portable video device alone, finally a screen that is watchable.
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Saab Dastard, I paid about £120 incl. p&p (special delivery) for my new Nokia 6310i.
I note a lot of business people still swear by it, both here and in Germany.
Clearly a demand which Nokia no longer satisfy themselves. I also have the car kit and it works very well indeed - although it isn't actually as good as the original kit for my Nokia 2110 was 10 years ago!
Sorry folks, but you can keep your flashy digi-yoof toys. Nokia should have updated their 6310i, not abandoned the sector completely in favour of the kiddie phones of today.
I note a lot of business people still swear by it, both here and in Germany.
Clearly a demand which Nokia no longer satisfy themselves. I also have the car kit and it works very well indeed - although it isn't actually as good as the original kit for my Nokia 2110 was 10 years ago!
Sorry folks, but you can keep your flashy digi-yoof toys. Nokia should have updated their 6310i, not abandoned the sector completely in favour of the kiddie phones of today.
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BD
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SMS and phone calls only......
