iPhone finally here, the Western Civilization is saved - Page 2

Originally Posted by kronik

Note, I agree with you almost wholeheartedly - the one thing I'm noticing people say, however.. is the ability for this thing to be a smartphone. It does not excel in that regard; it successfully has integrated a number of "lifestyle product" genres but the one I think it'll be the best at is of course, media playback. I would have LOVED for this thing to become my goto device.. unfortunately, it's just not feasible for me as my e-mail is Exchange-based. brian, I am not suggesting that Apple targets business users specifically - I would like to think, however, that at the price point this thing is touted at (which is usually reserved for the smartphone crowd.. which generally is targeted at business users), it would be more capable in that regard. It would not have taken too much for them to throw a lite version of Thunderbird up there, or at least, given you the potential to do so. They've, in true Apple form, locked up the ability to utilize it outside of their propietary format/design/state and that seems almost like an injustice on a piece of machinery this beautifully designed.

Originally Posted by designprofessor

Is it a beautiful device for allowing people to take their eyes off the road while driving?

Originally Posted by Jodum5

They're all just haterzzz. Pissed that apple just made another killer app (I dont think they'll sell 10mm by years end) that will force other phone makers to toe the line with them.

Btw since its Cingular why couldnt it be hacked and made into an unlocked GSM phone?

Originally Posted by dusty

Does this have any type of GPS?

Originally Posted by kronik

Note, I agree with you almost wholeheartedly - the one thing I'm noticing people say, however.. is the ability for this thing to be a smartphone. It does not excel in that regard; it successfully has integrated a number of "lifestyle product" genres but the one I think it'll be the best at is of course, media playback. I would have LOVED for this thing to become my goto device.. unfortunately, it's just not feasible for me as my e-mail is Exchange-based.

Originally Posted by drizzt3117

The thing with cell phones replacing cameras is more of a convenience issue and taking pictures spontaneously. I have two subcompact digitals and one digital SLR, and find myself not carrying them on a daily basis because I have my K800i with its 3.2MP camera. When camera phones get to the 5-6 MP range (which should be next year in Asia and the following year in the US) with a reasonably good feature set, most people won't carry regular digital cameras anymore unless they're specifically going to take pictures, at least IMO.

Originally Posted by Tokyo Slim

There are cameras out there already (in korea/Japan) with 10+ megapixels already (as of October). The 8+'s came two years ago... the 5-6's were close to three or four years ago. You got some catching up to do. The main problem with that is that the lens still sucks, and your phone can hold like three pictures in its internal memory before you have to go buy a 2gb SD card for your phone.

Originally Posted by kronik

unfortunately, it's just not feasible for me as my e-mail is Exchange-based.

Originally Posted by Brian SD

I met a dude who designs for Motorola who went to HK and showed me some really great Samsung and LG phones from across the pond. They were tiny and had 4 mp cameras in them...

I couldn't care less about having camera + phone, except to store people's faces in there so I can see who it is calling me.