Comments on: Apple Leaves Door Open For An iPhone Competitor

By: Geezer

Geezer — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 01:22:10 +0000

Plain and simple:

3G = More battery drain.

This is not from me. This is from someone who beta’ed the device and got to be in on the iPhone about 1 1/2 months ago. Too bad he couldn’t tell me squat about the thing.

I do agree that webbing on the device is slower than it should be if not at a WiFi spot. It’s a shame. A compromise had to be made and longer battery life won out.

A question:

Would you rather have faster internet and less mobile phone talk time?

By: Ominx

Ominx — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 04:24:54 +0000

Sean,

What exactly is the iPhone showing the world it is capable of? A beautiful UI? Well that is definitely true, but it really isn’t anything we all didn’t already know. Heck, I own a MacBook Pro and will upgrade to Leopard when it is released in the fall. So I know their interface is top-notch.

So sure it created a multimedia phone with a beautiful UI, but there are many segments of the industry that Apple can’t and won’t be able to touch. This is the point. A manufacturer like RIM can definitely wrap up a large percentage of “serious” users that want some multimedia capabilities. I for one don’t need to watch movies or have 45 albums on my cell phone. But give me a good camera and full fledged browsing on a device that has proven messaging capabilities and I’m sold.

Based on Basillie’s recent comments, I don’t think I’ll have to wait very long.

By: sean76

sean76 — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 23:06:36 +0000

The iphone is plain out bananas! Apple is showing the world what it is capable of doing right now, and that is running the mobile market. The next iphone will everything that this first model does not. And that will be a scary day for all the other phone manufactures!!!

By: Ominx

Ominx — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:08:25 +0000

The iPhone competitor is RIM. Or should I say, the RIM competitor is the iPhone. I know, I know. They aren’t targeted towards the same users. But BlackBerrys are no doubt the premier messaging device. With the more recent focus on multimedia capabilities, you can be sure future BBs will take full advantage of the faster 3G networks available. So, with the absolute best in messaging and new media centric phones, there won’t be much of a reason for people to get the “dumbed down” version of a smartphone. Give it a few months and you will see some superior devices.

By: Thought

Thought — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 01:03:43 +0000

Pierre: all of T-Mo’s BlackBerry’s run on Edge…of course, most of what BB’s are used for are not the sort of multimedia heavy applications that will be used on the iPhone…for instance, you probably won’t see someone try to view YouTube on their BB…and the BB doesn’t have a full web browser like the iPhone…

By: Mike W

Mike W — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 18:58:15 +0000

did anyone use it with Corp Exchange Server? How does it sync with Email, Cal and contacts? I’ve read several conflicting stories about that.

By: Pierre

Pierre — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 15:10:18 +0000

ok silly question at&t has edge as you all say is slow but what does tmobile run on cause my boys blackberry moves preety fast if anybody knows let me know please

By: Matthias

Matthias — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 13:52:46 +0000

In the next few months the iPhone will come out in Europe and it seems to be already clear that it will work on 3G. In Europe 3G is a common standard – as well as in Asia.

So just be patient and wait a little bit….;-)

By: Thought

Thought — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 05:16:22 +0000

One more huge advantage to Apple: they can address virtually all of the issues of missing features with software upgrades, and according to rumors, are planning an aggressive schedule to do so.

Perhaps the only item they cannot address with software is the lack of 3g: but that just gives them an excuse to come out with another version. And it will happen: my prediction is within a year, perhaps by Christmas.

Imagine where Apple will be in 2 to 3 years time; 3g will be ubiquitous in the US.