neddie 0 Report post Posted January 9, 2007 At the MacWorld expo in San Francisco, Apple announced the details of the forthcoming iPhone. MacRumors article here, iPhone home page here including some very fancy flash demos of the interface. No buttons, just a touch screen, but it combines features of the iPod with photo management, movie viewing, web browsing, and some slick interfaces to SMS, email and voicemail. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tyme 0 Report post Posted January 9, 2007 My 2-year contract with Verizon ends in May. Guess I'll have to switch to Cingular ;) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
neddie 0 Report post Posted January 9, 2007 Well apparently us Europeans will have to wait until at least Q4 to see this thing. But it looks very cool indeed. There's also a Slashdot article and a breathless commentary on Steve Jobs' presentation for more info. No mention of a GPS module though, that would surely integrate well with the camera and the google mapping functions. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FX 0 Report post Posted January 10, 2007 I just signed a 2 year deal with Sprint. :( I looked at the coverage is for Cingular though, not sure its any better than Sprint, if not a little less. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tyme 0 Report post Posted January 10, 2007 I looked at the coverage is for Cingular though, not sure its any better than Sprint, if not a little less.I dunno 'bout that, Sprint had some pretty bad coverage last time I checked... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FX 0 Report post Posted January 10, 2007 Honestly I'm not sure it really matters anymore. They all run off each others towers. I know I don't get charged for it when I do. I still have the same dead spots I had with my local cell service provider. Going to a national plan only changed the fact we don't have to pay for the "extra" nation wide service. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iphitus 0 Report post Posted January 10, 2007 Well apparently us Europeans will have to wait until at least Q4 to see this thing. But it looks very cool indeed. don't complain, seems like us aussies will have to wait till 2008. James Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darkelve 0 Report post Posted January 10, 2007 (edited) Here's why I think the iPhone will be a good thing for (embedded) Linux. Mobile Phone companies are very competitive. They generally don't like surprises like this one. If it can deliver, than the iPhone will be important competition to the mobile phone maker's own similar products. The iPhone as it is demo-ed right now looks like it's unlike any other phone. And the patents, although I don't like (software) patents, will block competitors from making products that are too similar. So they'll have to come up with a reply (probably already are) and for this they need something that is highly flexible and full-featured. And Linux certainly meets those requirements. I doubt WinCE will cut it. So maybe in the future we might see some Linux-based 'smart' phones that actually look good. This is much speculation on my part, but I can see it happening. The competitors in the mobile phone market need to respond in some way. Edited January 10, 2007 by Darkelve Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ffi 0 Report post Posted January 10, 2007 So maybe in the future we might see some Linux-based 'smart' phones that actually look good.This is much speculation on my part, but I can see it happening. The competitors in the mobile phone market need to respond in some way. http://tweakers.net/nieuws/45845/Motorola-...x-gsm-voor.html I think you can understand, for the other Motorola will launch some linux based smart phones Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tyme 0 Report post Posted January 10, 2007 They all run off each others towers.Not all of them do. Only the ones that have agreements allowing each other to use their towers (although that may be many of them) IIRC. And believe me, I've had coverage where people with other carriers haven't ;) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FX 0 Report post Posted January 10, 2007 Well my cellphone co. can beat up your cellphone co. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ixthusdan 3 Report post Posted January 10, 2007 The cell phone companies are coming down to ATT towers and Verizon towers. ATT had to step up by acquiring Cingular. The game is to offer all communication- cell, land, internet. Welcome to the coming monopoly! B) I like the iphone, but I still am not certain I want everything in one device like that. I still carry my palm, cell, and laptop. When I upgraded recently, I could have gotten something more conglomerated, but I chose a free razr. I can use it for music, but haven't been inclined to do so as yet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SoulSe 0 Report post Posted January 10, 2007 Hopefully by the time it gets here it'll support 3G and HSDPA... EDGE.. pfff Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
michaelcole 0 Report post Posted January 11, 2007 They just got taken to court for Trademark Infringement. Cisco owns the name iPhone ... Woops who make that mistake... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tyme 0 Report post Posted January 11, 2007 They just got taken to court for Trademark Infringement. Cisco owns the name iPhone ... Woops who make that mistake... Everyone was pretty much waiting for that to happen. Everyone knew Cisco owned the trademark on iPhone...I can't imagine Apple didn't. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
