"Apple Inc." reveals: The "iPhone"!

[Doctor Manhattan]

<p><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/the-apple-iphone/">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/the-apple-iphone/</a></p><p>Looks like fun. No buttons: it used a 3.5-inch wide touchscreen display with multi-touch support</p><ul><li>11.6 millimeter thick</li><li>8GB of storage </li><li>2.0 MPx Camera</li><li>Bluetooth</li><li>Wifi</li><li>quadband GSM radio with EDGE</li><li>Mac's OS X (support for Widgets, Google Maps, and Safari, and iTunes)</li></ul><p>&nbsp;<img src="http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/8581/dsc0182ro3.jpg" border="0" width="440" height="292" /></p><p>&nbsp;<img src="http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/1396/dsc0196nb0.jpg" border="0" width="440" height="292" /></p><p><img src="http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/7522/dsc0179qa0.jpg" border="0" width="440" height="292" /></p><span class="post_edited"></span><span class="post_edited"></span>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by Doctor Manhattan on 1-19-07 @ 2:56 PM</span>

[RapistWit]

Hmm..I might have to break down and finaly get a cell phone. But $600 including a 2 year contract is pretty steep. Any word on the battery life?

[Doctor Manhattan]

<p><font face="comic sans ms,sand" size="2" color="#000080">$600/$500 (8GB/4GB)&nbsp;is a lot, but the price should drop (or capacity rise) soon enough. I just got my phone so I not planning on switching anytime soon. It looks like it's just Cingular (which is good for me since they are great in my area, but some parts of the country it will suck) </font></p><p><font face="comic sans ms,sand" size="2" color="#000080">It's a very thin device so I can't imagine the battery lasts very long if you use it but they claim 5 hours if you use it for Video or Phone, 16 hours for music.</font></p>

[Reephdweller]

Goddamn that phone looks really cool. I might just have to pick me up one of them.

[Tenbatsuzen]

<p>Looks cool, but zero interest.&nbsp; I have an ipod, I have a cell phone, I'm not that big a tech geek I need a combination of both.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[Doctor Manhattan]

<strong>Tenbatsuzen</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Looks cool, but zero interest.&nbsp; I have an ipod, I have a cell phone, I'm not that big a tech geek I need a combination of both. </p><p>&nbsp;<img src="http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/5165/iphonepb9.jpg" border="0" width="311" height="177" /></p><p><font face="comic sans ms,sand" size="2" color="#000080">But do you have an <em>Internet Device</em> and <em>High Technology</em> as well?</font></p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by Doctor Manhattan on 1-9-07 @ 3:29 PM</span>

[Badinia]

That's triple-X sexxy.

[PapaBear]

The demonstration of it was WAY cool.

[Gvac]

<p>How long before MicroShit tries to copy this too?&nbsp; </p><p>They've failed miserably at everything else they've tried to steal from Apple, from their operating systems to the Zune. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

[sr71blackbird]

Lets hope its battery is better then the fuckin iPod!!!

[Doctor Z]

It's another gadget that has existed for years, but Apple makes one and takes credit for inventing the entire idea... and charges $600 for it.

[Doctor Z]

<strong>Gvac</strong> wrote:<br /><p>How long before MicroShit tries to copy this too? </p><p>They've failed miserably at everything else they've tried to steal from Apple, from their operating systems to the Zune. </p><p>&nbsp;It's existed for years.&nbsp; Windows Mobile... Smartphones, PocketPC's. </p>

[Gaia]

Looks really cool, but within a day I would love to throw it across the fucking room; kind of like my iPod.............hhhmmmmm.

[Snacks]

<p>I think apple is late to the party. There are so many phones that do what this phone does. The only thing this phone has over some others is the look. Apple does come out with some cool modern looks and the other is 8gb for storage. At $500-600 they are nuts.</p><p>My current phone has 2 mp camera, internet access, 2gb mps player, video records up to 2 hours of camcorder quaqlity video. It doest have the none button - buttons. but the t-mobile MDA has those buttons.</p><p>Is it me or do Apple owners think they are above everyone? Elitist (sp)</p>

[HBox]

<p>That thing looks like the bastard child of a PSP and Nintendo DS. </p><p>And it's also going to suffer from PSP syndrome: The screen is so big, beautiful and exposed that people are going to treat it so delicately to the point where they will be hesitant to even take it outside. How is that screen going to withstand all the wear and tear typical cell phones go through? Plus that thing looks like it would be incredibly difficult to use while driving. Imagine some dumbass try to dial his or her iPhone while driving except they can't even feel around for keys since there are none they'll have to actually looks at the thing while dialing.</p>

[JustJon]

I think it's pretty cool.&nbsp; If Verizon had it, I'd seriously consider getting one.

[yomudder21]

<strong>Doctor Manhattan</strong> wrote:<br /><br /><p> <img src="http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/8581/dsc0182ro3.jpg" border="0" width="440" height="292" /></p><span class="post_edited"></span><span class="post_edited"></span><p>&nbsp;</p><p>holy cow that is GIANT phone.&nbsp; almost as big as this: </p><p><img src="http://www.cellular-news.com/images/MartinCooper.jpg" border="0" />&nbsp;</p>

[ChrisTheCop]

looks very very cool, but I like my Sprint..even though they have no cool phones.

[EffMeBoobs]

I'm getting my hands on one of those sum' bitches!

[WRESTLINGFAN]

<p>Someone wants to spoil the party</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070110/ap_on_hi_te/cisco_apple_8">http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070110/ap_on_hi_te/cisco_apple_8</a></p>

[Snacks]

<strong>WRESTLINGFAN</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Someone wants to spoil the party</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070110/ap_on_hi_te/cisco_apple_8">http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070110/ap_on_hi_te/cisco_apple_8</a></p><p>thats probly the reason the phone will cost $600. They probly figured the cost of a lawsuit and added it to the consumer.</p>

[Mike from Bklyn]

I'll be getting one.

[Gvac]

I almost wish I was important enough to need one.

[sr71blackbird]

<p>Shouldnt this be in the Geek thread?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Id love to see a demo of how the clock thing works.&nbsp; Ive seen everything else up till then.&nbsp; My only problem is knowing how slooooow Cingular's net service is, I cannot possibly imagine it being as fast as it seems in the demo to pull up maps and get directions and shit.&nbsp; It takes me like 2 minutes to load the net homepage on my cingular phone.&nbsp; I bet those demo's are not using any true cell service.&nbsp; Does anyone agree?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by sr71blackbird on 1-13-07 @ 9:33 AM</span>

[JimBeam]

<p>I was actually ordering a Blackberry Pearly for Cingular through my discount at work and I saw this on their website.</p><p>They guy I was talking to said that he didnt think they'd advertise it yet because it wouldnt be available until June or so.</p><p>I read that this is Apple's 2nd try at a cellphone and that the last one ( couldnt find details ) didnt do so well.</p><p>I agree w/ whoever said you dont need an iPod and cellphone combined.</p><p>Overkill</p>

[Team_Ramrod]

<p>I bought a Treo 650 about 4 months ago. I love it, it works great but even&nbsp;it is more than necessary.</p><p>What ever happened to the simple days when a phone was to make calls? If you were 'on top of it' you'd even have one in your car.</p><p><img src="http://ca.wrs.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je56O8RalFl5wAcRj2FAx./SIG=128h3grcv/EXP=1168807740/**http%3A//www.bitetv.ca/blog/archives/car%2520phone.jpg" border="0" width="522" height="535" /></p>

[JimBeam]

<p>Yeah I got the Blackberry and for the most part I wont use many of the options.</p><p>I needed a new phone, it was small enough ( and not a flip phone which I hate ) and I got a good deal.</p><p>I'll just be using it as a phone and place for contacts at this point.</p><p>I'm getting into real estate and at the time I start doing that I should be able to use a lot more features.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[Doctor Manhattan]

<strong>sr71blackbird</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Shouldnt this be in the Geek thread? </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font color="#000080"><font face="comic sans ms,sand" size="2">I didn't see it when I posted this, but it was moved for me</font>. <img src="/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/happy.gif" border="0" width="20" height="20" /></font></p>Id love to see a demo of how the clock thing works.&nbsp; <p>&nbsp;<font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2" color="#000080">What clock thing?</font></p>Iv seen everything else up till then.&nbsp; My only problem is knowing how slooooow Cingular's net service is, I cannot possibly imagine it being as fast as it seems in the demo to pull up maps and get directions and shit.&nbsp; It takes me like 2 minutes to load the net homepage on my cingular phone.&nbsp; I bet those demo's are not using any true cell service.&nbsp; Does anyone agree? <p><font face="comic sans ms,sand" size="2" color="#000080">During the Demo Steve Jobs said that he was using the local wifi network (along with AppleTV and the geeks in the audience with their own MacBooks) The device is supposed to switch to wifi automatically&nbsp;if it's available</font></p><p><font face="comic sans ms,sand" size="2" color="#000080">The iPhone won't be on Cingular/AT&amp;T's 3G network&nbsp;during the&nbsp;first generation, so it will not be fast enough to really use like he was doing</font></p><p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2" color="#000080"></font></p><p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2" color="#000080">So is this device really &quot;revolutionary&quot; I don't think so, they didn't really invent anything new, just improve on some and put it all together.</font></p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by Doctor Manhattan on 1-19-07 @ 2:41 PM</span>