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20/20 Filmsight - January 2007

iPhone Video

January 10th 2007 21:54
iPhone displayed at MacWorld
The Internet is gyrating from the hordes of tech-heads getting spun up about Apple's new iPhone, an all-in-one MP3 player, phone and internet connection.

Engadget had the opening scoop as Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone to cheers and adulation.

And I almost threw my rotten tomatoes aside - I'm not a big fan of cell phones, but I appreciate forward-moving technology. Other companies have tried to offer similar products, but have left the design to engineers and managers. The iPhone is the first product that looks like a product for people, similar to the iPod, when it came out.

There's some jeering from the peanut gallery, naturally... people are complaining about the price, a steep $600, and the contract, which says you must sign on with Cingular for two years. Furthermore, tech columnists have been skeptical about the touch sensitive screen, which has been tried before, to limited appeal.

If anyone can bring it home, I think shareholders are confident that Apple can... the steep price is a minimal guarantee on quality, at least... Jobs said that Apple is hoping for 1% of the market, which they'll surely get. Right?

Here's a video of the iPhone in action!




*this image is taken from the Wikipedia page on iPhone.

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Comment by JohnDoe

January 10th 2007 22:57


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Considering that ipods are pretty much the worst MP3 players I cant imagine this is going to be glitch free either.

I will wait until iriver or someone more reliable decides to release one, will be more affodable then too.

Though I am still hard pressed to think of a time where TV on a tiny little screen would bve worthwhile.

Comment by Cibbuano

January 10th 2007 23:22


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apple has a pretty good position in the market - the other manufacturers look at their new products and emulate them, but things have never been better for apple.

I'll never get one. I just like to admire the tech!


Comment by Adrian

January 11th 2007 00:21


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Might be Apple-fanboy-driven hype...

I don't know much about cellphones (my own is probably from the 80s), but don't existing cellphones have, basically, all the features of the iPhone and more?

Comment by datingbarracuda

January 11th 2007 00:24
I have to say that regardless of their glitches I love my iPod. And I think this will be a success because the marketing guys they have at apple are just so damn good at what they do!

Comment by Cibbuano

January 11th 2007 00:34


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adrian, you can never discount sex appeal. Existing cellphones look like sci-fi torture devices. And the headaches!

barracuda, you'll have to buy one, then. Expect it to be $1000, though!


Comment by KylieW

January 11th 2007 04:13


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I love my iPod. What Apple seem to know better than most other manufacturer of tech products is the value of pretty packaging. I will admit that I didn't even look at other mp3 players because the iPod was just so pretty.

I think it they have a half-way decent product that looks good they'll get their 1% marketshare.

Comment by MelissaA

January 11th 2007 05:10


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I always find that it's better to go for the second version out. Most of the glitches from the first version(well, you hope anyway) will have been corrected by then.

Comment by reuben

January 11th 2007 06:49


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Cibbuano,

I think, like all Apple products, the iPhone is very well designed. It appeals to almost everyone. Even if it does not match other cell phones in terms of functionality, it will sell like hot cakes once launched. I would love to own one!

Reuben

Comment by Ahmed

January 11th 2007 08:13


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ewll the iPhone is cool in a number of ways, despite it not being trademark iPod simple, but I guess I never expected apple to make a smartphone.

Some problems it has is that it is not open market, up in the states it will be released on the cingular carrier and no other carrier.

It will be difficult to unlock it as sme of its features are fine tuned to run on cingular, so you'll be looking to mess with the firmware (ie not cool).

It also has a lot of features mainstream users don't want, i mena, look at the iPod, it plays music, period. the iPhone is full of extra features no one will want, and as such it costs a lot.

So meh, it all comes down to how brainless people are about brandnames now, once it goes on sale and its flaws are made apparent.

Comment by Sisi

January 11th 2007 09:21
I think the price is fair, considering you're getting 3 gadgets in one, and it's never been done before. That's not to say I'd get one though...it doesn't have very much memory, and I already have a phone, mp3 player, and internet connection...what I really want is a video iPod cos then you get the extra memory plus a video-playing function! Much better value in my opinion...

Comment by Ahmed

January 11th 2007 12:56


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Thats the thing sisi, sure hte price is 'fair', heck, it's a bloody bargain, but do you really need it?

Apple really are going the Sony way with the iPhone throwing in heaps of extras. The iPhone is not a widescreen iPod with a phone built in as was expected, it is over the top tech that no one will want to use.

Sure it has some of iPods characteristics, but Apple just lost the magic somewhere inbewteen 'iPhone' and 'iComptuer'.

I'll just go and drop the bombshell I guess, the iPhone is the equivalent of a Playstation 3 minus crappy marketting.

Comment by Always Eighteen

January 11th 2007 18:15


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tasty.

I love innovative technology! We have a nintendo wii here. We stayed up till 5am playing it, and from what I hear, a few people are having wii parties all over the place.

I wonder how the iPhone will do.

Comment by Vixter

January 11th 2007 20:43


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I have read your comments and I should probably take it on board...but i like pretty, fancy things and I want one!
I don't think I'll buy it or at least I will wait until it comes free with my next mac...so probably never! But it looks like and awesome product and it was just a matter of time...although i secretly think that they had this planned from day 1...and they are just milking us!
Nice one Steve!

Comment by Cibbuano

January 11th 2007 21:47


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always, you have a Wii? You lucky bastard.

I'm all for the iPhone. I love simple designs, and it's nice to see a cell phone that has one...

Comment by Cibbuano

January 12th 2007 03:51


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PM, apparently you can use multiple fingers, so you can 'squish' a picture or stretch it out. Cool, eh?


Comment by zen wizard

January 17th 2007 01:28
$600 is very expensive for a gadget--to put it in perspective, it is more than I paid for any of the ten cars I owned in the Eighties.

If you don't have to be "the first nerd on the block" to have this device--which is admittedly quite cool--you could wait a year or two and they will practically be giving them away when you open a new checking account, just like all technology.

Comment by Cibbuano

January 17th 2007 01:39


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zen, $600 isn't even the true cost... you have to sign up for Cingular's service, which, if it includes internet access, is rumoured to cost around $200 a month for the top rate plans.


Comment by Anonymous

June 9th 2007 08:41
I love iphone!
不过好ŧ 37;too expensive!

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