Archive for June, 2007
Why I love and hate the iPhone…
Why I hate the iPhone:
- it’s too expensive
- too many geeks will have it
- doesn’t sync with exchange
- I can’t load the 4,637 songs in my library
- 2 year contract
- AT&T support is outsourced to India
- can’t give up on my Treo 650 yet
- Built-in battery
Why I will love the iPhone:
- looks good
- I can [...]
Apple’s iPhone to hit stores, lines grow
SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hundreds of gadget fans, or their paid stand-ins, lined up on Friday to be among the first buyers of Apple Inc.’s iPhone, a music and video playing phone that seeks to reshape the mobile industry.
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Just after dawn, nearly 200 people were waiting outside Apple’s Fifth Avenue store in New [...]
iPhone’s launch gives Apple’s Steve Jobs butterflies
NEW YORK - After all the hype around today’s launch of Apple’s much-awaited iPhone, Apple CEO Steve Jobs admits he’s nervous.
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“We wanted to make a phone so great, you couldn’t imagine going anywhere without it,” Jobs said in an interview Thursday. “That was our goal, and we think we achieved it. That’s why we have [...]
iPhone accessory market set for slow start
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Owners of Apple Inc.’s (Nasdaq:AAPL - news) iPod love to trick out the music players with cases, speakers and other accessories and its upcoming wireless iPhone promises to be no different.
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But the iPhone accessory market looks like it will get off to a slow start when the device goes on [...]
Why the iPhone won’t rock the music industry
Carlos Gomez could be the recording industry’s ideal mobile music customer.
His phone is his music player of choice and he spends about $US100 a month buying songs for it - often on impulse after hearing a tune on his car radio.
That’s why he’s not buying an iPhone.
It’s not that he doesn’t want one. The 24-year-old [...]
An iPhone buyer’s guide: Look before leaping onto Apple’s cell phone bandwagon
The most eagerly awaited mobile phone ever is upon us Friday. Should you resist the iPhone’s breathless hype, or take the plunge?
Unless you’re already standing in line outside an Apple or AT&T store, or are prepared to mug one of the first customers to come out after the 6 p.m. launch, the answer, at least [...]
Microsoft CEO Ballmer laughs at Apple iPhone
This video is a bit dated, but I think it’s the funniest thing watching Ballmer laugh about the iPhone. I think he’s the only one left that’s not admitting to the iPhone’s potential. It maybe the first generation, but people also laugh at the first iPod. And now the same people cannot live without one. [...]
First guy in line for iPhone
Not sure what to call this guy. You go for it.
