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The reaction to that stunt was about the only time in my life I've ever felt patrioticSunray said:I point to David Blain in a box for an example of great british cynicism at its finest.
The reaction to that stunt was about the only time in my life I've ever felt patrioticSunray said:I point to David Blain in a box for an example of great british cynicism at its finest.
editor said:The true test of the iPhone's OS comes when it starts running a proper range of software apps. It's not that hard to be reliable and solid when you're only running a limited amount of in-house apps (WM excepted of course ).
The WM5/6 interface really is awful. It's like a weird variant of Windows 95 with the odd Vista reflective bar shoved on.Xanadu said:WM is running very stable on my tytn ii. Shame the interface is a bit pants, cos it has such potential. Apparently half the problems on it are because HTC haven't bothered getting a driver for the 2d acceleration hardware built-in to the CPU.
There's already a thread about that story:rocketman said:Is this something?
http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/11/27/greenpeace/index.php
According to the Telegraph, it was O2 who came up with the figure:paolo999 said:Does anyone know where the 100,000 figure came from? Some web sites say that this was O2's expectation, others say it was "analysts", others actually use it as a number for what was sold. The Register says it was "quoted in broadsheet and tabloid alike".
I've searched google news but it seems like everyone is copying and pasting each other's stories.
Editor: any links? I found the daily mirror one (no byline, no source) and the one by Charles Rae in the Sun..
Apple needs more than cutting–edge design to penetrate this market and will have to work much harder in the UK than it did in the US to make iPhone a mass-market proposition...
Early sales figures seem to bear that out, according to technology website The Register. It quotes "reliable channel sources" as saying that O2 has activated just 26,500 handsets since the iPhone went on sale on November 9.
The telecomms company had earlier stated that it anticipated selling around 100,000 devices over the first weekend.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2007/11/23/dliphone23.xml
editor said:The true test of the iPhone's OS comes when it starts running a proper range of software apps. It's not that hard to be reliable and solid when you're only running a limited amount of in-house apps (WM excepted of course ).
editor said:According to the Telegraph, it was O2 who came up with the figure:
rocketman said:And here it is again, the same old arguments trotted out on the iPhone thread. Perhaps we should start a 'like iPhone' and a 'hate iPhone' thread, which you could populate with your one-sided selective cadaver of an argument,
I'm not sure why you're so bothered by this, but the figure has been broadly attributed to O2's chief executive, Matthew Key:paolo999 said:I'm beginning to think that this all came from the Sun. All other leads have gone cold.
Meanwhile reports are currently circulating that claim just 26,500 iPhone activations have taken place in the UK since the device launched - far below the anticipated hundreds of thousands of sales predicted by O2 chief executive, Matthew Key.
http://www.macworld.co.uk/ipod-itunes/news/index.cfm?newsid=19785
Spot on.stdPikachu said:TBH, as I've said before, I'm looking forward to further implementations of the OSX phone platform, the iPhone has given us a bundle of cool and useful technologies in a platform that (IMHO) is severely restircted and overpriced. Ed and myself are aware that the iPhone has potential but has suffered initially from overhype and rush-to-market.
I think someone mentioned it here as well.rocketman said:This seems relevant - did this crop up in this thread that Carphone Warehouse were forcing people to take out iPhone insurance, or was it elsewhere?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7115830.stm
rocketman said:Well, it looks like three in five Carphone Warehouse stores actively lied to force iPhone buyers to take out insurance. Naturally, its the staff who suffer - desperate to top up their meagre salaries with commission, so the company itself looks blameless, but clearly isn't.
Nokia and Apple to clash over touchscreen cellphone patents?
Well, according to Richard Windsor, an analyst with London-based Nomura, Nokia could see "delays or holdups" in its smartphone strategy if Apple decides to unleash its army of lawyers in defense of its over 200 iPhone-related patent filings. (Note: that's "filings" not patents granted for intellectual property.) According to Mr. Windsor, "I think Apple will likely view Nokia as infringing on its user interface patents." Having said that, he further speculates that Apple and Nokia will likely end up in a settlement by 2009 in order to avoid a lengthy Qualcomm vs. Nokia battle in the courts.
Of course, in a system whereby laggards and leaders attempt to gain or maintain competitive advantage through lawsuits and lobbyists rather than the innovations of their own engineers, anything goes.
http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/28/nokia-and-apple-to-clash-over-touchscreen-cellphone-patents/
http://www.ipodtouchfans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9347I am happy to inform you, that the Audio Input pins of the iPod Touch are active,
and can be used for connecting any Audio source (like an external Mic, your CD-player, FM radio, etc) for recording. This also opens the doors for VoIP
applications!!
editor said:the figure has been broadly attributed to O2's chief executive, Matthew Key
paolo999 said:Matthew Key did indeed say 200,000+.
Including christmas and 'the new year period'
What I was questioning though was the Register - who haven't attributed the 100,000 to him, but instead to the Sun and the Guardian. I can't find anything in the Guardian though. Perhaps the Guardian has removed the story.
But surely the 1,000+ extra staff employed to deal with the expected 'rush' on launch day backs up the story of his lofty expectations? Can't see why you're so interested to be honest. What's your point?paolo999 said:Matthew Key did indeed say 200,000+.
Including christmas and 'the new year period'
What I was questioning though was the Register - who haven't attributed the 100,000 to him, but instead to the Sun and the Guardian.
editor said:Can't see why you're so interested to be honest.
paolo999 said:and in other news...
France ships tonight. €749 unlocked.