Apple iPhone and related items (cont.)

[editor]

Following on from this bumper 1,700+ post thread here's part two!

 

[Kanda]

It's shit
No it's not
yes it is
no it's not
yes it is

Just thought I'd do a quick summary of the previous thread

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Following on from this bumper 1,700+ post thread here's part two!

Lame! Now you get the credit for starting the massive fight and not me!

 

[rocketman]

Just out of interest, how many gigabytes does the urban archive take up these days?

 

[editor]

Just out of interest, how many gigabytes does the urban archive take up these days?

I think about 1.5GB for the whole t'ing.

 

[Crispy]

I checked. it's 2.12 GB now

 

[rocketman]

I checked. it's 2.12 GB now

So, in perspective, you could archive 15 Urbans on an iPod touch, or 7.5 on an iPhone.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

So, in perspective, you could archive 15 Urbans on an iPod touch, or 7.5 on an iPhone.

Without doubt that's one of the most unique things I've ever read on urban75 about the iPhone.

 

[editor]

So, in perspective, you could archive 15 Urbans on an iPod touch, or 7.5 on an iPhone.

Yes. The entire boards would fit on a £10 memory stick.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Dramatic stuff this from a company that a year ago didn't even have a phone out:

Canalys reported on both U.S. and Q4 2007 mobile phone marketshare numbers today and listed Apple's iPhone as #3 (6.5%) in smart phone marketshare worldwide despite being only available in a few countries. Apple trailed Nokia (52.9%) and RIM (11.4%) who were #1 and #2, respectively, in the worldwide market.

Incredible.

 

[paolo]

Dramatic stuff this from a company that a year ago didn't even have a phone out:

Incredible.

Anyone know what categorises something as a smartphone, in this analysis? For example, is everything running Symbian considered a smartphone?

 

[editor]

Anyone know what categorises something as a smartphone, in this analysis? For example, is everything running Symbian considered a smartphone?

Overall, Nokia absolutely rule the mobile roost, hogging a massive 40.0 percent or world sales, followed by Samsung at 13.9 percent, Motorola at 12.2 percent, Sony Ericsson's at 9.2 percent and fifth-placed LG Electronics' at 7.1 percent.

Nokia are so huge that they produce 1.5 million phones per day!

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,141858-page,1/article.html

Apple did a bit of a shifty one by declaring its phone a smartphone when it's really a feature phone. By doing so they were able to loudly trumpet their high ranking 'smartphone' sales when in reality the iPhone would barely register in its true 'feature phone' category.

http://www.betanews.com/article/Report_Apple_IPhone_Not_a_Smartphone/1169746276

 

[paolo]

Just to clarify my question.

Kid quoted smartphone figures from Canalys.

Does anyone know what Canalys defines a smartphone as?

 

[Kanda]

I got a 16GB iPhone last night, impressed so far. They were out of stock of Macbook Airs though!

 

[bouncer_the_dog]

I'd like an iPhone after my iPod touch experience - except now I have an iPod touch I have quite enough touch screen apple products! They are great fun to use!

 

[editor]

Kid quoted smartphone figures from Canalys.

Does anyone know what Canalys defines a smartphone as?

There is no industry-wide definition of what a smartphone is, so putting the iPhone in that category was entirely Canalys's decision - probably because they figured by doing so the report would get more publicity, or maybe they believe it really is a smartphone.

ABI Research defines a smartphone as “a cellular handset using an open, commercial operating system that supports third-party applications," and that's clearly doesn't fit the current iPhone.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartphone
http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/the-iphone-is-not-a-smartphone/

 

[Xanadu]

Nokia are so huge that they produce 1.5 million phones per day!

Sounds completely wasteful to me. But then the electronics industry is like that I suppose. The price we pay for moving forward...

 

[editor]

Sounds completely wasteful to me. But then the electronics industry is like that I suppose. The price we pay for moving forward...

Brits threw away something like 2 million phones over the last Christmas period.

 

[rocketman]

Brits threw away something like 2 million phones over the last Christmas period.

BUT THEY SHOULD HAVE RECYCLED
Bloody trailer trash Brits, one brain cell between them

 

[editor]

BUT THEY SHOULD HAVE RECYCLED
Bloody trailer trash Brits, one brain cell between them

Yep. It's a disgrace, but a not unexpected side effect of our throwaway must get the latest thing consumerist culture.

 

[rocketman]

Yep. It's a disgrace, but a not unexpected side effect of our throwaway must get the latest thing consumerist culture.

But to save the economy we must BUY BUY BUY

 

[skyscraper101]

I got a 16GB iPhone last night, impressed so far. They were out of stock of Macbook Airs though!

If you waited, you could have got one with double the capacity

Apple yesterday announced they are doubling the capacity of the iPhones and iPod touches to 32Gig

http://www.news.com/8301-13579_3-9864893-37.html?tag=nefd.top

http://www.nme.com/news/ipod/34110

 

[Kanda]

If you waited, you could have got one with double the capacity

Apple yesterday announced they are doubling the capacity of the iPhones and iPod touches to 32Gig

http://www.news.com/8301-13579_3-9864893-37.html?tag=nefd.top

http://www.nme.com/news/ipod/34110

Erm.. huh???

I got a 16GB iPhone last night, the day it was released. That article doesn't say about 32GB iPhones (unless I am blind!)

 

[Dask]

If you waited, you could have got one with double the capacity

Apple yesterday announced they are doubling the capacity of the iPhones and iPod touches to 32Gig

http://www.news.com/8301-13579_3-9864893-37.html?tag=nefd.top

http://www.nme.com/news/ipod/34110

They announced a 16GB iPhone and a 32GB iPod Touch.

NOT A 32GB iPhone!

 

[skyscraper101]

Oh yeh....sorry, I didn't read it properly. @ self

 

[editor]

Wooargh! Now that's what I call an iPhone knock off!
http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/06/keepin-it-real-fake-part-cix-c-002-hiphone-ups-the-ante


It's a total rip off but you gotta admire the innovation and the speed of the rip - the iClone comes with a removable battery, dual SIM cards and a microSD slot, as well as auto-rotate and multi-touch! The package is cheap too, including 2 batteries, Charger, USB Cable, Earphone, 512M T-Flash Card, User Manual and Phone Cover for $240!

 

[cliche guevara]

Wooargh! Now that's what I call an iPhone knock off!
http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/06/keepin-it-real-fake-part-cix-c-002-hiphone-ups-the-ante


It's a total rip off but you gotta admire the innovation and the speed of the rip - the iClone comes with a removable battery, dual SIM cards and a microSD slot, as well as auto-rotate and multi-touch! The package is cheap too, including 2 batteries, Charger, USB Cable, Earphone, 512M T-Flash Card, User Manual and Phone Cover for $240!

How in hell do they get away with it? Is this being sold in America?

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Apple event rumored for Feb 26th: 3G iPhone & SDK?

Is a 3G iPhone coming soon or is there something a bit more exciting in the offing?

Rumors are circulating that Apple are planning an iPhone-themed event on February 26th, at which they’ll announce both the long-awaited SDK and a 3G version of the iPhone itself. The news would come only a month after Apple upgraded the original iPhone’s storage from 8GB to 16GB, but would fit in with AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson’s confirmation of a high-speed data version sometime in 2008 and his network’s increased roll-out of high-speed access.

And then there's this:

Erica Sadun has been doing some digging around and found an extra platform in the iPod/iPhone lineup. Along with the current iPod Touch (N45), iPhone (M68) and a "simulator"- which means the SDK will likely contain a simulator), she found reference a currently unknown "N82". Could this be the new 3G iPhone set to be released later this year? Or perhaps this could be a reference to a new Apple Tablet or Mac Touch? Or maybe Apple putting out a Touch OS release (no) for Nokia's N82 Hardware?

 

[Crispy]

Apple on Nokia? Not in a million years

But yes, 3G iphone and SDK sounds very likely.

 

[editor]

Apple on Nokia? Not in a million years

They can stare each other out across Regent Street now.