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Apple iPhone and related items (cont.)

If this is done well I can see this being a hit:

10:54 am Showing 2 medical-based applications. First, The first is a learning application for remembering the names of parts of the body. They will have dozens of apps available within weeks of the App Store launch. The second medical app is from MIMvista.
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Kid_Eternity said:
This is interesting:

I bet Nintendo is watching this with interest. Games a third of the price of the DS' on a phone with graphics that aren't that far off the DS'? Potential to be big competition in the mobile gaming market for them...
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I've seen that 3d race game on an iPhone. Looks really good actually. Reckon the iPhone hasn't come into it's own yet with apps like that.

OMG :eek: Just realised i'm in the computer forum discussing a keynote like i know stuff! I learn by osmosis though. Can't help it in my flat ;)
 
Lisarocket said:
I've seen that 3d race game on an iPhone. Looks really good actually. Reckon the iPhone hasn't come into it's own yet with apps like that.
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Yep I can see it being a real competitor to the DS.

OMG :eek: Just realised i'm in the computer forum discussing a keynote like i know stuff! I learn by osmosis though. Can't help it in my flat ;)
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LOL! There's no admission price in terms of techy knowledge to post here, just enthusiasm for the topics at hand. ;)
 
Kid_Eternity said:
Yep I can see it being a real competitor to the DS.

LOL! There's no admission price in terms of techy knowledge to post here, just enthusiasm for the topics at hand. ;)
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I'm not even that enthusiastic though. I just know about some of this stuff. LOL Should i leave now :D;)

Back to the apps though. I've seen cracked iPhones and it's amazing what little apps people are making for them. There's a group of peeps that have formed a band using iPhones with different instruments on each phone. Apple should get wise with that and unlock them or at least make more apps for it. That's probably been mentioned on here already though.

I was impressed with the 3d race game because it's a bit wii like because you steer by moving the phone...
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Lisarocket said:
I'm not even that enthusiastic though. I just know about some of this stuff. LOL Should i leave now :D;)
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Nah you're fine, stick around for the obligatory 'I can't believe Apple has done this!' or 'OMG this is the best thing since sliced bread!':D

Back to the apps though. I've seen cracked iPhones and it's amazing what little apps people are making for them. There's a group of peeps that have formed a band using iPhones with different instruments on each phone. That's probably been mentioned on here already though.
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Yeah once saw this wicked video with four iPhones being used to play a tune!

I was impressed with the 3d race game because it's a bit wii like because you steer by moving the phone...
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Yep although that doesn't work too well on the Wii imo...
 
Apparently (just heard) iPhone software 2 is being shipped at the beginning of July. It won't work on cracked phones, so Apple seem to be addressing (or controlling :hmm:) the need for people to crack phones...
 
And finally some iPhone 3G pictures:

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Battery life is claimed to be ok:

3G has great battery life on iPhone. 300 hours of standby, 2G talk-time now has 10 hours (as opposed to 5), 5 hours of 3G talk-time (most phones only have 3 hour 3G talk time), 5 to 6 hours of high-speed browsing, 7 hours of video, 24 hours of audio.
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And no improvement to the camera = booooo.

GPS built in = potential privacy nightmare.

New prices and the 16GB available in white.

The only reason I pay so much attention to the iphone & ipod touch is that Apple really have got the user interface so right. I look forward to the day they do a larger touchscreen device with some relish.
 
editor said:
But no front facing camera..
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Neither has the Treo 750, didn't bother me much when I had one. I think I've made about two or three video phone calls ever...

"iPhone started off at $599 for an 8GB iPhone, which sells for $399 -- we want to make it even more affordable. I'm happy to tell you the 8GB will sell for $199."
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$199? So what £150 over here? On what tariff?
 
OK so theyve run out of stock of the old iphone and the new ones isnt available till July 11th? Thats a bit of a cockup, will their share price get hammered in the very short term as a result?
 
Kinda weird why they're boasting about it being faster than the Treo 750 seeing as that phone is a year and a half old.
 
Compared to the competition, it's getting a leetle bit bulky too:
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And there's still no SD/MicroSD slot.
 
Buddy Bradley said:
$199 max price worldwide, according to The Steve. That fits with the rumours and speculation about a £100 iPhone in the UK. Wonder what O2's upgrade policy will be - I'll be fucked off if they don't offer one.
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If that's still with a 2yr minimum deal and pricey monthly rate it's not going to look so hot because the competition will react fast with price cuts.

As for o2s upgrade policy - I wouldn't get your hopes up too high.
 
editor said:
And there's still no SD/MicroSD slot.
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I doubt we'll see that ever on the iPhone, Apple have build the mobile.me structures to sync wirelessly and with huge storage on board why would they bother with swapping sd cards about?
 
Considering the ludicrous build up, this has to be one of the biggest anti climaxes in Apple's history.
What a Meh.
 
Yeah they arent likely to support memory cards as they want data to travel through their apps or networks. This is partly to control what apps end up on the phone, make jailbreaking a tiny more tricky (ok that hasnt worked out too well so far), partly to get a share of revenue for apps sold via their store, and to get people to pay for a mobileme subscription. And its not like they've bothered with memory card readers for their range of computers either.

Id far rather support an open platform, but I cant do it wholeheartedly until the user interface & multitouch of alternatives gets up to apples level and makes using such devices as fun as what apple have managed to pull off.
 
elbows said:
Id far rather support an open platform, but I cant do it wholeheartedly until the user interface & multitouch of alternatives gets up to apples level and makes using such devices as fun as what apple have managed to pull off.
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Constantly having to jailbreak an phone again and again just to get the basics doesn't look like a lot of fun either, to be honest.

I see Apple 2.0 has been designed to not work with unlocked phones too, so the cycle will continue all over again.
 
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