grit
an ugly force for good
3G video calling has never taken off, there is no reason that would change with iPhones, its a user problem. A lot of the time people just dont want the other person seeing them, myself included.
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3G video calling has never taken off, there is no reason that would change with iPhones, its a user problem. A lot of the time people just dont want the other person seeing them, myself included.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
I don't understand why they still bother to include them, I guess because they are so cheap and it was always perceived as being the future.
What I find intresting is looking the mostly US based tech blogs, I suspect its not something that has been common over there, people seem excited about and predicting dire things will happen to the networks with all the data, whereas most Europeans are meh about the whole thing.
grit
an ugly force for good
Asia is the only place where the market developed at all.
Gromit
International Man of Misery
Specially when if you just wait till your both at home you can webcam as long as you like for free.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
I don't think it was just that, for a few years myself and mates had bundled mins and once we tried it for the novelty, didn't really bother again. like you say Voice is good, and you don't have to worry if you look rough or have to hold a phone in front of your face.
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hiraethified
"Here I am in front of a big tourist attraction"
"Here I am in front of our family in Australia"
"Here I am in having a great time in the pub"
"Here I am with my fave teen idol playing in the background etc etc"
It's got zero attraction to me, but I can see its appeal if it's cheap and easy to use.
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hiraethified
Me neither. But I doubt if you send off 100 texts a day either.
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hiraethified
If the quality's good enough, maybe TV journo's/doco makers etc could use it too?
I dunno. I'm the same as you - I've no interest in cam chats on my phone.
(*obviously the porn industry will find lots of uses)
elbows
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Im not really interested in using it for chat but certainly there are some vldeobloggers who might enjoy using it for 'record yourself talking to the camera' stuff. There are the people into live streaming over the net to an audience as well. Not sure there are a large enough number of these people to make a difference to sales at the moment but these seem to be the sorts of features that lots of people moan about when they are absent, even if they dont end up using them much?
Having seen better photos and videos the design looks far more like a real apple one to me than my first impressions. Looks aside, I expect it will feel slightly different to hold but I suppose not so much as to make a large difference, time will tell I guess.
Having seen better photos and videos the design looks far more like a real apple one to me than my first impressions. Looks aside, I expect it will feel slightly different to hold but I suppose not so much as to make a large difference, time will tell I guess.
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
With phones having huge screens I imagine there's a fee deaf people who might find it useful.
editor
hiraethified
So it seems that Gizmodo may have paid $10,000 for the found/stolen handset but here's a curious thing: why haven't Apple slammed them down already with a take down notice?
http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/19/iphone-hd-4g/
The Gizmodo article has now had three million hits!
http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/19/iphone-hd-4g/
The Gizmodo article has now had three million hits!
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Hmmm strategic 'mistake' by Apple?
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hiraethified
I can just about buy the 'lost in a bar' bit seeing as the phone looks so convincing, but Apple usually dish out take down notices within minutes for even the tiniest leak.
Yet the Gizmodo monster-king-size-uber-leak is still online for all the world to see a whole day later.
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Indeed. And isn't this technically theft? Wouldn't they just call the law?
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hiraethified
Gizmodo have posted up a picture of the Apple guy who lost the phone. Apparently it was weeks ago.
I'm finding this public naming ans shaming a little bit distasteful to be honest.
http://gizmodo.com/5520438/how-apple-lost-the-next-iphone
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I'm finding this public naming ans shaming a little bit distasteful to be honest.
http://gizmodo.com/5520438/how-apple-lost-the-next-iphone
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Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Lol that's one way to make sure they'll get no more exclusives! Who the hell will risk being a source for them now?
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Reading through that story it sounds even more odd...something about all this really doesn't add up.
yep. That's very wrong. It adds nothing to the tech story, and really fucks someone over for a mistake.
maldwyn
What?
Maybe it makes more sense on other handsets. I use it on my Nokia a lot, and find it much better and quicker than the default browser. But then my phone doesn't have a fancy pants touch screen
I know.
It smells worse than the inside of a North Sea fishing trawler in a heat wave, tbh.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Maybe it makes more sense on other handsets. I use it on my Nokia a lot, and find it much better and quicker than the default browser. But then my phone doesn't have a fancy pants touch screen
I know...I even paid for it years ago for my Nokia when it wasn't free, only mobile app I've ever paid for.
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