Apple iPhone and related items (cont.)
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They're going down the route of making $$$
The Iphone runs Leopard Lite, so its untirely understandable that it runs on Leopard. To get it to run on Windows would require a cross-compiler, and that starts making things fiddly...
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Kid_Eternity
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Apple To Use OLED Displays In 3G iPhone’s?
Roll on the 3g iPhone! Was playing with the current one yesterday at a local O2 shop, still impressed with it and can't wait for the shortcomings (lack of 3g, small storage space being the two biggest barriers for me) to be ironed out so I can get one!
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1. Huge, limitless memory expansion. If you run out of storage on the phone you can carry around extra cards with films, MP3s, work stuff etc etc.
2. Easy/alternative way to transfer stuff on/off the phone
3. Easy/alternative way to swap files with other phone users
4. Easy/alternative way to upload files onto PCs/web cafes etc
5. Ability to transfer pictures off digital camera for emailing
6. Useful for backups etc etc
Roll on the 3g iPhone! Was playing with the current one yesterday at a local O2 shop, still impressed with it and can't wait for the shortcomings (lack of 3g, small storage space being the two biggest barriers for me) to be ironed out so I can get one!
Unlikely that the 3G phone would be ordered in such quantities without FCC approval. (It is possible though that Apple signed a contract though for 10 million phones over a year, pending FCC approval of a design).
Btw, which phones have > 16 Gb storage space...?
3G will be nice when it comes along, but won't be a universal panacea since there were times on the weekend when I was being pulled back to GPRS speeds...
Kanda
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1. 16GB is pretty big for a phone no?
2. Fair comment but iTunes covers what I need transfered
3. Not difficult to get round, what would you want to swap??
4. Fair comment
5. You can email from phone. Shit camera anyway.
6. iTunes backs your phone up.
I've never used a memory card in any other phone, I've always just plugged it in the USB if I want stuff off it.
OLED would be handy, though I wonder if it would increase the price dramatically... Personally I'd like increased battery life over memory at the moment...
Interestingly enough, the iPhone (and iTouch) will appear as a camera if plugged into a computer. Makes getting photos off it very easy... (It uses the Kodak protocol, so just import into your favorite photo management app)
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1. Since when are you satisfied with restricted storage?!
2. Not everyone wants to use iTunes. I fucking hate it.
3. Large image files, Word docs, movies, MP3s etc etc
4. Quite a biggie this, especially if you're in a foreign country and want to email a load of pics. Not all web cafes are going to let you plug things in, and they may have ancient machines that won't recognise the phone.
5. You've missed the point. I meant transferring images off your DSLR/compact on to your phone for editing/sharing.
6. It's going to cost you a pretty penny if you're abroad. A memory card slot means you can back up your entire phone to a memory card which you can store separately. It's what I do when I'm abroad: if the phone gets nicked/broken I can get a replacement and reinstall everything in a flash.
beesonthewhatnow
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Point 2 renders the iPhone completely pointless for you then
And me, I can't stand iTunes either.
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And if you're not at home?
The iPhone is touted as a big multimedia device, yet you're stuck with 8/16GB memory. I can't believe people are actually arguing that having a memory card slot isn't a very desirable feature for such a device!
Maybe they keep the memory card slot off as a marketing tool, to give them some sort of selling point for each upgrade.
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Unlikely that the 3G phone would be ordered in such quantities without FCC approval. (It is possible though that Apple signed a contract though for 10 million phones over a year, pending FCC approval of a design).
Btw, which phones have > 16 Gb storage space...?
3G will be nice when it comes along, but won't be a universal panacea since there were times on the weekend when I was being pulled back to GPRS speeds...
That's a fair point about 16gb but one reason for getting the iPhone for me is convergence. Until it gets somewhere near my current iPod (4G 40gb) I'm not bothering. I would love to carry one device instead of two...
That's when you've got your macbook air with you in the hotel room.
Honestly I'd guess the lack of a memory card slot won't be a factor with the vast majority of users. You're far from typical when it comes to your requirements - the average Joe will more than have enough storage ont he device.
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No memory card is no big deal at all on a device with huge amounts of giggage if you ask me.
Yep... Not sure how this point is hard to understand...
Is it likely that Apple will add one in future...? Nope. Apple are about making things simple... If you really need one then don't get an Iphone...
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Quite a few actually, thanks to new SDHC cards offering 16/32GB and above (as they're developed). And, of course, the storage is limitless by swapping cards.
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How much is a 16 and 32gb SDHC card these days?
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It is if you're keen on movies and MP3 files. In fact, weren't you were always banging on about how you wanted to carry all your movies around with you? So what happens when you run out of space on your new iPhone?
You're lumbered that's what!
With a memory card slot you can carry around a near-infinite amount of films. Much more flexible. It's a major omission from the iPhone, IMO.
Not for me. I never understand why it's vital to carry around 27days+ worth of music with you on a device which requires charging every few days. Syncing really ain't that difficult.
Now my 40g ipod's become increasingly unreliable (HD on way out) I'm shocked by how much I've grown to love my Shuffle. Only 1gig, but that's still a box worth's of albums - I've actually been listening to music and rediscovering stuff rather than spending time drilling through and selecting music. It's freedom from the tyranny of navigation!
Now my 40g ipod's become increasingly unreliable (HD on way out) I'm shocked by how much I've grown to love my Shuffle. Only 1gig, but that's still a box worth's of albums - I've actually been listening to music and rediscovering stuff rather than spending time drilling through and selecting music. It's freedom from the tyranny of navigation!
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But seeing as you asked, 16GB cards can be picked up for £45 (8GB cards can be bought for as little as £16). 32GB cards are only just coming through but like all memory cards, prices are rapidly falling.
A 16gb / 32 Gb would also require being supported by the mobile using it... Eventually you'd hit hard limits on card size, though. And while your memory size would be unlimited, your contiguous memory size would be limited to card size...
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