iPhone

Laurens · 01-09-2007, 01:53 PM

Looks pretty, but call quality and battery life are, of course, unknown. Does have WiFi.

http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/the-apple-iphone/

nekokami · 01-09-2007, 02:15 PM

"Apple quotes 5 hours of battery life for talk or video, with a full 16 hours in music mode -- no word on standby time yet. "

Would ebook display be somewhere inbetween, perhaps?

Bob Russell · 01-09-2007, 02:25 PM

Wonder if it runs mac programs also?
Eventually as software choices grow, maybe it could compete with Treos, Symbian and Windows Smartphones.

If nothing else, maybe it will push existing phone makers to integrate better displays and battery life, and add wifi!

NatCh · 01-09-2007, 03:05 PM

Since the article title is "The Apple iPhone runs OS X" -- I'd guess that it does run MAC apps.

Laurens · 01-09-2007, 03:32 PM

The iPhone might succeed in bringing the smartphone to the consumer market. Right now, smartphones are still targeted primarily at the business market.

nekokami · 01-09-2007, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by NatCh

Since the article title is "The Apple iPhone runs OS X" -- I'd guess that it does run MAC apps.

The apps might need to be recompiled, though. The article says it will run a variety of Mac apps on release, so perhaps they've kept the hardware similar enough.

NatCh · 01-09-2007, 04:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nekokami

The apps might need to be recompiled, though.

Ah, I hadn't considered that possibility.

Nightwing · 01-09-2007, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by NatCh

Ah, I hadn't considered that possibility.

Possibly the widget's may not need to be redone.

Would be wild to "drag" a widget you normaly use to the iPhone and use it there.

Wonder whose CPU they are using. Intel probably. Which mean you would recompile for Stromb I think.

Laurens · 01-10-2007, 03:25 AM

Read somewhere that they use Intel.

Alexander Turcic · 01-10-2007, 03:46 AM

I saw the Macworld presentation on TV this morning and my first thought was: gorgeous! I want one! Have you seen how nicely it scrolls down the address book? ... I wonder what Palm & Co were doing all the time...

TadW · 01-10-2007, 04:28 AM

Supposedly it runs on OS X. If this is true, then I can imagine people porting e-book software like Plucker & FBReader to the iPhone. Neat.

Laurens · 01-10-2007, 04:37 AM

One huge downside is the battery being non-replaceable. It's also not clear whether you can actually install third-party apps.

TadW · 01-10-2007, 04:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Laurens

One huge downside is the battery being non-replaceable. It's also not clear whether you can actually install third-party apps.

Another downside: "push" support with Yahoo Mail. It's funny how companies use the little word "push" to pretend that they are offering something similar like Blackberry. Fact is, "push IMAP" is really just offering IMAP-IDLE which still requires you to be periodically online in order to be notified of new incoming mail.

Laurens · 01-10-2007, 07:05 AM

Michael Mace has some thoughts on the iPhone. Don't have the time to read his (quite extensive) article right now, but if it's up to his usual high standards it's going to be an interesting read: http://mobileopportunity.blogspot.co...le-iphone.html

nekokami · 01-10-2007, 12:29 PM

From Mobileread: "Michael Gartenberg of Jupiter Research reports that Apple says the iPhone is a closed device -- only Apple will be able to add applications to it. "

One of the comments on the blog pointed out that Java or Flash might provide a workaround.

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