http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16566968/site/newsweek/page/2/
First off, I think the iPhone looks cool and has some really neat new UI. However, lets dig a little deeper - here are some quotes from Steve Jobs regarding the iPhone:
“You don’t want your phone to be an open platform” - Can you imagine the flak a Microsoft or Linux rep would get for saying this?
“Cingular doesn’t want to see their West Coast network go down because some application messed up.” - Nothing like a completely false claim to back up your argument.
The article goes on:
But cynics may note that instead of Apple’s instant-messaging program iChat, there is that aforementioned SMS messaging program. On the screen, when you send and receive messages, the display resembles the way you view them on iChat, in colorful text balloons. But because each message is an SMS text message, depending on the billing plan, users may get charged a few cents each time they say “wassup.” (iChat lets you gab all you want for free.) Maybe this won’t be a problem—Jobs hints that Cingular may offer different billing plans for iPhone, though for now he isn’t saying for sure. In any case, Jobs say, “There’s no reason we couldn’t have iChat on here.” So bring it on.Another intriguing possibility not yet exploited in the iPhone is the ability to take a song from one’s iTunes music library and instantly make a ring tone from it. “Wouldn’t that be cool?” says Jobs, after I brought it up. “It could be done.” Then he rubbed his fingers together, the universal symbol for “that would cost us.”
Hmm, my Windows Mobile phone (which also has issues) seems to take any mp3 or wma as a ringtone just fine. Oh and I got a really nice voice dialing application and one specific for traffic in the Seattle area.
The iPhone looks cool, but I vote it overrated.
George | 12-Jan-07 at 8:52 pm | Permalink
i agree overrated like whoa
Keith | 12-Jan-07 at 10:04 pm | Permalink
1. John = biased.
2. I = biased.
3. John must have forgot how to paste a link so people can click on a URL.
4. I guarantee people who get an iPhone will have the unlimited Internet and unlimited text message plan. I mean AIM on my Razr on T-Mobile uses text messages. This isn’t some crazy money making scam.
5. I wouldn’t mind having a Windows Mobile phone.
Brad | 03-Jun-07 at 8:41 pm | Permalink
Couldn’t agree more. The iphone is extremely overrated. It just bugs me that millions of people out there have no clue regarding technology and what is currently available on the market. These people will see the iphone and the Apple logo and say “this is so cool, everyone will think I’m cool if I buy this.” The only problem is the iphone does nothing to push the tech envelope to warrant cool status. I guess the herd mentality will always prevail. I just hate explaining to someone why they shouldn’t get one (for $600), only to have them turn around and say “I don’t care, its cool.” Dumb people make me cry.
Tomas | 30-Jun-07 at 12:26 am | Permalink
This IPhone overhype is really making my blood boil!!!
There is absolutely nothing revolutionary on the iphone!! My old windows ce based JasJam that i write software for at work, has all the capabilities of itphone (touch screen, video & media player) yet is has 3.5G (HSPDA) connection to the net, while the iphone has only a primitive 2.5g connection.
And yet there is all these f*cktards camping out just to be the first to get one. How do you combat this stupidity? I bet in 10 years time they will be claiming the iphone was the first multipurpose phone out… Just like they credit the ipod with being the first MP3 player….
Bloody Muppets!!
Nevel | 18-Jul-08 at 9:44 am | Permalink
I owned the iPhone since December and I am getting rid of it today. Not only is it an overrated device, the phone freezes constantly and I have gone through 4 phones in 7 months. It’s all one big scam.. The battery is bound to die once your warranty runs out and will be forced to buy a new iPhone. It is terrible and one of the worst phones for functioning correctly.