Inside Apple's iPhone

DECS writes "Despite CNET's wild claims, Roughly Drafted is reporting that Apple's market position and recent performance show the company has the ability, capacity, and interest in shaking up the mobile phone industry. Something that service providers, manufacturers, and consumers desperately need."

Comments

Cell providers are the problem, not the phone

[lhaeh]

There are lots of easy to use phones with every feature you could want, great UI, etc.

The problem is cell providers who make most phones ones that force you to pay ridiculous fees for things that you should be able to get for free (like ringtones, backgrounds, etc). This is the reason why apply had problems with the iPhone the first time around, because the cell companies wanted to charge people for being able to transfer songs to their phones.

For me VOIP on a PDA is the way to go. Works great with with my wireless broadband, or wi-fi hot-spots if they are around. Not the most reliable setup for incoming calls, but having a $10/month pager solves that problem.

Re:Cell providers are the problem, not the phone

[dangitman]

I haven't seen any phones with a "great UI." Come to think of it, I haven't even seen any with "every feature I could want." Which ones are you talking about?

Re:Cell providers are the problem, not the phone

[Lord Kano]

I haven't seen any phones with a "great UI." Come to think of it, I haven't even seen any with "every feature I could want." Which ones are you talking about?

I had that in 1994 when I bought my Motorola Flip Phone. Fantastic UI, 10 or so digit LED display. 1-0 numbered buttons, a Send and an End key. It let me make and receive telephone calls where ever I was.

Perfectly simple UI, dial and send. All the features I wanted, placed calls. I already have a PDA, my PDA plays MP3s. I already have a digital camera. I don't want or need GPS in my phone; if I wanted a GPS receiver, I'd buy one.

I want a phone that works well as a phone, and nothing else. I want a phone that I won't lose if while it's on my desk I happen to place a piece of paper over it. I want a phone that won't detonate on impact if I happen to drop it onto the cement sidewalk. I want a phone that won't get scratched up by me putting it into and taking it out of my pocket.

It seems to me that we've spent the last 13 years solving "problems" that didn't exist.

LK

Re:I wonder what they'll use DRM-wise.

[dangitman]

I can't help but think of how Apple's iTunes cripples the MP3 industry by restricting use with proprietary formats.

MP3 is itself a proprietary format. And iTunes (and iPod) fully supports MP3. So how can iTunes be crippling the "MP3 industry" when it supports MP3?