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what i actually wanted to point out is that apple has to be 150% better to have a chance on this dense market to become accepted. safari is of course nice but the web is not everything i want to do with a phone and sure the userinterface is nice it's from apple:) but 3rd party apps are important nowadays imho.
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omg they spoiled it again to enter the "handheld" market
You are right. It is not acceptable to have no UMTS or at least EDGE support for this price. I do not know whats up with apple, I am really surprised that they did not even add last years technology.
For this price and the brand Apple I would expect EDGE/UMTS and the ability to have third party software on the phone like small java apps that make your live easier. I would expect at least a developer kit like you can have for Palm, M$ or Symbian based systems. And with this for sure overpowered HW one could really do nice things. Too bad that apple decided to be even more proprietary than the others. Somehow the iPhone is an overpriced Music Player with some phone functionality and not even a Smart Phone. I stick with my Palm Treo stuff until Apple decides to be more open and consideres to have a "normal" price for the really awsome hw (except having no EDGE or UMTS) Apple should work on developing a Platform for phones that is less dommed than m$ stuff and symbian stuff. Does it include GPS btw? I would expect GPS too to have some google maps and routing with this phone.
I worked in some mobile phone software/platform company a year ago and I can tell you these ppl could have done a better phone if there was enough money. Thats why it really depresses me what apple did with their resources. I at least hope some companies manage to clone some good stuff of apple that this branche moves on to some brighter future
thats exactly what i always wanted... this situation that i can take care of viruses on my cellphone. i mean it is even worst compared to computers... because there i have somehow free choice which kind of OS hell i choose. in the case of cellular phones i am forced depending on hardware how i am annoyed. this is really worst. when will there be the 1st free phone on the market hw only where you can choose your OS
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what i actually wanted to point out is that apple has to be 150% better to have a chance on this dense market to become accepted. :)
safari is of course nice but the web is not everything i want to do with a phone and sure the userinterface is nice it's from apple
but 3rd party apps are important nowadays imho.
omg they spoiled it again to enter the "handheld" market
You are right. It is not acceptable to have no UMTS or at least EDGE support for this price.
I do not know whats up with apple, I am really surprised that they did not even add last years technology.
For this price and the brand Apple I would expect EDGE/UMTS and the ability to have third party software on the
phone like small java apps that make your live easier. I would expect at least a developer kit like you can have for
Palm, M$ or Symbian based systems.
And with this for sure overpowered HW one could really do nice things. Too bad that apple decided to be even more proprietary than the others.
Somehow the iPhone is an overpriced Music Player with some phone functionality and not even a Smart Phone.
I stick with my Palm Treo stuff until Apple decides to be more open and consideres to have a "normal" price for the really awsome hw (except having no EDGE or UMTS)
Apple should work on developing a Platform for phones that is less dommed than m$ stuff and symbian stuff.
Does it include GPS btw? I would expect GPS too to have some google maps and routing with this phone.
I worked in some mobile phone software/platform company a year ago and I can tell you these ppl could have done a better phone if there was enough money.
Thats why it really depresses me what apple did with their resources.
I at least hope some companies manage to clone some good stuff of apple that this branche moves on to some brighter future
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thats exactly what i always wanted ... this situation that i can take care of viruses on my cellphone. ... because there i have somehow free choice which kind of OS hell i choose.
i mean it is even worst compared to computers
in the case of cellular phones i am forced depending on hardware how i am annoyed.
this is really worst.
when will there be the 1st free phone on the market
hw only where you can choose your OS
TSTF
cellular phones are annoying!