Reply to: Apple iPhone

[TheFaQQer]

Apple have opened it up to allow developers to work on it.

Too little, too late, still sh1te.

[Clippy]

50 Reasons not to but an iPhone

Final nail in the coffin:

http://tinyurl.com/3a38oy

[Peter Loew]

I was so looking forward to the iPhone, but not being able to send multiple SMSs? No copy & pasting of text? Bulk email issues? One thing I hate about these devices is that if they can't do the basic things that my D900 'fashion phone' can do, then they are poop.

Still, I like O2's unlimited data and WIFI tariffs with the iPhone, and it could be that Apple fix all these issues with software updates.

I was looking at the Blackberry but I don't see its ability to handle HTML email anywhere! Also the UI sucks.

One thing is for sure, I need to get off Vodafone and move to O2. Has anybody else noticed how Vodafone signal strength / coverage is getting worse and worse, while people on O2 can get a signal almost anywhere, or is it just me?

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[TheFaQQer]

Think the original link I meant to post was actually this one:

http://www.mobile-review.com/article...phone-en.shtml

In anycase I think you get the idea.

The other one did for me - a mobile that doesn't do SMS properly doesn't count as a phone as far as I am concerned.

[Joe Black]

Think the original link I meant to post was actually this one:

http://www.mobile-review.com/article...phone-en.shtml

In anycase I think you get the idea.

[TheFaQQer]

There was a fairly scathing appraisal of the iPhone in today's Guardian. Put me off completely, so much so that I'm considering just getting a business SIM card and sticking it in an old phone.

[FarmerPalmer]

I'm currently trying to convince my secretary that I really do need a HTC 4550.


who wants an i-Phone - I want one that does it all - not half a job

[TheFaQQer]

Email, SMS, software, hardware, you name it...still, it is pretty.

http://www.mobile-review.com/article...e-sms-en.shtml

I'm still waiting to see what SE has managed with the W960.

That review was great - I'll see what version two / three / four has to offer. Crap SMS handling puts me right off (plus the idea that when a new message arrives, it shows the first couple of lines on screen, which could be embarrassing!)

[Harrysp]

My mates got one I think it is a cool toy but no fookin hsdpa, jeez come on, how are you going to surf the web, pick up emails etc unless you are in a wi-fi zone.

Will wait till they upgrade it to a proper scec'd fone.

[Clippy]

There's an element of "Emperor's new clothes" to the iPhone. Personally, I think it looks <whisper> a bit sh1te <whisper>

Have to agree with you there.

Was in the US last week and popped into an Apple store.

Had a quick play with the iPhone and wasn't too impressed with the design.

Having said that, maybe its the user interface that blows you away - as when the iPods first came out.

[Joe Black]

I've decided not to get one. Most reviews pan the email client, and that's mostly what I use my phone (Imate win mobile at the moment) for.

I've decided to get a blackberry (curve) and possibly buy an iPod touch for video watching goodness on the plane/train.

Also, CPW are doing a blackberry curve with a free nintendo wii on a £50 tariff (about what I pay each month anyway)

Email, SMS, software, hardware, you name it...still, it is pretty.

http://www.mobile-review.com/article...e-sms-en.shtml

I'm still waiting to see what SE has managed with the W960.

[threaded]

O2, Oh No!

[Alf W]

There's an element of "Emperor's new clothes" to the iPhone. Personally, I think it looks <whisper> a bit sh1te <whisper>

[Moscow Mule]

I've decided not to get one. Most reviews pan the email client, and that's mostly what I use my phone (Imate win mobile at the moment) for.

I've decided to get a blackberry (curve) and possibly buy an iPod touch for video watching goodness on the plane/train.

Also, CPW are doing a blackberry curve with a free nintendo wii on a £50 tariff (about what I pay each month anyway)

[lilelvis2000]

Yeah but watch all the people that were outside Northen Rock lining up again to buy this toy.