My (brief) take on the iPhone, per my blarp in a Gizmodo comment (see Apple? Cut and paste is useful!), wherein I join the rest of the planet, and weigh in on the iPhone controversy; which seems to have relegated all news of war, torture, fiscal collapse, gas pricing, electorial shenanigans and the like to the back pages -- at least temporarily -- and about time.
What is this iPhone that you -- oh never mind. I don't have one yet, but it's only a matter of time: I refuse to take heroic measures like getting up early or standing in lines forever. I can wait -- after all, it's not like there won't be one available for everybody that wants one, shortly.
What will it be replacing on my person? An HTC 6700 (WinMob) that I'll have to keep around as a PDA, due to the rich library of software and content already on it; nevermind the configuration that was already tweaked and tuned to a fare-thee-well. One thing that I really liked about it is the MS Reader app. It has mostly been forgotten about by Microsoft, even, but it's a great format, with plenty of available content. And of course the ability to run a bazillion other reader apps as required, including the near-ubiquitous Acrobat. And many many (tens of thousands -- even if many of them are crappy and redundant) more applications available, in almost all categories.
With the iPhone, it is this finally arrived availability to expand the platform (which is what makes it a platform in the first place -- don't get caught in the circular logic, sorry), that finally makes it compelling for me. Yes, the new hardware is also great, and adds the extra nudge towards a purchase decision; but like a few others have already pointed out, it's all about the software (and how it gestalts with the hardware of course). It's all about the experience.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
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Noz! Get an ipod touch 2.0, instead. And don't forget, 32Gig will be available in Jan...
ereader is available for the ipod, if drm is not an issue for your existing content, it can be format-shifted to ereader easily enough.
At least Mandy Fields has actually touched an actual 16G 3G, unlike many in the echo chamber.
Yes, I did get to actually touch one. Way cool, although I won't likely use the BLAM's baby bird analogy until I have my own, and therefore anthropomorphize it more.
Unfortunately, the Touch won't quite cut it for me. Don't forget, I want to use it to replace an HTC Apache for phone purposes, and I also find the 3g capabilities to be attractive as well. Can't wait 'till Jan either. Ok, don't WANT to wait 'till Jan....
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