iPhone..., ..., ... speechless

[Charles Dye]

Have ya ordered yours yet?

This has got to be the coolest little box i've seen in yrrrs.

Gorgeous, elegant, sexy, powerful. A real yagottahavit gadget.

Check out the MacWorld Keynote (http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/j47d52oo/event/), or @ least the iphone intro. Exciting stuff. :icon_eek: :icon_eek:



Ya had me @ OSX on a phone...

[Tim Armstrong]

Life's too short to pay $500 for something that won't even work with my cell phone provider...

Besides, I don't want to lose my cell phone, internet browser, iPod, etc., ALL AT THE SAME TIME. And I WILL lose the damn thing...

Cheers, Tim

[M.Brane]

I don't even own a normal cell phone so I certainly don't get excited by the iPhone.

I guess if you're into that kind of thing though...........

I don't watch TV either.:icon_eek:

[andrew schaap]

charles, if you got it you could finally listen to your own ring tone!

[Brendo]

charles, if you got it you could finally listen to your own ring tone!

Upside, inside out, she's Livin' La Vida Loca...

[andrew schaap]

Upside, inside out, she's Livin' La Vida Loca...

i was thinking more "YING YING, ZING ZING":D

[Dion Stewart]

Ya had me @ OSX on a phone...

If only it was OS X on a phone.

I got excited about this along with a lot of my fellow software development geeks when it was first announced. Then we found out it's going to be a "closed" system - meaning we won't be able to develop custom apps for it and Apple will control all of the software for it.

Kind of lost interest at that point.


Dion

[tptman]

Pluses: Safari Browser, OSX built in, Touch Screen, coolest video iPod for sure, though small storage for video.

Minuses: Technically not a smartphone: the definition of that term is that 3rd parties can write software for it, whereas the iPhone is locked to Mac-supplied applications.

Touch Screen seems cool at first, but without tactile feedback, it's hard to dial in many situations (like driving down the road - not that any of us ever do that). I think it will be a good phone, but as usual, Jobs has done his jedi sales job and convinced the world it is leaps and bounds above anything ever built.

Chuck, as a died in the wool, tried and true Mac Fanboy, I can understand your enthusiasm :lol: .

[jord]

The only reason I didn't get a Blackberry is because I see a bunch of people everyday that are chained to theirs. To me, the iPhone is just a more seductive ball-and-chain.

If Cisco wins the trademark lawsuit against Apple, Apple should consider renaming the device to something like iSpouse, because after you get one, it will get more touchin' than your other half. :Uh oh:

jord

[Brendo]

It IS running OS X... but a subset of OS X.

Mach kernel, Darwin low end, Appkit, Webkit...

Here, John Gruber's take on it:
http://daringfireball.net/2007/01/os_x

[Charles Dye]

Wow... speechless.

[FajitaTone]

I still like it better than my Treo 650

hell, I "downgraded" to the SLVR L7 because I was tired of the rediculous size of my SmartPhone.

:Roll eyes:

[Dion Stewart]

It IS running OS X... but a subset of OS X.

Mach kernel, Darwin low end, Appkit, Webkit...

Here, John Gruber's take on it:
http://daringfireball.net/2007/01/os_x


Gruber says:

"Mac nerds, and Cocoa programmers in particular, would look at the iPhone’s system and agree, Holy crap, that really is Mac OS X."


Well, as a Cocoa programmer I look at it and say "Holy crap, what a cool device. Too bad I can't write Cocoa programs for it."

That's what I meant when I said if only it was OS X. I can write apps for OS X.

Having said that, it IS a cool device. Just not sure if I'm going to run out and buy one when they hit the streets.


Dion

[Fulcrum]

"YING YING, ZING ZING":D


Charles, you engineered Esquivel? I did not know that.

[PSN Big Al]

For those that missed it on the show...here's the debut PSN Charles Dye Ring Tone:

Download The Ring Tone (http://libsyn.com/podcasts/psn/images/dye_ringer.mp3)

More to come in the near future!


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[Charles Dye]

More to come in the near future!

Oh no...

[volthause]

HA!

[Brendo]

Gruber says:

"Mac nerds, and Cocoa programmers in particular, would look at the iPhone’s system and agree, Holy crap, that really is Mac OS X."


Well, as a Cocoa programmer I look at it and say "Holy crap, what a cool device. Too bad I can't write Cocoa programs for it."

That's what I meant when I said if only it was OS X. I can write apps for OS X.

Sure, but Apple have said that there *will* be apps for the iPhone, but Apple will have much more control over what is released to the public etc. I suppose if you're not a big development house, then yeah, that does preclude you from developing software for it.

But I'm assuming widgets will be able to be put on there... have you got the free Dashcode beta?

[Johnny]

I waste too much time already. It's cooler than cool, but I need to practice, read, have a life...

[CaptainHook]

I'm with you Charles...

Again though, my country only has to wait until NEXT YEAR
for it's a release.

Yes. A whole year away.
Hello parallel importing.