don't buy an iPhone

hambone1 · Post by **hambone1** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 6:31 pm

funky shit wrote:whens this shiz out in the uk ?

Supposedly by December.

nebulae · Post by **nebulae** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 6:42 pm

hambone1 · Post by **hambone1** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 6:50 pm

Hey, Neb... where'd you get the pic of Titbag?

nebulae · Post by **nebulae** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 6:54 pm

I have a friend who works at Apple and did a lot of beta testing. That picture of Shitbag was used several times without much luck to try to crash the iphone. Ultimately, they decided to replace the "frowny-Mac" icon that you get when your Apple doesn't boot up with that picture.

Tarekith · Post by **Tarekith** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 7:16 pm

I'm moving to Seattle in a few weeks, not sure on the exact date yet (very frustrating).

Texting to me is dead simple on the iPhone. I hated texting people with normal phone keypads, but it's a breeze on this. The way it organizes your conversations is sweet too. Anyway, it takes a few days for the phone to 'learn' words you type (or misspell) often, once it does it's very fast. Note, I've never used a blackberry, so can't compare to that.

I think if you think of the iphone as a phone with extra features, you might be let down. It's more like a VERY portable computer that just happens to make calls too. I'd say I could do about 90% of my non-studio computer stuff using just the iPhone. Writing this on it in fact as I cook some brats on the grill

Pros:

- everything is integrated, all the apps share info, which makes doing a lot of things like getting directions to someone's house very easy.
- Looks cool, never crashes, lots of really neat web apps out there already (sadly nothing for making music, or I'd be in heaven).
- Nic eiPod, sounds great and movies are much easier to watch than on my 30GB iPod video:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0157328522

- Call quality is decent, much better than the razr I replaced with this.

Cons:

- No way to DL files.
- No flash support. Not a huge deal for me, but some sites like beatport rely on it.
- Wish you could just drag and drop music and movies in iTunes, instead of syncing playlists.
- Still not even a simple music app, even just a melody creator would make me happy.

Overall very happy though, I thought it was worth $599, at $399 it's a steal IMO.

glu · Post by **glu** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 7:19 pm

the iphone or ipod touch would make a pretty wicked clip view controller for live.

beats me · Post by **beats me** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 8:20 pm

I bought into this as well and couldn't be happier.....

...cept it should be mentioned that the Internet is annoyingly slow. Think dial-up. Before I got this phone I never really used my cell to access the Internet because it was both slow and ugly. Now that the Internet is beautiful on this thing it's even more annoying that it's so damn slow.

I think Apple makes great products and they are usually ahead of the curve, but the way they have been releasing products and upgrades so frequently I'm kind of having a conspiracy theory issue on this one. Other phones already have the fast internet technology and I think Apple didn't include it because they are going to milk the iphone as is and then 6 months down the road release a new iphone with high speed internet like it's some new great technology. I bet ya.

wilxon · Post by **wilxon** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 9:54 pm

not out in UK so i got a blackberry 8820.

Not quite the same thing really.

CTmusic · Post by **CTmusic** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:30 am

Watch this!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg1ckCkm8YI

sparklepuff · Post by **sparklepuff** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:38 am

CTmusic wrote:Watch this!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg1ckCkm8YI

What an asshat. I wonder if his hand will blend. Will he do it just because I ask?

Tone Deft · Post by **Tone Deft** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:50 am

sparklepuff wrote:
CTmusic wrote:Watch this!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg1ckCkm8YI
What an asshat. I wonder if his hand will blend. Will he do it just because I ask?

maybe.
he's done dozens of things
http://www.willitblend.com/

remember kids, don't do this at home with your parents' blender, go to a friend's house and use theirs.

awesome video, it's just a piece of electronics, there's millions more.

how about an ipod?
http://www.willitblend.com/videos.aspx? ... video=ipod

sparklepuff · Post by **sparklepuff** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:59 am

awesome video, it's just a piece of electronics, there's millions more.

I know. I just saw it as an opportunity to use my new favorite term, 'Asshat.'

I've seen him blend all kinds of crap. I particularly like how well his lil' blender turns ice cubes into fairly convincing snow.

Tone Deft · Post by **Tone Deft** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 5:03 am

I'm still stuck on douche bag. I think it's mostly an east coast thing, being on the left coast I get a lot of double takes when I say that, quite effective.

nebulae · Post by **nebulae** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 5:32 am

yes, I prefer the term d0uche_bag myself

as for the video, my favorite part has to be his shit-eating grin as he looks at the camera while creating iSmoke (don't breath that...)

nolus · Post by **nolus** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 8:06 am

... But Will It Blend?