Comments on: I Caved, Bought an iPhone http://dethroner.com/2007/07/02/i-caved-bought-an-iphone/ Where every man is king. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:16:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Chris http://dethroner.com/2007/07/02/i-caved-bought-an-iphone/#comment-85394 Chris Tue, 03 Jul 2007 15:41:54 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/07/02/i-caved-bought-an-iphone/#comment-85394 I only know of one person (and he regularly drinks h8rade anyways...) that has touched the phone and not liked it. Everyone else just stares at it opened eyed with their mouths open. I personally felt like the future has arrived. I'm a gadget junkie. I tried all sorts of mp3 players until I got a 2nd generation iPod and have no gone back since. But this device takes the cake. It's slick. Runs well. Has plently of tricks up it's sleeve (switching to coverflow is my favorite to show newbies...). Of course, it has it's shortcomings. But I imagine there are reasons for not including what they did. Why would a company not want to have the latest and greatest features on their product? Some of the short comings can be fixed with software updates (use your own mp3's as ringtones, flash support). Others (camera - still better than the one I had previously, network (EDGE is slow for browsing - not email or maps though, storage - 8 gigs fills up quickly especially with movies) require a new device. As far as the news eating this up... It's really blogs that are posting left and right about it, many times duplicating the same information. But that's just a symptom of blogs. And besides it is important. What other phone have customers waited in line for? If 500k of a new product are sold in 2 days, that's news. Rambled. Sorry. Gotta go, my iPhone is ringing... I only know of one person (and he regularly drinks h8rade anyways…) that has touched the phone and not liked it. Everyone else just stares at it opened eyed with their mouths open.

I personally felt like the future has arrived. I’m a gadget junkie. I tried all sorts of mp3 players until I got a 2nd generation iPod and have no gone back since. But this device takes the cake. It’s slick. Runs well. Has plently of tricks up it’s sleeve (switching to coverflow is my favorite to show newbies…).

Of course, it has it’s shortcomings. But I imagine there are reasons for not including what they did. Why would a company not want to have the latest and greatest features on their product? Some of the short comings can be fixed with software updates (use your own mp3’s as ringtones, flash support). Others (camera - still better than the one I had previously, network (EDGE is slow for browsing - not email or maps though, storage - 8 gigs fills up quickly especially with movies) require a new device.

As far as the news eating this up… It’s really blogs that are posting left and right about it, many times duplicating the same information. But that’s just a symptom of blogs. And besides it is important. What other phone have customers waited in line for? If 500k of a new product are sold in 2 days, that’s news.

Rambled. Sorry. Gotta go, my iPhone is ringing…

]]> By: Lou http://dethroner.com/2007/07/02/i-caved-bought-an-iphone/#comment-85384 Lou Tue, 03 Jul 2007 03:23:53 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/07/02/i-caved-bought-an-iphone/#comment-85384 I caved too, I hated on the iPhone for months, lamenting the lack of features in <a href="http://http://www.frascogna.com/lou/?p=366" rel="nofollow">this post</a>. But I couldn't resist the phone, and despite some app crashes, it is still more stable that the weird, inexplicable bugs I would encounter with WM5. Here is my <a href="http://www.frascogna.com/lou/?p=832" rel="nofollow">full review</a>. I caved too, I hated on the iPhone for months, lamenting the lack of features in this post. But I couldn’t resist the phone, and despite some app crashes, it is still more stable that the weird, inexplicable bugs I would encounter with WM5.

Here is my full review.

]]> By: Dave http://dethroner.com/2007/07/02/i-caved-bought-an-iphone/#comment-85380 Dave Tue, 03 Jul 2007 02:39:10 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/07/02/i-caved-bought-an-iphone/#comment-85380 As a 1st generation user of the iPod I had to ignore many nay sayers. It was funny how many non-iPod owners were "experts" on the unit's shortcomings. My stable of iPods has become an instrument of immense value. I not only love my music, but I relish my books. I have owned several models of iPods and note that just when you think Apple has approached perfection, they do the unthinkable: they release a new, better version. The current iPod is nothing like the G1. I ordered my iPhones (one for the wife) via the web on Day One as I know that whatever I got, that would be the worst case scenario. And I knew it will only get better. I had already heard that it was pretty good... I anticipate that Apple will announce a new model in January at MacWorld. Apple strategy is same price but smaller, faster and more features. So, I will buy another in a year, then another and so on. My current G1 iPod sells for several hundred on eBay. Not bad for an early adopter. And I got to use if for all this time. :) As a 1st generation user of the iPod I had to ignore many nay sayers. It was funny how many non-iPod owners were “experts” on the unit’s shortcomings. My stable of iPods has become an instrument of immense value. I not only love my music, but I relish my books. I have owned several models of iPods and note that just when you think Apple has approached perfection, they do the unthinkable: they release a new, better version. The current iPod is nothing like the G1.

I ordered my iPhones (one for the wife) via the web on Day One as I know that whatever I got, that would be the worst case scenario. And I knew it will only get better. I had already heard that it was pretty good…

I anticipate that Apple will announce a new model in January at MacWorld. Apple strategy is same price but smaller, faster and more features. So, I will buy another in a year, then another and so on.

My current G1 iPod sells for several hundred on eBay. Not bad for an early adopter. And I got to use if for all this time. :)

]]> By: SRD http://dethroner.com/2007/07/02/i-caved-bought-an-iphone/#comment-85379 SRD Tue, 03 Jul 2007 01:38:06 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/07/02/i-caved-bought-an-iphone/#comment-85379 I'm so jealous. I’m so jealous.

]]> By: Rye http://dethroner.com/2007/07/02/i-caved-bought-an-iphone/#comment-85374 Rye Mon, 02 Jul 2007 21:06:05 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/07/02/i-caved-bought-an-iphone/#comment-85374 The I-Phone has become the Paris Hilton of tech news lately. I'm sure they both have their redeeming values and I'm sure that they both have legions of adoring fans. But I fear that their media saturation may force me to go all "Falling Down" on the next sycophant that asks me if I've heard about either of these two black holes of pop culture that threaten to suck the vitreous fluid from my raging bloodshot eyes. The fact that I want one desperately is entirely beside the point The I-Phone has become the Paris Hilton of tech news lately. I’m sure they both have their redeeming values and I’m sure that they both have legions of adoring fans.
But I fear that their media saturation may force me to go all “Falling Down” on the next sycophant that asks me if I’ve heard about either of these two black holes of pop culture that threaten to suck the vitreous fluid from my raging bloodshot eyes.
The fact that I want one desperately is entirely beside the point

]]> By: Darren http://dethroner.com/2007/07/02/i-caved-bought-an-iphone/#comment-85371 Darren Mon, 02 Jul 2007 19:35:02 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/07/02/i-caved-bought-an-iphone/#comment-85371 http://www.iphatigue.com I'm just saying... http://www.iphatigue.com

I’m just saying…

]]> By: bridgitte http://dethroner.com/2007/07/02/i-caved-bought-an-iphone/#comment-85368 bridgitte Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:33:32 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/07/02/i-caved-bought-an-iphone/#comment-85368 Heh- I was going to ask susie yesterday if you'd broken down and bought one yet ;) Heh- I was going to ask susie yesterday if you’d broken down and bought one yet ;)

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