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Old 06-04-2007, 11:36 PM
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I think I'll jump the gun

I don't believe I will be buying one any time soon but this news about the apple phone is interesting.

First off: Arianna Huffington sought out Mr. Jobs directly for advice on being the first to score a phone. (He told her to go to an AT&T store.) I love it when a so called celeb get's put in their place

But this part is encouraging:

"To head off potential consumer disappointment, Apple said several months ago that it would have the ability to add features to the iPhones after they were purchased. The company’s executives say that the capability to upgrade the iPhone in the field will give it a significant advantage over other cellphones, which are usually replaced frequently."

Still When he introduced the phone in January, Mr. Jobs seemed unwilling to permit outside software development. He said that opening that door would tend to raise both security and stability issues that were unacceptable in the wireless handset market.

Last week, however, at the D: All Things Digital conference, he seemed to relent. He said Apple was looking for ways to make it possible for developers to create software for the iPhone.

A person briefed on Apple’s plans said that at its software developer conference this month, Apple intends to announce that it will make it possible for developers of small programs written for the Macintosh to easily convert them to run on the iPhone.

Software, Mr. Jobs said last week, is what would make the difference. Poor software, he said, is what undermined the Japanese consumer electronics industry. And by that same token, software is what will give the iPhone what he said would be a five-year lead on the rest of the handset industry.

“If you look at the iPhone, it’s software wrapped in wonderful hardware,” he said.

My take on the whole thing? No matter what anyone thinks this is gonna be quite a direction for digital hand helds.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/04/te...ref=technology
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Considering the dice will probably charge the iphone

A) will it plug into a Dice for music? that would be sweet

B) who wants to figure out how to hook a mic up to it?

C) who wants to get the phone book up on the X5 display?


How cool would that be to get Mp3/ipod input, and handsfree from your Dice?

Just wishful thinking.
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Old 06-05-2007, 09:35 AM
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I don't believe I will be buying one any time soon but this news about the apple phone is interesting.
I don't like the fact that they only offer a 2 year contract. Max for me is one year. I'm looking forward to seeing the new LG phone that Verizon is going to launch as the answer to AT&T's iphone.
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I suppose there are a lot of negatives, but you know the fasionable folks will have to have one regardless.
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In other Apple news:

Apple releases new Mac Book Pros.

wow...they really are shooting new products out......
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Old 06-05-2007, 01:02 PM
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Macbook pro. coming to my house real soon. http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPL...KnAnv2x/7.?p=0

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In other Apple news:

Apple releases new Mac Book Pros.

wow...they really are shooting new products out......
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