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I knew the iPhone would fail. Wait what did they say. I wish ATT had reception where my kid is going to college.

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"Boom!"

Umm, the iPhone runs OS X so basically it is a Mac. Get used to it.

How about the survey of people who just want a simple slim cheap phone, long battery life, no gimicks, with low monthly contract?

Cameras on phones $%&$.

Music on phones $%&$ even more.

The internet on phones, even the iPhone, $%&$ because of the small screen and troublesome touchscreen (can't see when you type) or small keyboards.

Charging phone batteries, even for any device, $%&$ big time so you want to do it as least as possible.

So IMMO the iPhone is a device that really doesn't do much very well.

My opinion is that Apple got into the cell phone space in order to protect/enhance laptop sales.

I think Apple is going to come out with a line of laptops that have cell phone integration.

The thing with the iPhone is that regardless of how good it is, there will be people under contracts who are willing to just wait for them to expire and will then consider it then. It's another reason why initial sales aren't remotely the whole story.

Apple doesn't make a basic cell phone.

If that's what you want go rant @ motodailynews,com

Apple doesn't make a basic cell phone.

Duh, of course they don't.

But they do have a line of iPods from small to large right?

Apple is pretty good at stamping out these small technological wonders, a iPhone nano would be a nice touch and a direct assult on the cell phone industry by negating their only strenght.

Remember, there are a lot of mac users who already have a Mac, a decent camera and a iPod, now all they need is a reliable inexpensive, slim iPhone nano.

So completely expect Apple to produce such a device, especially to attract the parent who needs a phone for their child.

Even though it's been on the market just a month, the Apple iPhone is already registering in the ChangeWave survey results - garnering 1% of current cell phone market share.

Um, that's 1% of smart phones. Big diff.

@Monty -- I know what you mean. I hate that I can't buy a car without a radio, without rubber wheels (what was wrong with wood?), without windshield wipers. We're paying extra for all that &$%# when all we want is a good, basic car experience. Idiots.

Monty

Opinions are like a$$holes everyone has one. Not everyone wants or needs an iPhone.

I double Apple will ever come out with a basic phone without iPod features.

I had used Sprint for almost 11 years, but the day the iPhone came out I switched to AT&T;. I have to say that not only am I very happy with my iPhone, but I think AT&T;is getting shafted a bit on customer service and coverage everywhere: coverage is actually a little better than Sprint was, data speeds are comparable (plus I get WiFi), and AT&T;customer service has been fine, both at the local store and via their phone service.

I'm a pretty happy camper now--more's the pity for Sprint, who called me up and tried to get me to switch back (hah!).

"ballyhooed"

That wod makes me chuckle everytime I hear it...

My apologies to the grammer/spelling police. Should have been doubt not double!

oops! I meant "word" Damn fingers.

Monty: So IMMO the iPhone is a device that really doesn't do much very well.

I hate to flame somebody on a public blog, but honestly, Monty, you are obviously clueless. My iPhone is the best techno-device I have ever had (in addition to being the best cellphone). Ever person I know who has one loves it. The whole point of the article above is that consumers are very satisfied with the iPhone -- much more satisfied than any competing device. In short, your assessment of the iPhone is not only baseless, it is moronic.

Apple's major advantage is that they can make an all in one device that just works in all of it's facets.

NO ONE ELSE CAN.

Any slightly competent company can make a basic (free) cell phone.

That's why I sent your sorry, cheap ass to Motorola.

@Monty, if you don't like the iPhone, don't buy one. If you want to comment on the iPhone, or any phone, you should learn about the phone in question before doing so.

The iPhone will replace a phone/iPod purchase for many students, leaving the parent with one less purchase and more $ to purchase some other item, like maybe a MacBook.

The iPhone runs on OSX and will, over time become more functional as a device used for all of the simple things we currently use larger devices for, like billpay and so forth.

Monty apparently hasn't ever used an iPhone:

1. Camera on the iPhone is actually very good and takes excellent pictures provided there's enough available ambient light.

2. Music on iPhone is similar to an iPod, which is to say excellent, and has an amazing interface that rocks.

3. Internet on iPhone is great, and actually quite pleasant to use, and even better if you're in a WIFI hot spot.

BTW, the keyboard rocks, and with a little bit of practice you can learn to type very fast on it.

4. I charge my iPhone battery less than any other cell phone I've owned, and I use it more frequently for more tasks.

"So IMMO the iPhone is a device that really doesn't do much very well."

You're certainly welcome to your "opinion" but keep in mind your "opinion" is not fact, and is demonstrably wrong in nearly every aspect.

You don't have to take my word for it, there are literally dozens of reviews online and in print calling the iPhone the most amazing gadget they've ever owned or held. Calling the iPhone something that "doesn't do much very well" puts you in the same kook fringe as tin hat wearing black helicopter watching freakos. Your opinion is just about as nutty and unfounded.

You're entitled to your opinion tho!

@ Monty

I fully expect them to do so. But if have followed Apple's marketing tactics for more than a few minutes, you know how they operate:

1. Intro a profitable, top-end, premium product to build brand and customer loyalty.
2. Once top end is established, expand product lines downward (and often upward) to appeal to a wider market.
3. There is no step 3.

"So IMMO the iPhone is a device that really doesn't do much very well."

You're wrong. It does everything that it does better than any other phone I've owned. It's no laptop, but it doesn't want to be. The fact that Apple has not yet made the phone that the segment of the market you belong to does not mean the current phone isn't perfect for its target market.
You're probably right, and Apple will release some sort of lower-end phone, but I think, in the grand scheme of things, full-featured internet phones are the future. Once people really get a taste of email in their pocket they're just not going to want to go back. SMS messaging has never filled the need because of the stupid multi-keying you have to put up with to do it, and the monthly message allocations. Give the iPhone iChat (and someday, iChat AV) and it's game over for the old-school phone paradigm.

Correction:

"The fact that Apple has not yet made a phone for the segment of the market you belong to, does not mean the current phone isn't perfect for its target market."

I hate when I discover typos after my post is posted!!
Everything C1 states is seconded here. iPhone is not perfect, and it is not for everyone (yet), but it is amazing for a first gen product and, as with many other Apple products, it is magically greater than the sum of its parts.

More paid trolls out and about... They'll be leaving feedback everywhere that this Changewave survey is published...

Meanwhile for the rest of us, its looking like iPhone may even exceed our highest expectations.

Go Apple.

ok, even I can see that this is an unfair fight.

(laying on the mat counting Monty down, 3.... 2...)

gotta love the graph, of ATT and Verison

The Verizon iWhatever CEO, will be gone after this quarter!!

bet ya

of yea, C1 is right, as always

@Jon
Umm, the iPhone runs OS X so basically it is a Mac. Get used to it.

Umm, not it's not.... What the hell kind of Mac did you ever hear of that developers could develop for?? Oh and don't give me that Web 2.0 nonsense.

Get used to it.

I want to see Verizon Wireless suffer a slow death - they are truly a bunch of Nazis.

Denny,

Your post made me laugh out loud. Thanks for that.

Funny, I thought the same thing about Sprint, back in the day. Then ATT. (I now have ATT.) I think, basically, all cel carriers suck to some degree. The suckitude just seems to fluctuate from year to year. It's gotten to the point where I'm never 100% satisfied when any product or service I purchase, unless it's from Apple. Because Apple seems to be one of the only companies that GET'S it. I now wish Apple designed cars, toasters, mircrowaves, freaking PENS for that matter.

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my experience so far with at&t;is that it is as good as Sprint everywhere and better in places such as elevators or hospitals...but that is just me

I understand Monty. Do-everything cell phones, even the iPhone, are compromises and some folks do not compromise. A camera in a phone? Yeah, take your vacation photos in Cairo with that one. Plays music, too? Yeah, let me compress my 8000 song collection down to static and put that on it. The internet? Yeah, dial-up speeds through a pinhole monitor. Many people would rather use instruments better suited to those tasks.

But, there's an old saying in certain circles -- the best tool for a given task is the one you have with you. And the iPhone lets you carry a bunch of stuff with you in a pocket size package.

MW: "got" This MW business is just too freaky.