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It'll never happen

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The iPhone is even greater than what SteveJack envisioned -- great than what anyone envisioned -- except for the thought of it containing a hard drive.

If the iPhone had a hard drive in it, it would have been perfect...

Oh well... I'm still making bets that Apple will release a 6G iPod that is similar to the iPhone, without the phone part of it and with a 100gb drive. I have no doubt this will happen.

he got the size /form factor wrong !!

Regarding the memory capacity, there'll be 32 GB flash soon. Just waite for the first upgrade of the iPhone. Even at 8GB rigth now, it's perfect for my own usage. Can't wait1

Hey Steve jack, nice crystal ball

David,

I really believe that the next generation of iPod videos (coming soon) will have this touch screen, and the top model will have a 100 GB hard drive.

The price will probably be about the same as the present 80 GB iPod.

This screen-technology is great for the iPhone, but even better for a video iPod with its capacity for storing films, TV shows, and videos.

After all, 8 GBs doesn't hold much video material.

I remember then. SteveJack has enough geek prophecy genes to work at Apple, if he wants.

But we need him here. Go MDN!

The time that passed between now and THE IDEA was the time it took for all that technology to mature and become small enough and cheap enough for people to buy.

Hmmmm...

iChat has had audio and video capabilities in place and functioning quite nicely for 3 years or so!

Research?

As far as an integrated Palm device is goes...
If you took my current Palm TX... an excellent device with a big screen, Bluetooth, WiFi AND an SD slot already in place...
THEN put the Treo series' telephony bits into it and you'd have it!

Alas, Palm seems to be content with slowly going down the tubes.

Apple is doing it right!

This is the next "iPod". When Windows users keep seeing these things in use and realize what they can do with them... along with the ability to use that one Windows app they need... the beautifully functional OSX in a smartphone...

Couple that with looming Vista tragedy...

Who is Apple trying to kid? This is alien technology. Rumor has it that the so-called "Wingmakers" from the center of the galaxy gave these ideas to SJ in a effort to advance human intelligence. This product doesn't look humanly made. It is too beautiful and too advanced.

With any luck the 2G version will have another camera to allow video chats.

The reported 5-hour battery life would be made unbearably atrocious if Apple added a hard drive.

I'm a little uncomfortable with Apple's move away from being Apple *Computer* Inc. The iPhone wasn't what I expected (simply an iPod you can make phone calls on) and while I'm happy for everyone who's excited by the new iPhone, I'm left wondering what's in store for Macs. I'm surprised that they Keynote didn't mention anything about Leopard, NAND-based laptops, 8-core Mac Pro, displays, or any other non-iPod/iTunes/iTV/iPhone product.

Has anyone heard anything about the ModBook that was supposed to be debuted today? I understand if iPhone euphoria has taken the limelight, but I'm just worried that it's vaporware. Has anyone at Macworld stopped by the OWC booth?

iPhone missed the key killer app: FM radio !

M$FT will be all over that feature with the ZUNE 2.0 !

@NK

Are you serious? "Simply an iPod you can make phone calls on"??
Have you looked at te keynote video and read all the info on apple.com? These guys have re-worked how a User interacts with a PDA, Phone and iPod. It is way, way past being an iPod you can make calls on. Get real. Just the way that the camera (and its resolution) works with images is unlike any other device in its class.
I know this thing is totally special because when I showed my wife all about it, she said that she didn't think $499. was a lot to pay for something like that at all. She thinks just about everyone will want one.

Guess I'm getting one...

My apologies to Designer; I wans't quite clear enough. I have read what the iPhone can do.

What I imagined when I first heard about the iPhone - and all I really wanted - was an iPod that could make phone calls. Something to take the place of my iPod and my simple cell phone. All of the other features seem unnecessary to me, but I'm not saying they will prevent me from getting one.

I do have reservations about how "revolutionary" this product is. These guys haven't really re-worked how a user interacts with a PDA, phone, and iPod... they've merely put all of these things in a package, and they've done a good job of it. The "way the camera (and its resolution) works with images" is not unlike any other device in its class. It works the same way as any other camera-phone, it just has more megapixels. That's evolution, not revolution. It's still a cool product though.

I like my Treo 650. Except for the sad support of syncing with a Mac to iCal. Even the MissingSync, which I own, never does a good job with syncing.

I was totally hoping to preorder the phone. Oh well. I'll wait, semi-patiently.

why are people wondering why the modbook wasn't mentioned durng the keynote?

it's not an Apple product, but a mutilation of a macbook by third parties.

Oh my freekin god! Steve didn't mention any new Mac's in the Keynote. And, and, and he's gone and changed the name of the company to leave the word Computer out of the company name.

It can only mean one thing ------- Steve and Co. are getting out of the Computer business!!!!!!!!!

Or, you didn't actually WATCH the keynote!



Seriously folks, do you know what this means? It means there is another event - soon, where we get to do all this all over again!
Ain't it great?

@NK, hopefully this thread isn't dead already and you will see this.

You really need to watch the keynote. I think you are misunderstanding how truly revolutionary this device is.

Just like "Designer" above, earlier today I told my wife about the iPhone and that it is $499. She said it was too expensive.

Tonight, she saw the keynote and, at the conclusion, she realized $499 isn't bad at all for what it is capable of.

It's not a mangled mashup of a cellphone and an iPod. This is an entirely new beast.

I'm having a hard time relating to the exaggerated comments on this thread, especially as they relate to my comments.

I saw the Keynote.
I'm not freaking out because Apple changed its name.
And I wasn't looking for Modbook to be mentioned in the Keynote (I was wondering why none of the rumor sites had reported on the Modbook unveiling at Axiotron/OWC's booth.)

Matt, thanks for a non-hysterical comment. I definitely think its cool, and is worth the price (however hard to swallow it may be). I don't think it's a mangled mashup of a cellphone and an iPod. It's a mashup of a whole bunch of things that is well done.

Perhaps we are at a state in consumer electronics when having a well thought-out, well produced product is considered 'revolutionary.' I do think that's kind of unfortunate, though.

No.

They're building The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

-c

MW: 'move' (it or loo... Oh! You lost)

NK, what you're not getting, and what a lot of people (usually PC users) still don't get is that the revolution is in the interface, as it has been since the original Mac. Almost everything this phone does (except be a handheld Mac) can be done by some combinations of other devices, but the fact that they're all combined into one is not the revolution. It's the fact that the combination is elegantly done. The interface is critical because it either makes the slowest part of any computer more efficient or it drags things to a halt.

Before the iPhone was announced, everyone was crying for a smartphone that was easy to use. Apple is delivering where the established 'experts' could not, and that's why everyone is reacting so positively.

Thanks NK. You've single-handedly killed off this thread with your drivel.

Go off and be happy with your 5G iPod and wait until next year to finally understand what this is all about. You'll see it in better perspective then, after all the related products coming this year have been announced.

Goodbye.