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Apr 17, 08 - 12:11 pm Comment from: TenaciousDNA

What about the camera?

It still doesn't have a camera.

Apr 17, 08 - 12:14 pm Comment from: Tommy Boy

It's still not an iPhone. It's hella easier to bounce from cell tower to cell tower than Wi-Fi network to Wi-Fi network.

Apr 17, 08 - 12:21 pm Comment from: Mr. Peabody

What about just using Skype with the TouchMod mic, and avoid Jailbreaking your expensive handheld computer? ShapeServices.com has Skype for the iPhone, and they claim it will work on the iPod Touch as well.

Just pay the extra and buy the phone, man!

Dan Moren, on the audio quality of calls placed through Fring on an iPhone:

For my part, it was a lot like talking to astronauts on the space station: I would hear Cyrus coming through fine, but when I spoke to him, there were several seconds of delay before he would respond. On Cyrus’s end, it was even worse: he only got about half of what I was saying, and the sound was exceedingly choppy.

(This was on Daring Fireball 2 days ago)

Apr 17, 08 - 12:58 pm Comment from: shen

"For my part, it was a lot like talking to astronauts on the space station: I would hear Cyrus coming through fine, but when I spoke to him, there were several seconds of delay before he would respond. On Cyrus’s end, it was even worse: he only got about half of what I was saying, and the sound was exceedingly choppy"

gosh, i wonder why Apple made a phone instead of just making a skype/fring style device.... /sarcasm

Apr 17, 08 - 01:03 pm Comment from: ChrissyOne

Love the late-added "sort of".

Apr 17, 08 - 01:37 pm Comment from: Madmax

Oh, and you need to spend your entire day in a wifi bubble..

I keep saying it, and I'll continue saying it until it's done: Apple would have a HUGE hit in a tablet slightly larger than the iPhone but that could still fit in a pocket or pocketbook, without a phone, with a low cost data plan that has internet access 24/7.

Apr 17, 08 - 02:03 pm Comment from: Madmax

@steve

or they could just allow your laptop to connect by bluetooth to iphone and iphone tx data - no need for another device.

This is silly isn't it?

All we need is Apple to put the camera (back) in the Touch and give us iChat. We know they are already have it so just cough it up already. WiFi it would be good and 3G it's possible so what are they waiting for?

There must be some kind of clause in their contract with the phone companies. Then again if the phone companies didn't put it in or didn't see this coming, they need better attorney's.

It would be neat if they did incorporate video chat perhaps by synching streaming video with a normal phone call. That way big brother AT&T;won't be disturbed.

Truly, one of the dumbest things I have ever heard of.

If they want an iPhone, buy an iPhone. These are the same people who will go into a restaurant, order a chicken dinner, get 18 substitutions to try and turn the fried chicken into a pepperoni pizza, and then complain that their pizza is no good.

Isn't it amazing how hackers are always trying to figure out ways of making a device do more than what it was originally designed to do? It's nice to be able to expand out. I know that it's not perfect, and that it would be much more efficient to simply buy an iPhone to do it the best way, but still, it's kind of cool that people have been able to accomplish this. Great work you guys.