New Apple Lust Objects

only internet i'd use would be like maps, headlines, and bar bets. surfin stevens all over ilx for more than like ten minutes would probably make me realize i should suicide myself, stat

xp I saw somewhere US$30 for data and US$40 for calls. Can't remember where though.

HI DERE gave up his Treo for a free iPhone and hasn't experienced battery life this bad since 1997.

(Granted the iPod is awesome but that's the only area where I feel like this thing is better than a Treo. The apps may change my mind.)

no cut & paste = deal-breaker

(Actually I like the Maps application when it decides to work; when it doesn't it's the most frustrating thing ever.)

battery life is way way better than any windows mobile phone i had in the past.

yeah, looks like $30/month for data, i.e. an extra $10/month from current.

I had to charge my Windows Mobile-based Treo 750 once every 4-5 days. I have to charge my iPhone every day.

You rarely have to charge a phone if it's too shitty to bother using.

^^ I lol'd

I think Microsoft is fucked in more ways than one.

they have been fucked in so many ways since about 2003!

odderviously, but I mean the company rather than its products.

No 3g in my backassward city yet, and at&t randomly drops calls at my girlfriend's place. Time for new city/girlfriend?

That came off as kind of harsh, it's been a very infuriating day

I can go days without charging my iPhone, and I use the notes/camera/texting/e-mail/map/Internet/etc. pretty regularly. It actually stays charged better than any iPod I've owned.

NO C+P

SRSLY WTF

8 mths on designing the sexiest phone possible and 0 secs on fixing c+p

anyone heard any rumors about a possible macbook update being announced? My wife just had an unfortunate coffee incident (with a four year old ibook luckily), and it's time for a new computer.

finally

Changes in the way the iPhone deals work:

http://www.macworld.com/article/133841/2008/06/att_dataplan.html

any more uk details?

lol at no video call support (although aus has had 3g video call availability for 6-7 yrs and nobody cares)

you sure laugh out loud a lot at minor iphone details

lol at unchanged home button

now that's a knee-slapper i'll give you that.

more lols: NO MMS

last time I checked the 2.0 firmware was fully hacked for all carriers

so unless you have to sign up for a stupid contract on the spot, or they have tiered pricing then its £100 iphones for everyone

I didn't think the last iPhone contract was that bad a deal really. However, do as you wish although the word on the web is that activating the iPhone will be done in store now.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/09/iphone-3g-purchase-and-activation-will-be-in-store-only/

gah

uk prices http://www.o2.co.uk/iphone/paymonthly

There would be penalties for users who do not activate the iPhone in the first 30 days, AT&T said, in a move aimed at reducing the number of customers who buy an iPhone and tweak the software so they can use it on another network.

- http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNews/idUSN0926011020080609

The Australian operators who signed on to this thing use a country 3g frequency that's not supported by the iphone. So, you know, well fucking done.

Oh, and they don't use Edge.

who's lolling now

Apple

people are paying hundreds for PHONES? and PHONE PLANS???

-- 2010s Man

3g?? lolololololol

-- 2010s Man

maybe they will have c'n'p app in appstore

too bad they couldn't sell flush headphone jack in appstore

Apple zealots are really fucking me off. 'No c+p? Why would you want to do that?' 'No MMS? Why would you want to use that?'

I thought this breed of Mac user had died off.

The MMS thing is superannoying; I get messages from my brother all the time that I can't read because of it.

Do most smartphones (is that the right term?) have MMS? I know sidekick doesnt. I assumed because you can email the photos, MMS wasnt all that necessary?

no one gives a fuck about 'snow leopard' then?

Treos have MMS, or at least the Treo 750 does.

The no MMS + no C+P thing is super super annoying because you end up with messages that say stuff like "you've been sent a multimedia message, please go to this website and enter this login info to retrieve it" and you then have to find pen and paper to write down 10+ character long ID codes (or go find a computer) and passwords just to see a picture of your sister-in-law's new car. It makes the smartphone feel not-particularly-smart.

Yeah, I get those too and I never see the pic once Ive gone through all of that.

The C+P thing is really annoying.

I assumed because you can email the photos, MMS wasnt all that necessary?

Receiving them from other people, sunny.

No MMS is a weird continuing omission, but not one that will bother me all that much. No cut and paste is crappy, no question. But every phone I've ever used has been crappy in so many other ways that I don't think it's something to sink the iPhone.

Blackberry cut and paste is pretty good in the email client but slection can be a bitch in the web browser.

(they both seem like things I'd expect to see added in an incremental update, but then, why haven't they already done them? I'm trying to think if there's an ideological reason that they've been omitted)

yah wtf youd think both of those would be easy fixes - has apple said anything abt c&p or mms