Apple's New iPhone Set To Heat Up Phone War

Telegraph(UK) ^ | June 07, 2009

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

“Other photos show the device has a front-facing video camera to allow customers to engage in two-way video conversations.”

Anyone care to hazard a guess, as to when the first instance of video-conferencing-while-driving occurs?

[wastedyears]

Ping

[wastedyears]

I’m perfectly content with my base-line Motorola phone from Verizon.

[Mr. Blonde]

The ride home from the store from somewhere on the east coast probably between two people who rode together.

I can’t imagine the excitement if Jobs showed up to give the keynote. Somehow it is hard to get excited about Phil Schiller doing it.

[BunnySlippers]

Steve is coming back! Yip!

[TXnMA]

How nice!

[Orange1998]

The salesman did not say one word about this prior to my purchase last week. geez.

[antiRepublicrat]

The salesman did not say one word about this prior to my purchase last week. geez.

They rarely do. Always look here before buying an Apple product. No other company has people digging so much into its product timelines. Dell or Motorola could drop their prices tomorrow and you'd never know, but you have a good chance of knowing whether you should wait to buy an Apple product.

[devane617]

I have had an iPhone since day-one. I think it is the best device ever. Can’t wait for the new gen phone. However, I have seen no mention that it will be 4g compatible.

[rlmorel]

Good for you.

[CheneyChick]

Uh oh. Either they are going with the rumor or somebody let the cat out of the bag.

[CapnJack]

“I’m perfectly content with my base-line Motorola phone from Verizon.”

I'm perfectly content with my wall phone at home. Plus, I save the hundreds of dollars a month these overpriced toys for “adults” cost.

Is everyone so important that they have to be yacking 24/7 on these things?

[wastedyears]

I’m hoping to change mine to pay-as-you-go. It does help if you get lost, I’ll attest to that.

[stylin19a]

I was thinking customers could participate in an orgy without being there.

[Terpfen]

However, I have seen no mention that it will be 4g compatible.

Because AT&T isn't rolling out 4G until 2011. Maybe next year's phone will have 4G so people entering the second year of that phone's contract can take advantage of the rollout.

The big deal tomorrow will be iPhone OS 3.0 and hopefully a preview of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, with a release date and pricing details to boot.

[Orange1998]

Thanks for the link. If I recall the BestB salesman said 30 return policy.

[Terpfen]

Is everyone so important that they have to be yacking 24/7 on these things?

If people only used cell phones for talking, the iPhone wouldn't be a hot seller: people would just buy the "free with 2 year contract" junk phones, which are good enough for purposes of having a conversation.

Do a little research.

[TXnMA]

Thanks! That’s a useful link...

[Cyropaedia]

I got the 3G this past year and love it. Syncs up flawlessly with my MacBook Pro. I cannot wait for the 3.0.

Had a chance to play around with the new Palm Pre yesterday. Did not like it as much as the iPhone. The screen resolution is great, but the screen area is too small, and so is the retractable keyboard.

I think the iPhone's screen area and virtual keyboard are just right. And when they finally introduce the landscape mode for email, notes, Calendar, and messaging, I really don't know why anyone would really want to go back to a physical keyboard ( unless they're a die hard Blackberry user ).

I think the 4G comes out in 2010.