Iphone no compared to Zune

[monktus]

Originally Posted by Thank The Cheese

How do you know it's not subsidised? I sure hope you're right. The thought of adding an extra $200 or so on top of the current price for an unlocked phone puts it over my tight-arse threshold

What makes you think that?

care to elaborate on this killer app?

I'm hoping there will be some kind of skype (or iChat) extension to allow calls to normal phones via wifi.

IIRC Steve mentions in the Keynote that the price is not subsidised by Cingular.

Sorry I might not have phrased the thing about the remote very well. I haven't come across any news of this, I just thought it would be a great idea and something obvious to have available at launch.

I was also just reading a rumour on the MacFormat forums that T-Mobile will be the UK partner and that they'll have the iPhone available on PAYG.

[Thank The Cheese]

Originally Posted by monktus

IIRC Steve mentions in the Keynote that the price is not subsidised by Cingular.

aah, i missed that. That's a big deal IMO, i just assumed it would cost extra. mind you,the question really is if it will even be possible to buy without a contract. I certainly hope so.

[Sunnz]

So, what would their next plan would be?

Some cars already has iPod integration, and the iPhone has an iPod connector... they could do very interesting thing with it.

[djbeta]

I would love to see good handwriting and speech recognition in this device.
Even if the virtual keyboard is awesome, it would be nice to have the option to break out a stylus and write quickly in natural script or be able to speak into the phone and have the voice decoded into text.

[scruffy]

This is actually the first cellphone I might want. If only it weren't so bloody expensive, and tied to a US carrier (there are cellphone networks in other countries...).

And also, it had better get a terminal and a wireless sniffer...

Anyone else think this finally explains widgets? I mean, they make absolutely no sense in a desktop OS - in that context they look like someone amended a blueprint with a blunt crayon. But on a PDA type gizmo, they're in their element.

[fryke]

What do you mean in the keynote they said "not subsidized"? *I* only saw 499 and 599 "with 2 year contract", which sounds _totally_ subsidized to me.

[djbeta]

Does anyone know the specs of the processor in the iphone processor?
or know anything about it ?

[fryke]

They didn't say. But I don't think it really matters - and Apple gets that. The user doesn't (and shouldn't have to) care what processor runs in it at what speed: The interface should be quick and that's it.