MacWorld Expo 2007 summary

[ergo proxy]

Superb! I wanted to get an ipod but did not want a lot of stuff in
my pocket. Now, everything is in one device .
I like the design and qwerty keys for sms is a plus. Also, $400 is about what I
would end up paying for a sony erricson or a nokia locally. I have no plans
to buy a Mac this year, but I want an iPhone.

[Lt Major Burns]

wow - about halfway through the keynote now.... i bloody want an iphone, more than any other gadget i';ve ever wanted. except i need that 80gb hard drive...

[fryke]

i actually think I can live with a 4 or 8 GB iPhone. ... I'll suddenly have to _manage_ the space on the iPod, that's a nag, but it's still got enough space for some tunes and a season or two of a TV series.

Am I the only one who thinks it's _pretty_ silent in here? People don't whine much nowadays? Just tranquilité, some disappointment, brought forward in all honesty but without screaming. Shall *I* do it?

Hey! Wheres my leppard?! I though 10.6 would come out TODAY and cost 99 USD!!! Should sue Apple about that. :/ ... I'll never buy Apple produce again!

[Timotheos]

Originally Posted by fryke

Am I the only one who thinks it's _pretty_ silent in here? People don't whine much nowadays? Just tranquilité, some disappointment, brought forward in all honesty but without screaming. Shall *I* do it?

Maybe apple have finnaly become *The Perfect Company* :|

[Ceroc Addict]

Definitely getting an iPhone - if it ever makes it to Australia :-(

5 points of the keynote that left me wondering though:

1. Agree with fryke - what are the developer options? Surely one of the huge strengths of having "OS X" on the device is that there's already a large development community. I would have thought it was a no brainer to announce a developer program early, so applications could be ready by time the device is FCC approved.

2. Can that camera take video? I'd hope for at least H.264, 320 by 240 video at a decent frame rate. But no mention of this whatsoever.

3. What about word processing/spreadsheet apps? Even today's smartphones have a crappy word processor, but no mention of this besides a "Notes" feature.

4. Support for PDF? I'd assume so, if it's running "OS X" - but no mention of a Preview type app for viewing PDFs on the device.

5. Does that dock connector allow connection to iPod accessories? e.g. Voice recorders, Portable speakers, etc..

Kap

[Thank The Cheese]

No Leopard information and no iLife upgrade makes me a very sad panda.

[eric2006]

Right now I have iTunes, Safari, and Mail open. When I really use the computer, I'll use Word, Photoshop, iLife, etc - but I don't use these heavy apps constantly. I think the iPhone (and iTV) could change the computer's role from the centerpiece of a digital lifestyle to a server/powerhorse role.

[Captain Code]

Originally Posted by Trip

I'm actually pretty disappointed. An iPhone for $400+? Does Apple market towards people with really high paying jobs or what? I was hoping for a lot more, or at least something new with the next release of X.

You can't really complain if you compare it to any other phone which has similar features. The Apple phone blows any other phone out of the water. It's expensive but so are all the latest phones.

The thing I wonder is how will the price go down. Apple usually likes to keep prices on things pretty steady and just improve the devices. Whereas the best cell phones from last year a really cheap this year. I almost think that it'll remain fairly high priced for a while at least until something else comes out that can compete with it.