Apple's Homepage: *ALL* iPhone...

[fryke]

I've just visited http://www.apple.com/ - and sure enough, in the days leading up to iPhone's release, *all* the slots are filled by the iPhone. There's the big introductory video in the middle, there's "Activation & Sync", "Rates & Plans", "Find a Store to get iPhone" and "Watch the ads". No iPods, no Macs, no Leopard, it's all about the iPhone for the time being. I guess they don't want everyone *ELSE* to be hyping it, they're pushing it hard now.
Let's just hope there's no showstopper bug. The onscreen keyboard - which has been criticised widely - could become the next "Newton Handwriting Recognition Joke"... -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euC45RNqg4Q - "Eat up Martha", hehe...

[symphonix]

Well, if that bothers you, maybe you should have a look at www.apple.com.au.

And I doubt the onscreen keyboard could be any worse than T9 or those tiny keyboards on the blackberry, or those Samsung mobiles with keys so tiny your fingers hurt after a few minutes of use. Lets face it, text input on mobiles sucks, period. You won't use the iPhone to write your novel, but then, thats not what mobile phones are for.

[fryke]

Hm. You're trying to defy my wish to write my next novel on one of my smartphones, eh'? I've written quite a bunch of stories on Newtons with external keyboards, my eMate and - following the minaturisation - my Nokia Communicators (9110i, 9500) and am now actually writing on my treo 680. The thing is: Tactile feedback _is_ important. But I, too, hope that the iPhone's onscreen keyboard is at least as good as other subpar implementations. I basically just wanted to quote "Eat up Martha", you know...

[Natobasso]

I think overhype is bad, but what do you expect Apple to do with a $500 new product that will make or break their entry into the cell phone industry! (It's a well-established and oversaturated industry as it is).

IMHO Apple is only doing 25% of the marketing; the rest is internet and media buzz independent of their efforts.

[Thank The Cheese]

lol nice observation fryke. Even the "Hot news headlines" are iPhone-centric

These are the current stories being rotated on the front page (gray items are non-iPhone stories):

“Amazing,” the iPhone Matches Most of its Hype”
“An Excellent Implementation of State-of-the-art Features”
AT&T and Apple Announce Simple, Affordable iPhone Service Plans
iPhone a “Beautiful and Breakthrough Handheld Computer”
Use iTunes to Activate and Sync iPhone, Announce Apple and AT&T
Philip Johnson: A Glass House Opens
“The Most Chic Cellphone I’ve Seen”
“Apple’s professional video program offers powerful new tricks”
Aperture in Action Focuses on Sports Photography

[CaribbeanOS-X]

Originally Posted by fryke

"Newton Handwriting Recognition Joke"... -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euC45RNqg4Q - "Eat up Martha", hehe...

Segals next Under Siege movie better upgrade to the iPhone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaaMct-nF0o&NR=1

[icemanjc]

The problem is with the iphone, is the screen is so sensitive so you can easily hit the wrong key, but with other smart phones, they are physical buttons so its not as hard to hit them accidentally.

[Qion]

Originally Posted by icemanjc

The problem is with the iphone, is the screen is so sensitive so you can easily hit the wrong key, but with other smart phones, they are physical buttons so its not as hard to hit them accidentally.

I don't think it's much of a problem. The phone requires skin to be activated, and is generally very smart about predicting whatever you meant to press.