CNBC: Apple iPhone to be released June 20th

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1. GPS, AM/FM radio, more storage capacity, 3G, better camera w/zoom.

   
   GPS… will be nice, and will probably change the world, but I can live without it for now.
   AM/FM Radio… this kinda proves your an astroturfer ticking off missing specs from a sheet. Do you listen to AM or FM? What stations? Do you know there are many cheap (under $40) add-on tuners for iPods now? Why make us all pay for a feature that very few people will use?
   More storage…. there will ALWAYS be more storage right around the corner. If you know of an 8 GB smartphone that can do anything useful that’s out now, you let me know.
   Better camera… if you’re using a phone as your main camera, then you don’t deserve anything better. You want a good camera? Check out the Canon S5 IS, don’t use a phone. Phone cameras are not meant to make you Annie Leibovitz. They are meant to provide evidence of the crazy stuff you did at a bar last night.
   

   I’ve had plenty of toys, the “wow” factor and being able to impress your friends wears off real fast. If you show it around, you create jealousy and in danger of being viewed as cultist.

   
   Oh no!!! What will people THINK of me?
   Are you in high school? “Viewed as a cultist”? Are you serious?
   And do you think Rev 2 will somehow avoid this effect?
   Methinks you have a very high opinion of your own potential coolness.
   If all these ‘devices’ make people think less of you, maybe you should look at the common denominator…
   

   Then comes the actual long term use of the product, getting value for your hard earned money.

   
   Agreed. You’ve put in long nights at Motorola to write this stuff.
   

   I use my TomTom, I use my Razor to make calls. I use my 10 megapixel zoom camera. I use my Mac computer because of the bigger screen. I use my video iPod to store all my music only. I use the radio to listen to other things. If I run I’ll use the shuffle occassionally.

   
   So what the heck are you bitching about, Mr. Digital? Sounds like you’re all hooked up. But hey, unless you like carrying around that huge backpack, maybe you could look into a device that does many of those things well.
   

   I don’t use the camera phone, it’s totally lame. I don’t use the web on my phone, Cingular’s Edge is annoying slow. I pay a fortune for media service and hardly use it.
   I don’t use the Razor to play music, the storage is too little, if I did the battery would run down.

   
   But you would use a camera phone on a Rev 2 “better camera w/ zoom”? Hmm… how much better do you think camera phones will get in 6 months? Better than your 10 mp zoom camera? Which model do you use?
   And of course you don’t use the RAZR to play music, it blows as an MP3 player, and you have 2 iPods for that anyway.
   But maybe you could save some money if you stopped paying ‘a fortune’ for that media service and pared down all this bling you’re sportin’.
   

   So until the iPhone’s capability catches up to the level of all my other devices, it’s not worth replacing them with a iPhone.

   
   Unless it also makes espresso, does my taxes, can be used as a flotation device, increases corn yield, can “bend it like Beckham”, cleans my gutters, feeds my cat, and shows me holographic porn, I just don’t know what use it would be to me.

   If you are waiting for a device that does all those things “to the level of” all you other devices, you’ll be waiting a long, long time.
   

   Sure the drool factor is big, but it’s not practical yet.

   Carrying around all the stuff you mention sounds infinitely more practical. Thank you for showing us the light.

   -c

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2. ‘Unless it also makes espresso, does my taxes, can be used as a flotation device, increases corn yield, can “bend it like Beckham”, cleans my gutters, feeds my cat, and shows me holographic porn, I just don’t know what use it would be to me.’

   My Purple Microdots handle all of these…..See?

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3. ..hey Waiting for Rev 2 ….On June 20th you can take the drums and cymbals off your legs, the accordian from under your arm and the kazoo out of your mouth ..you won’t need to be a one-man band anymore unless you just like making a lot of noise. Oh,yeah ….your welcome.

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