Glenn Lurie, AT&T’s “point man” on the Apple iPhone project was interviewed by Brier Dudley for The Seattle Times yesterday.
When questioned about the iPhone’s price, Lurie let a bit of news (or at least of confirmation of what many have suspected) slip, “…You have the widgets, some of the Google applications that are coming — there are just so many things here that the price will not be an issue.”
When asked what’s his favorite iPhone feature, Lurie replied, “I don’t know if I can answer that. It’s a pretty incredible browsing environment. That’s the first part that I think will blow people away. It’s the first widescreen iPod they’ve ever done; it is very, very good, works extremely well. I think the other thing people haven’t really thought through is that Apple’s so good at simplifying things. That’s just what they’re known for; they’ve really simplified the phone. The standard phone applications are really intuitive, whether it’s receiving a phone call, putting that person on hold, adding another party and bringing a conference call together.”
Much more in the full article here.
I’ve received a phone call on my Zune. My screen became blue; cool.
I probably should know this (in light of all the recent iPhone news)…but are they going to offer the iPhone discounted for people that renew a 2 year contract?
“AT&T exec: More Google apps coming to Apple iPhone”.
Unbelievable!
MDN Magic Word: state, as in the obvious.
Please let these “rumors” be true…..
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@MacBliss
Fun article! This company really is about to go nuclear.
iPhone
1: Only 8 GB storage is too small. A movie alone is 4-5GB. Doesn’t leave a hell of a lot of room left over for everything else.
2: A 2 megapixel camera is just about worthless and cannot give quality landscape photographs. See #1 for storage problems.
3: Cingular’s/AT&T’s EDGE network is painfully slow, no 3G.
4: No GPS, what’s the use in having Google maps if you can’t track or GPS bookmark locations or have the iPhone give you point by point directions?
5: Screen is too small Just like the iPod w/video, the screen is just too small, Especially for web surfing for any lenght of time, or watching movies. Needing a new device, either MyVue glasses (eyestrain) or a mini-pocket projector and ideal location/conditions for viewings. More $$$$.
6: Doesn’t fit into pocket easily Mockups of iPhones with leather cases produces a rather large flat bulge in users front pockets. Try walking around all day with a video iPod in a case in the front pocket of your jeans. The iPhone is larger than a video iPod! Ouch! Slimmer cell phones like the RAZR are much more comfortable.
7: Screen scratches and smudges easily To reduce problems a stylus (heat activated?) will be needed and someplace to store it. In the case perhaps? Just another thing to make it harder to fit into pocket.
8: iPhone will need belt hook or leather holster for men because it won’t fit into pocket. Bump a dump.
9: Constant compuer hookups to install content/update playlists because iPhone storage space is too small. Large storage iPod with all your music with hundreds of playlists sure beats hooking up a tiny shuffle everyday.
10: No mini projector a pleasant option would be to have a laser projector in the top of the iPhone so one can see a bigger picture on a wall or other surface.
11: Doesn’t really replace anything The iPhone would be great if it would replace the things it supposed to, but it doesn’t. It’s just adds things half assed that really don’t add up to any value at this point.
It’s just going to spawn a bunch of “solutions” that will cost even more money to get the decent amount of use out of the device. MyVue glasses, portable storage, USB hubs and power adpators, portable mini-projectors and so forth.
It’s a phone for christsake, get a slim RAZR or wait for the M500 wristwatch phone.
The iPhone is not ready yet. Thanks for reading. Goodday
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“Playing the foil on stage with Jobs will be the Simon Cowell of the software world, Bill Gates.”
More like William Hung methinks!
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Not Quite Yet is so right– where’s the flux capacitor? Bo time travel? baaah!
@ Not Quite Yet.
I know better than to respond in the way i instantly feel like when people make such rediculously stupid uneducated remarks.
I won’t even begin to point out the massive holes in your arguement, because thats what you want, isn’t it.
Nice try though.
MDN Word. ‘will’ as i will hold my breath.
…they forgot to add the cloaking device…that is because of the unpredicable market flucuations in the price of dilithium crystals due to the Klingon raids on Betelguese II.
Damn Klingons anyway….
RE:5:
Screen is too small Just like the iPod w/video, the screen is just too small, Especially for web surfing for any lenght of time, or watching movies. Needing a new device, either MyVue glasses (eyestrain) or a mini-pocket projector and ideal location/conditions for viewings. More $$$$.
6: Doesn’t fit into pocket easily Mockups of iPhones with leather cases produces a rather large flat bulge in users front pockets. Try walking around all day with a video iPod in a case in the front pocket of your jeans. The iPhone is larger than a video iPod! Ouch! Slimmer cell phones like the RAZR are much more comfortable.
Ummm, so are you saying that it is too big or too small?
@ not quite yet
Geez buddy, thanks for the heads up!!
after reading your well informed statement, I just put in a “Sell” order for my AAPL stock, thanks for saving my butt!!
Wow!
Anyone want to actually discuss what the topic of the article was about?
Me, I would like to have Google Spreadsheets mainly. I’m not sure we need GoogleTalk or perhaps even the Google word processor (whatever it is called), as I think the iPhone will have these already built-in with iChat and a version of Pages.
Of course, what I REALLY want is Filemaker on the iPhone!!!!
My 2¢
AT&T just aren’t used to the Apple way of handling releases. They try, but they just can’t keep their mouths shut!
Not I mind the extra iPhone info
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your right SirROM
The biggest thing I got out of the article, is how AT&T seems to be in tune with Apple on
“The one thing we found as commonality is our pursuit of customer experience. Whenever we got into discussions, the thing we kept coming back to was this unwavering “what’s the customer experience going to be?” That’s gotten us over the hump every single time”
“Not Quite Yet” is, in fact, an employee at MS headquarters in Redmond. I know his writing style very, very well . . . and he is just beside himself with envy that NOTHING MS has “partnered with” even comes CLOSE to what the iPhone offers in its 1.0 iteration.
The truth is that if you met “NQY” in the hallways on the MS campus, you’d think he was Shrek (he’s so green with envy)!
Not Quite Ready has Penis-envy I think. Did you know he just bought a new Palm on a three year deal and is still crying himself to sleep at night?
iPhone
1: Only 8 GB storage is too small. A movie alone is 4-5GB. Doesn’t leave a hell of a lot of room left over for everything else. NOT SMALL FOR THE PRICE PAL. DO YOU THINK THEY MAY UPGRADE IT TO 16GB/32GB WHEN THE CHIPS BECOME MAINSTREAM? RIDICULOUS COMMENT.
2: A 2 megapixel camera is just about worthless and cannot give quality landscape photographs. See #1 for storage problems. NOT IN A PHONE. MY RAZR HAS 1 MEGAPIXEL.
3: Cingular’s/AT&T’s EDGE network is painfully slow, no 3G. JUST A FIRMWARE UPGRADE AWAY. PLUS THIS HAS THE BEST COVERAGE AND IS MOST COMPATIBLE WORLDWIDE.
4: No GPS, what’s the use in having Google maps if you can’t track or GPS bookmark locations or have the iPhone give you point by point directions? GOOGLE MAPS IS LIKE HAVING THE WHITE/YELLOW PAGES AT YOUR FINGERTIPS WITH BUILT-IN DIRECTIONS. THINK MAN BEFORE YOU TYPE! ALSO, GPS IS JUST AN APPLICATION AWAY AS ALL CELLS HAVE GPS BUILT-IN. POSSIBLY REVEALED AT LAUNCH. IF NOT, THEN WHEN LEOPARD COMES OUT.
5: Screen is too small Just like the iPod w/video, the screen is just too small, Especially for web surfing for any lenght of time, or watching movies. Needing a new device, either MyVue glasses (eyestrain) or a mini-pocket projector and ideal location/conditions for viewings. More $$$$. YOU REALLY ARE NUTS. BIGGEST PHONE SCREEN ON THE MARKET.
6: Doesn’t fit into pocket easily Mockups of iPhones with leather cases produces a rather large flat bulge in users front pockets. Try walking around all day with a video iPod in a case in the front pocket of your jeans. The iPhone is larger than a video iPod! Ouch! Slimmer cell phones like the RAZR are much more comfortable. THINK ABOUT YOUR LAST STATEMENT AND REALLY TRY TO MAKE UP YOUR MIXED UP MIND.
7: Screen scratches and smudges easily To reduce problems a stylus (heat activated?) will be needed and someplace to store it. In the case perhaps? Just another thing to make it harder to fit into pocket. HAVE YOU OWNED ONE? TRIED ONE? YOU CAN CONFIRM THIS? DIDN’T THINK SO. JACKASS.
8: iPhone will need belt hook or leather holster for men because it won’t fit into pocket. Bump a dump. OF COURSE THERE WILL NOT BE ANY….AND I MEAN ANY…ACCESSORIES RELEASED FOR THE IPHONE. I MEAN WHO WOULD WANT TO MAKE ALL THAT MONEY? YOU MAY HAVE A VALID POINT HERE…..VALID IN AS MUCH AS DISPLAYING THAT YOU ARE A JACKASS.
9: Constant compuer hookups to install content/update playlists because iPhone storage space is too small. Large storage iPod with all your music with hundreds of playlists sure beats hooking up a tiny shuffle everyday. SO WHEN I WANT TO GET PICS OFF MY CRACKBERRY WHAT DO I DO NOW? AND ITUNES IS EASY. YOU’RE A CRACKER MAN.
10: No mini projector a pleasant option would be to have a laser projector in the top of the iPhone so one can see a bigger picture on a wall or other surface. DO YOU NOT THINK THAT APPLE WILL INCLUDE A TV-OUT MUCH LIKE THE IPOD? JACKASS.
11: Doesn’t really replace anything The iPhone would be great if it would replace the things it supposed to, but it doesn’t. It’s just adds things half assed that really don’t add up to any value at this point. WHAT DO YOU WANT IT TO REPLACE? YOUR TOASTER? I’LL HAVE AN ULTRA-PORTABLE COMPUTER AT MY FINGERTIPS. REPLACES THAT. JACKASS.
It’s just going to spawn a bunch of “solutions” that will cost even more money to get the decent amount of use out of the device. MyVue glasses, portable storage, USB hubs and power adpators, portable mini-projectors and so forth.
It’s a phone for christsake, get a slim RAZR or wait for the M500 wristwatch phone. AH…THE RAZR. JUST PROVING YOUR JACKASSNESS. RAZR = SCREEN TOO SMALL. UI SUCKS. CONTACT BOOK SUCKS. LOCKED SYSTEM MEANING I CAN’T EVEN CHANGE RINGTONES. IPHONE YOU CAN. BROWSING THE NET SUCKS. NO WIFI. MUSIC ON IT SUCKS. NO MEMORY – WELL I CAN EXPAND IT TO MAX 4GB AT BEST. NO PROJECTOR/TV OUT. CRAPPY VIDEO. CRAPPY CAMERA. CRAPPY PHOTOBOOK. NO PUSH EMAIL. NO EMAIL. SMS MESSAGES ALL GROUPED TOGETHER….NOT BY CONVERSATION. NO WIDGETS. SHALL I GO ON?
The iPhone is not ready yet. Thanks for reading. Goodday GOOD DAY JACKASS!
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5: Screen is too small Just like the iPod w/video, the screen is just too small, Especially for web surfing for any lenght of time, or watching movies. Needing a new device, either MyVue glasses (eyestrain) or a mini-pocket projector and ideal location/conditions for viewings. More $$$$.
6: Doesn’t fit into pocket easily Mockups of iPhones with leather cases produces a rather large flat bulge in users front pockets. Try walking around all day with a video iPod in a case in the front pocket of your jeans. The iPhone is larger than a video iPod! Ouch! Slimmer cell phones like the RAZR are much more comfortable.
You sir are stupid!
First you say the screen is small. Then you say the iPhone is bigger than the video iPod. If Apple makes the iPhone smaller, then the screen will get even smaller you stupid head! The RAZR’s screen is small too. I don’t here you complaning! Mockups of an iPhone is not the actualy iPhone itself! It’s just mockups. They are not accurate to based a judgment on. You haven’t even touch the thing to say that it’s not confortable to put in pockets. How ignorant are you!
Oh, and one more thing . . .
“Not Quite Yet” doesn’t have the foggiest real-world idea of the size of movies ripped for handheld players. If he DID, he’d know that the standard rip size for “Hannibal Rising,” say, is a little under 1GB on the Video iPod–NOT four to five GB!
Blow it out yer ass, “NQY”! You know nothing! (But that makes you an outstanding employee at MS headquarters!)
Not Quite Yet,
Would you like a knife and fork on this thing too? How old are you? Don’t you know there’s a minimum age to be on this forum.
Not Quite Yet,
Heh, heh, heh… Sorry, still laughing at your comment…
What you wrote makes absolutely no sense and sounds so juvenile that I should not even try to make sense of it.
We are now all dumber for having read it.
I award you no points.
May God have mercy on your soul.
Not Quite Yet
sorry you don’t get any respect here!!
by the way, say hi to your Uncle Ballmer for us
10: No mini projector a pleasant option would be to have a laser projector in the top of the iPhone so one can see a bigger picture on a wall or other surface.
This point, out of all of it, is the funniest one. Sure, lets have Apple but a small roll-out projector screen that you can place in front of the iPhone. Lets also add a mini gasoline generator so that it can produce enough power. Better yet, a solar panel that you place on top of your car that can fold in to a small size square shape that fits inside a compartment in the back iPhone. Or how about a small handheld thermonuclear reactor that fits in your other pocket, that would certainly provide enough juice for the projector.
Hey Danno. Who is your provider? I have a RAZR with Cingular and I can copy .mp3’s to my phone (via bluetooth) and make them my ring tones. Just wondering. I’ve heard Verizon is good at locking phones out whereas Cingular leaves theirs pretty open.
At Everyone, well done for giving ‘Not Quite Yet’ exactly what he wanted, loads of irate, pi55ed off macfanboy replies. That was way toooo easy people, i would have thought being proponets of Apple / Mac you’d have a n ounce of intelligence. (See my post, 3rd after NQY)
You’d do better to ignore him in the same way everyone should ignore Thurrot / enderle etc.
MDN Word ‘right’ as in:
Right, get a grip people, NQY has won this one!!!