On 2007-09-25 08:59:37 -0700, Martin Hotze said:

Gig 601XL Builder schrieb:

C J Campbell wrote:
What we really need, of
course, is an iPod dock in the intercom.

Best iPhone review I've read to date. That's why I asked for your views in
the phone.

Thanks.


you're rather easy to satisfy (well, you're rather behind, technology
wise, re mobile phone, GSM, UMTS, et al). The "features" of the iphone
are about 5 years late here in Europe.

#m

The iPhone is GSM, just like European phones. I might point out that
additional "features" come at the cost of size, weight, and shorter
battery life. This is why the iPhone does not have 3G, for example. If
you want more features, you need a bigger battery, which makes the
phone thicker and heavier.

There is nothing innovative about the iPhone except the interface and
external design. Interface means a lot more to most people than they
realize. Consider the Volvo or the BMW. Neither of these auto
manufacturers are particularly innovative; the Japanese usually come
out with new features before they do. Yet, the Volvo and the BMW are
very popular not because they are filled with the latest gadgetry or
have displays the resemble the Ginza district of Tokyo. They are
popular because they are good quality, very comfortable, good
performing autos that hold the road as if they were on rails. But you
could argue that they are five years behind Japan, technologically.

In some ways the iPhone follows a Swedish pattern. Design trumps features.
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