No iPhone For Me. Yet.
Friday, August 10, 2007 Filed in: Things
I want an iPhone. Arguably, Apple's sexy iPhone is
the must have techno toy for 2007. I must
have an iPhone, but not yet.
The iPhone is the closest thing yet to an all-purpose, all-in-one, handheld computer. It runs OS X; highly capable, very secure.
The multi-touch screen is to die for. It's a cell phone, an iPod, and a wireless browsing and email device that fits in your pocket.
I'm not sitting on the fence. I'm in line. But it's the back of the line.
$600 and a two-year contract to AT&T represents a $2,000 commitment for a product that's ultra cool, charming, disarming, sexy, usable, and not quite ready for my prime time.
Here's what I want:
More memory. The high-end iPhone has 8 gigabytes of storage. That's not enough. I want a hard drive to store all my music, all my movies, all my TV shows, and all my photos.
Better camera. The iPhone camera is a mediocre 2 megapixel device that doesn't even do movies.
Faster 3G network. AT&T's EDGE network may be somewhat ubiquitous, but it's also uber slow. The next generation 3G network will be faster, and that's important in a device that goes everywhere your pocket goes.
Why don't I just buy a cell phone that runs on Verizon or Sprint's faster networks? You're kidding, right? Have you seen those so-called smart phones?
They're the cell phone version of cable TV-- 500 channels and nothing's on. The rest of the smart phone population isn't very smart. Every feature you can think of, none of which work very well.
I'm in line for the iPhone, but I'll wait for the next generation phone with more memory, faster network, and a better camera.
The iPhone is the closest thing yet to an all-purpose, all-in-one, handheld computer. It runs OS X; highly capable, very secure.
The multi-touch screen is to die for. It's a cell phone, an iPod, and a wireless browsing and email device that fits in your pocket.
I'm not sitting on the fence. I'm in line. But it's the back of the line.
$600 and a two-year contract to AT&T represents a $2,000 commitment for a product that's ultra cool, charming, disarming, sexy, usable, and not quite ready for my prime time.
Here's what I want:
More memory. The high-end iPhone has 8 gigabytes of storage. That's not enough. I want a hard drive to store all my music, all my movies, all my TV shows, and all my photos.
Better camera. The iPhone camera is a mediocre 2 megapixel device that doesn't even do movies.
Faster 3G network. AT&T's EDGE network may be somewhat ubiquitous, but it's also uber slow. The next generation 3G network will be faster, and that's important in a device that goes everywhere your pocket goes.
Why don't I just buy a cell phone that runs on Verizon or Sprint's faster networks? You're kidding, right? Have you seen those so-called smart phones?
They're the cell phone version of cable TV-- 500 channels and nothing's on. The rest of the smart phone population isn't very smart. Every feature you can think of, none of which work very well.
I'm in line for the iPhone, but I'll wait for the next generation phone with more memory, faster network, and a better camera.
