Comparisons between iPhone and the Wii have already been fairly abundant simply because the two have arguably garnered the top spots in"electronic gadget mindshare" for at least a year each. But looking at the demos today, OFB's Timothy R. Butler thinks perhaps the iPhone could be on its way to being the Wii of portable devices-- literally.
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You clearly haven't used an iPhone in the real world, or even paid much attention to various reviews, or you'd know that it *does not* hang up on you when you get it close to your face, unless you've got a really weird way of operating, because it has a proximity sensor that keeps it from acting in an undesired way in that respect, and also keeps it from readily dialing out when you put it in your pocket. You have to do something really odd to get it to dial out when it transitions between your hand and into a pocket; once it's there, the chances are astronomically against it dialing something or doing anything else wonky (like selecting one of the apps) even if you wanted to. I've managed since I got one in November to have exactly one weird event happening where it dialed out: I had the Favorites list on display, and then put it in my pocket while it was still fully displayed, and managed to dial someone as a result, but chances are best that the dialing happened from me randomly brushing the phone's face before it got to the pocket itself, so what can you really expect? And sure, while the touchscreen does get a bit messy from human skin oils and whatever may be in your pocket, it's very easy to clean, and it still functions fine even when less than perfect in cleanliness.
Other than the issue of no real tactile feedback from using the touchscreen (it's rock hard, seriously, and I've not seen any scratches form yet) it really does work rather well.
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Wow, real world eh? LoL. My bro-in-law told me about the phone hang-up on him issue. Let's see how real world is defined.
Taking a picture, uploading to your blog and viewers are able to tell where the location of that picture on the map is...this is probably a real world use don't you think? How about...riding on a shuttle bus to the airport and got an email notification on your phone about another deal just got signed without pressing any button to check e-mail? I would think this is a real world use.
Incoming call that actually telling you who's calling without looking at the phone, this is another real world use. Would you want me to list more?
All I'm trying to say is iPhone is not the best all-in-one device out there if you look around. If it is, it would have all the features I originally posted.
By the time uncle Steve got your money for the so called new features, I would probably buy soda and gas with my phone already.
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If you've really been reading my posts you'd know that I don't need any of those features. I've already stated what I need most: Good voice quality, good SMS, a true email client (IMAP specifically) and a good web browser. Everything else is just fluff to me.
Most of my posts in the other big iPhone thread here were calling out inaccuracies and flamebait, not outright defending the iPhone itself. In fact I've questioned its true effectiveness as an enterprise phone more than once; hardly fanboy material, eh? I've said over and over that I'm torn on getting one, which I still am. The Nokia N73 (as I mentioned elsewhere in this article's comments) is still my top choice as a replacement for my Treo. The iPhone is one of those "I'd love to have it, but is it for me?" phones. I can compare it to my recent vehicle purchase. I ended up going with a relatively tame Chevy Impala, as it met all my needs with style and then some (as the Nokia would); though it would have been nice to have that Lexus at the dealership next door, the price difference was not mitigated by the difference in features. Sure, the more expensive of the two had a better feel and cleaner, sexier look, but I'm wary of paying a premium for that, just as I am with the iPhone.
At the end of the day, I'll probably stick with getting the Nokia; it's $100 cheaper at most online retailers I've seen, it's unlocked so I can move away from AT&T whenever I want with zero hassle, it's got an amazing camera, which might lead me to actually use a camera on a phone for once, and while the screen is smaller and not a touchscreen, it's still good enough for me.
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For people like me, the iPhone is a world-class communicator
I've been following iPhone threads for awhile now and notice even though you said you're not an iphone fan boy but all your posts seem to indicate iPhone is God.
Do me a favor: for $400 you could get a phone that will do the following:
3G support
Exchange support (even better than DirectPush as it sucks battery badly)
Built-in GPS receiver so you could geotag all the pictures
DVD quality when recording video
5MP camera (it actually has 2 cameras)
Voice dialing
Great voice quality for phone and does not hang up by itself if you put the phone to close to the ear
3D and Games support (though I'm not a game boy so I'm not so sure how well but I've seen my boy plays FIFA07 and Asphalt Street Rules 3)
Real-time traffic thanks to GMap.
If you're a developer, applying for an account is free and you could digitally sign your app and publish to the mass. Don't have to go through iTunes'God.
Battery is sold everywhere and you could purchase extra battery for as little as $15 and don't have to send in your phone if the battery is dead.
I don't think the above are iPhons features. Lemme give you a hint, it starts with letter N.