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Originally Posted by tadukuttan  My suspicion now, you are commenting on this whole issue without ever trying the iPhone. Have you used the iPhone? Or is this based on reviews you read from the net?
Or, were you talking about business users in the gulf not liking the iPhone, especially since they have never seen it or used it? |
All I can say is that you assume too much, Tadu.
As for antitrust against carriers for locking the phone to their network (and yes there is a subsidy) we've heard this before. Apple isnt the first phone manufacturer, you know.
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Originally Posted by tadukuttan You mean push email the blackberry way? With an additional plan from the Telco for reading email? Airtel calls it Mobile office or something, like 1000 bucks a month extra for reading email?
Or IMAP or POP3, the way you check mail from a PC? That the iPhone already supports, without the need for an additional "plan" from the Telecom company? It also has customized clients for Gmail, Yahoo, and America Online, and that feature is pretty valuable to me. Of course, I save the additional money I need to be on the blackberry plan as well. |
Blackberry isnt the only means of getting push-email. It used to be, but now its simply the costliest.
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Originally Posted by tadukuttan Valid point, explained in detail here - AnandTech: No 3G on the iPhone, but why? A Battery Life Analysis |
And 3G is not a battery-drainer for others, I guess? That comparison is also between Apple's Edge and a Samsung's 3G. Hardly an apple-to-apple comparison, I would say.
For the record there are enough devices out in the market that feature 3G, WiFi and a host of other connections including HSDPA and GPS. I guess they're all wasting their time and havent figured out (after all these years of making phones) what Apple has.
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Originally Posted by tadukuttan |
Aww cmon - thats really clutching at straws, isnt it? All other mobilephone makers stream music over bluetooth without any Music Industry restriction
but Apple, the guys who fought Digital Rights Management and took the music industry head-on are worried that somebody might sniff their bluetooth signals and start recording songs !!! If thats the case I should be worried about people evesdropping on my phonecalls over the iPhone!
And BTW please look up the meaning of 'Streaming Media' - sending music to your stereo bluetooth headset isnt 'streaming'.
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Originally Posted by tadukuttan If they really wanted A2DP, that is a software only fix. |
Tell me about it - I badly want A2DP for my Mac Mini. Where do I find a software fix?