By: Jamie

Jamie — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 01:13:31 +0000

Garageband…a quality app?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

By: Shan

Shan — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:44:13 +0000

Thank you for clearing this up. I am in need of a new smartphone and have been looking forward to the iPhone. However, if I cannot use the applications I need for my job (I’m a nurse and have installed applications such as Drug Books, procedures and lab values)then I will not be buying the iPhone. There’s more to Smartphones than what iTunes can provide.

By: BipPyr

BipPyr — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 01:42:12 +0000

First, what kind of arbitrary definition is this? Who made these guys the bureau of standards? Just because the iPhone isn’t open to third party apps doesn’t carry that it’s not a “smartphone”. Apple has produced apps that stand head and shoulders above third party aps – iTunes, Garageband, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD and more – all quite powerful and fantastically easier to use than alternatives – with the bonus of being powerfully integrated with each other. The apps on the iPhone will have a level of integration not easily acheived with third party apps. OK, I’ll grant it’s not going to be a “smartphone” – It will be a “smarterphone” maybe even “GeniusPhone”.
Second, these are the same “analysts” that made a big deal with their “research” headline last November that said “58% of iPod Owners Planning Another MP3 Player Purchase Will Consider Microsoft’s Zune.” And what happened? 21 Million iPods sold, the vast majority of those sold AFTER Zune rolled out. How many Zunes? From my Walmart shelf space observations, not a lot. Walmart will be returning crates of unsold Zune inventory to MS before they have to pay their 120 day terms (if each Walmart in the US was stocked with 40 Zunes (20 black, 10 white, 10 brown) that’s 100,000 Zunes that will need to be paid for in March (Walmart’s usual terms are 120 days). A substantial number will be returned in March instead of being paid for.
Since these “research” guys are just not credible, they must be paid hacks for someone with a biased axe to grind. Beau-zeaus.

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