I couldn't resist, but I just had to comment . . .
Where have you been TechNutt?! Yes, it's true that when it comes to technology, often companies draw "inspiration" from each other, however like Darius stated, there is pretty much nothing new about the iPhone that hasn't already been done in one way or another.
- Touchscreen (been done before, check out Sony's m600 used in the movie Casino Royale for example) - Widescreen (despite the fact that the iPhone's aspect ratio isn't exactly 16:9 making it not a true widescreen, many European/Asian tv phones have been having widescreen with true 16:9 aspect ratio for awhile now) - Smartphone (despite the fact that you can't install 3rd party software on the iPhone, it's not a full smartphone and even if it was, there have been so many smartphones these past few years how could anyone not notice?!) - Playing music and videos on your phone is nothing new. This has been done for like the past 2+ years or so. - Having a 2 megapixel camera is nothing new. I walked into a CompUSA in late 2004/early 2005 and saw that they were selling a Nokia n90 which was a 2 megapixel camera. It's 2007 already and this is the best that Apple can come up with?! I'd say at least 3.2 megapixels for some good enough pictures that you've want to share (as well as print out) with your friends . . . - Apple didn't invent multi-touch technology. It's already been done on some touchscreen PCs. - Hard drive space (I've seen Sony, Samsung and Nokia boast a few phones around 4GB)
Everybody may like or dislike the iPhone for various reasons, but come on buddy, don't you think you're giving Apple a little too much credit here? It's definitely not "so innovative that other cell phone manufacturers will try to copy it" because it's all been done before.
P.S. I could care less about 3G because it's not like I'm constantly receiving a 3G signal where I'm located anyway.
While its tablet world topping pixel density, Tegra 2 silicon, and fresh to death OS certainly sound awesome, we had to get our grubby mitts on one to see if it's as good as its spec sheet would have us believe.
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I couldn't resist, but I just had to comment . . .
Where have you been TechNutt?! Yes, it's true that when it comes to technology, often companies draw "inspiration" from each other, however like Darius stated, there is pretty much nothing new about the iPhone that hasn't already been done in one way or another.
- Touchscreen (been done before, check out Sony's m600 used in the movie Casino Royale for example)
- Widescreen (despite the fact that the iPhone's aspect ratio isn't exactly 16:9 making it not a true widescreen, many European/Asian tv phones have been having widescreen with true 16:9 aspect ratio for awhile now)
- Smartphone (despite the fact that you can't install 3rd party software on the iPhone, it's not a full smartphone and even if it was, there have been so many smartphones these past few years how could anyone not notice?!)
- Playing music and videos on your phone is nothing new. This has been done for like the past 2+ years or so.
- Having a 2 megapixel camera is nothing new. I walked into a CompUSA in late 2004/early 2005 and saw that they were selling a Nokia n90 which was a 2 megapixel camera. It's 2007 already and this is the best that Apple can come up with?! I'd say at least 3.2 megapixels for some good enough pictures that you've want to share (as well as print out) with your friends . . .
- Apple didn't invent multi-touch technology. It's already been done on some touchscreen PCs.
- Hard drive space (I've seen Sony, Samsung and Nokia boast a few phones around 4GB)
Everybody may like or dislike the iPhone for various reasons, but come on buddy, don't you think you're giving Apple a little too much credit here? It's definitely not "so innovative that other cell phone manufacturers will try to copy it" because it's all been done before.
P.S. I could care less about 3G because it's not like I'm constantly receiving a 3G signal where I'm located anyway.
Just dropping my 2 cents here.