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Ask your non gadget-head friends about it, they'll actually know what it is. Next, ask them about the Nokia N95... see if they even know what that is.]]>May 27th 2007 8:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/May 27th 2007 1:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/May 28th 2007 9:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/May 27th 2007 1:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/May 27th 2007 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/May 27th 2007 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/May 27th 2007 1:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/May 27th 2007 1:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/In all respectfulness, why publish a post like this? It'll be out in what, a month? What's the big deal about someone using a soon to be released phone, even if it is the "legendary" iPhone.]]>May 27th 2007 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/May 27th 2007 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/
Anyone else think the guy is really pissed. Obviously it CAN'T be an iPhone because the user experience it perfect, all the e-mail you get on it are happy, and web surfing displays nothing but joyous news.
Oh and when you first open the box a chorus of angles will come down from Heaven and sing to you extolling your name as one of the chosen making you feel all special like.
]]>May 27th 2007 1:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/May 27th 2007 1:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/
No, I never really thought PS3 users were particularly fast.
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Can't we all just get along? Don't you have anything constructive to contribute rather than levying ad hominmen attacks on people who don't validate your own preferences?]]>May 27th 2007 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/May 27th 2007 2:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/
mmmmmmmmmmmm]]>May 27th 2007 3:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/
If you're not excited about the iPhone, then just ignore the story. A prediliction with making other people feel bad just because one does not approve of their preferences could be misinterpreted as a lack of social skills or of sanity.]]>May 27th 2007 7:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/May 27th 2007 8:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/May 27th 2007 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/
Kill him.....]]>May 27th 2007 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/May 27th 2007 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/or just a prank
if it was u bad luck m8 i hope u get a new job soon
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The rumors, they do nothing!]]>May 27th 2007 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/
And i define pretty well... as all time highs.]]>May 27th 2007 2:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/
Have any of us seen or used an iPhone? No. So how do you know its so terrible?]]>May 27th 2007 2:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/
I personally won't go anywhere near the iPhone until:

1. I can buy it for T-Mobile or ANYONE other then Crapular.
2. Its on at least v...2 or 3 of the hardware.

Finally the reason for all the hate is the insane attention people are giving this thing and its not even released. You ask why people are hating on the iPhone? I ask why people think its touched by the hand of God. No one has even used one yet. Its the whole glass is half empty vs. glass is half full. Apple track record on new hardware doesn't inspire me to fall into the half full camp.]]>May 27th 2007 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/May 27th 2007 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/May 27th 2007 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/
No. No, we can't. Maybe you're not doing it hard enough.]]>May 28th 2007 10:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/Some people love the iPhone, some people hate it. Big whoop. But you know what, both people are stupid because noone has even used it!]]>May 27th 2007 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/
Some people are just retarded like that.

http://www.slashgear.com/curse-of-the-iphone-copycat-ainols-gaming-entertaining-v2000-265447.php]]>May 27th 2007 2:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/is it really that hard to believe that pre-production units are out there for the production team?
there have been numerous sightings in the area of apple HQ, it's not THAT hard to believe.

secondly, yeah it's a sweet phone, but it'll be out in what? like a month? unless someone actually gets to use it, and has a video of the UI in action, no one really cares.]]>May 27th 2007 3:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/
Imagine what those accelerometers could do under a free software ecosystem... *drools*]]>May 27th 2007 3:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/1. Buy a $15 USB bluetooth dongle. (if your PC doesn't already sport bluetooth)
2. Drop $19.99 on a spare Wiimote from your local *mart derivative (if you don't have one already).
3. Go install cwiid (http://abstrakraft.org/cwiid/) on your *nix system OR install glovepie on your Windows system.
4. ??????
5. Profit]]>May 27th 2007 5:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/May 27th 2007 5:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/May 27th 2007 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/
Yeah, there are supposedly lots of Apple employees using iPhones. I met a guy in San Francisco, waiting for the restroom at a shabu shabu place called Cafe Mums.

I begged him to let me hold it but he refused... he probably thought i was gonna run with it, and I probably would have =)

He was nice enough to show me coverflow, a movie, sms'ing, contacts, etc. I was super excited after seeing it - it looked elegant, high quality, and truly innovative. Seeing the keynote is one thing, seeing it being used is quite another. I have used the Symbian UIQ, which is the closest in terms of features and interactivity for a phone... and the iPhone simply blows it away. The speed and graphic quality is simply incomparable.

I believe the iPhone is the next iPod - it will be unparalleled for years to come.

I didn't realize that seeing an iPhone out and about would be newsworthy, I assume a lot of others have seen one, I think the guy said there were like 500 other Apple employees testing them.]]>May 27th 2007 5:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/
I really don't think the iPhone is that great, or even exciting in any way. I have a nice Kyocera Slider Remix with the same amount of memory as the iPhone, and I love it. I have a Zune with several times as much space as the iPhone, but a better interface. I don't think paying several hundred dollars more is worth paying for a product that I won't be able to have for a single day without it getting all scratched to hell.]]>May 27th 2007 7:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/May 27th 2007 4:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/May 28th 2007 11:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/May 27th 2007 6:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/
i don't think this is really the iphone though.]]>May 27th 2007 7:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/May 27th 2007 8:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/May 27th 2007 9:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/May 28th 2007 5:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/27/is-this-the-iphone-in-the-wild/
Sure... we can go on Apple's track record... and you can call it either way. Fan's of Apple's elegant hardware design and OSX will swear by it... and people who dislike the pricing, and want more "open" qualities (like the ability to build your own box) will demonize it.

There is, however, some more solid evidence... we can look at Apple's history in terms of repair figures, and the third party evaluation of their customer service (in which Apple consistently ranks in the top of the industry).

But finally, the iPhone, no matter how succesful will (much like the iPod) be subject to personal opinion. There will always be the small percentage of consumers who swear that the iPhone simply can't meet their needs as well as another phone jury-rigged with 3rd party software... They will complain about everyone who likes their iPhone... and all the iPhone people will scorn them for doing so...

but in the end... it will be the better product that enjoys a longer life-cycle... and the better product will live on in some museum's "great design" exhibition... ]]>May 27th 2007 8:51PM