Hm. Can the iPhone do bluetooth DUN or PAN to tether my macbook while traveling? no. But the N95 can.
Can the iPhone do bluetooth HID or SPP so I can use a bluetooth keyboard on it, when I need to type more than just what the virtual keyboard gives me? No. But the N95 can. And my N800 can.
Can the iPhone do Bluetooth FTP to transfer file storage between devices? (I honestly don't know that one) But I do know the N95 can. And my N800 can.
Can the iPhone, without having risk bricking and other draconian measures, run an ssh client, in full screen (using said bluetooth keyboard for input instead of wasting some of the screen area for the virutal keyboard)? No. And, while I'm sure the N95 can, I don't know for sure... but my N800 can.
Does the iPhone have an active and open SDK for 3rd party developers to expand its capabilities, without risking having their phone bricked? No. But the N95 and the N800 do.
Are unlocked iPhones available in the US that you can use with either AT&T or T-Mobile (or both if I just swap SIM cards)? No. But I can get an unlocked N95 for that.
Is the iPhone 3G? No, but the N95 is.
Remind me again why I would pick an iPhone over a Nokia N series device? Oh, right, I wouldn't. And I didn't. This loyal Mac and Apple customer, for over 25 years, bought an N800 instead. And I haven't regretted it once. And when I get around to buying a phone that will let me make 3G data calls with it (once T-Mobile has 3G), it wont be an iPhone. It might just be an N95 though (unless Nokia releases a GSM enabled tablet; in which case I'll upgrade my N800 to that).
The simple fact that the iPhone doesnt have these most basic of features is very very poor indeed, and only a 2mp camera, that just compounds its poor standing as a mobile phone. Once again it is an over hyped over priced crap phone. It does nothing my SE P900 of nearly 3 years ago does. WWW & Email support WOW that is nothing new or boast-worthy, and if it doesnt suppor 3G then the WWW & Email will be slowwwwww as hell.
Well, I could add a few more things that I really don't like about the iPhone
The ring tone isn't loud enough, neither is the SMS tone (yes, I actually go outside sometimes where there is traffic and noise.
No delivery receipts for SMS messages. (maybe in the States SMS/texting isn't huge, but in Europe it's more so)
No REALLY audible low battery warning. I wake up in the morning, put the phone in my pocket without thinking about it, a few hours later look at it to find that the battery is dead. (never had this happen with my SE K750i) In fact, the only low battery warnings I've seen are when I've been actually using the phone.
Now here's something to think about :
For how long has Nokia been making mobile/cell phones? How many phones have they made before ? And Apple ?
IMHO, for the first generation of their first phone ever, Apple didn't do too badly. Let's wait and see what iPhone v2 will be like.
Do you remember the gen 1 iPod and what came after it?
“An engineer explained to us that hundreds of ear impressions were gathered in the name of research, and while each one obviously boasted its own unique shape and size, one single characteristic remained uniform across the board: the entrance into the ear canal is not a perfect circle, it's an oval.”
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iPhone rules anyway xD
Yes the iPhone rules. So send me an MMS message from yours or just forward a text message to me from your iPhone.
Oh wait you can't. The iPhone doesn't support these basic features that nearly every other phone, even the cheapo $10 ones, support.
maybe iphone is too advanced to support rip-off services like SMS an MMS and gives you the full power auf the WWW and email...
but I guess your right... that's lame ;)
Please, do us all a favor, and glue your lips shut, with staples.
Can it browse the web (on the go with EDGE) and take a call at the same time?
Can it download a picture from a website?
Actually it cannot MMS. I have looked at the ones here in the UK and all you can do with images is email them.
As to forwarding SMS messages I have been informed by the people in the O2 store that it cannot do this.
Hm. Can the iPhone do bluetooth DUN or PAN to tether my macbook while traveling? no. But the N95 can.
Can the iPhone do bluetooth HID or SPP so I can use a bluetooth keyboard on it, when I need to type more than just what the virtual keyboard gives me? No. But the N95 can. And my N800 can.
Can the iPhone do Bluetooth FTP to transfer file storage between devices? (I honestly don't know that one) But I do know the N95 can. And my N800 can.
Can the iPhone, without having risk bricking and other draconian measures, run an ssh client, in full screen (using said bluetooth keyboard for input instead of wasting some of the screen area for the virutal keyboard)? No. And, while I'm sure the N95 can, I don't know for sure... but my N800 can.
Does the iPhone have an active and open SDK for 3rd party developers to expand its capabilities, without risking having their phone bricked? No. But the N95 and the N800 do.
Are unlocked iPhones available in the US that you can use with either AT&T or T-Mobile (or both if I just swap SIM cards)? No. But I can get an unlocked N95 for that.
Is the iPhone 3G? No, but the N95 is.
Remind me again why I would pick an iPhone over a Nokia N series device? Oh, right, I wouldn't. And I didn't. This loyal Mac and Apple customer, for over 25 years, bought an N800 instead. And I haven't regretted it once. And when I get around to buying a phone that will let me make 3G data calls with it (once T-Mobile has 3G), it wont be an iPhone. It might just be an N95 though (unless Nokia releases a GSM enabled tablet; in which case I'll upgrade my N800 to that).
The simple fact that the iPhone doesnt have these most basic of features is very very poor indeed, and only a 2mp camera, that just compounds its poor standing as a mobile phone.
Once again it is an over hyped over priced crap phone.
It does nothing my SE P900 of nearly 3 years ago does.
WWW & Email support WOW that is nothing new or boast-worthy, and if it doesnt suppor 3G then the WWW & Email will be slowwwwww as hell.
For WEB and EMAIL "support". In all Nokia's there is only a "support". In iPhone it's actually USABLE.
Sending an SMS from any email address is easy as pie in the US. Just send an email to the phone number: ABC.DEF.GHIJ@teleflip.com.
Well, I could add a few more things that I really don't like about the iPhone
The ring tone isn't loud enough, neither is the SMS tone (yes, I actually go outside sometimes where there is traffic and noise.
No delivery receipts for SMS messages.
(maybe in the States SMS/texting isn't huge, but in Europe it's more so)
No REALLY audible low battery warning.
I wake up in the morning, put the phone in my pocket without thinking about it, a few hours later look at it to find that the battery is dead.
(never had this happen with my SE K750i)
In fact, the only low battery warnings I've seen are when I've been actually using the phone.
Now here's something to think about :
For how long has Nokia been making mobile/cell phones? How many phones have they made before ?
And Apple ?
IMHO, for the first generation of their first phone ever, Apple didn't do too badly.
Let's wait and see what iPhone v2 will be like.
Do you remember the gen 1 iPod and what came after it?