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No, its crap. Its pretty annoying to use on my G1, i cant imagine itll be any better on an iphone. ]]>May 5th 2010 8:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/
... i fail at replying to comments. ]]>May 5th 2010 8:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/
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And really, even if you download apps, is that app really what you use the most on the phone? I wager that browsing, email, and maybe social networking are the main uses for the vast majority of iPhones out there. I cannot imagine playing a game on the iPhone like one would play a game on a Nintendo DS, for instance. DS games have storylines, plots, goals and objectives. iPhone games are just to waste time and be an impulse buy for a common hardware platform.]]>May 5th 2010 9:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/May 5th 2010 9:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/May 5th 2010 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/"If not apps, what the heck are those devices being used for?"
Gee, I don't know. I heard of this one guy who made like calls with this device. Craaaazy I say.]]>May 5th 2010 9:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/
Why did you have to help him with the songs if the iPhone/iTunes is supposed to be so easy?]]>May 5th 2010 9:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/Games like Grand Theft Auto show the depth that the iPhone can do. Loads of quality games, in between all the S***]]>May 5th 2010 9:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/
My number one app is, of course... Engadget :) Other top favorites:
Digg
WeDict Pro (useful when living in a foreign country)
Flashcards (useful for studying a foreign language when living in a foreign country)
CNN (better interface than Safari for headline type news)
iXpenseIt (for keeping track of my expenses, duh)
Tweetie (Twitter client)
Last.fm (for streaming music)

In fact, I hardly use Safari. So much so that I actually took it off my dock and replaced it with SMS.

As for "I cannot imagine playing a game on the iPhone like one would play a game on a Nintendo DS, for instance.". Maybe you can't imagine it because it sounds like you never do it. I've actually stopped playing my Xbox, 80% of my gaming nowadays is on the iPhone. Despite its limitations, it's a great gaming platform. And yes, the games do in fact "plots, goals and objectives". If you don't believe me, try Space Miner, Battle for Wesnoth, Inotia 2, N.O.V.A., and many more.]]>May 5th 2010 9:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/May 5th 2010 10:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/
The beauty of the App store is the choice. For every boobies app I've rolled my eyes at, I've found many more amazing ones that I can't imagine not having a phone for- Hipstamatic, iCab, Moes Notes, Soundhound, Sketchbook, Navigon, LogmeIn, NOVA, Real Racing, Doodlejump, Strip design, Reel Director, Photo Forge, Air Video.... and on and on for another 120+ apps, LOL....]]>May 5th 2010 11:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/
Gaming on the iPhone / iPod Touch blows. There is no way you can justify it as a serious gaming replacement. It's fine if you want to waste 5 minutes while you are waiting for a haircut. Beyond that ... what a complete let-down.

There are lots of great things going for the device. Serious gaming isn't one of them.]]>May 5th 2010 11:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/May 5th 2010 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/"what's with all of those free "Sex Position" and Bikini Fashion etc. apps in the app store?...I'm turning on Parental Controls so I don't have to consider how juvenile the marketplace is."

*Sniff*...*Sniff* Hmm... Irony? ]]>May 5th 2010 1:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/I can't imagine someone having a better gaming experience on the iPhone than xbox/ps3/psp/Ds.
I played AC, RE5, NOVA, Dracula, etc. Any games involving more than one touch input suck compared to the same game on a real gaming platform.
The best experience I had with gaming on the iPhone so far is no touch input at all or one touch input games. Then again the novelty wears off after 1 or 5 min because most of them are repetitive. I have yet to try games like CIV Rev, Monkey Island se (already own it on Xbox).
Even a touchscreen with physical keyboard like the droid should give a better gaming experience than the iPhone.
Frankly the iPhone is only good for casual gaming. It definitively can't replace a Xbox/ps3/psp/ds unless u play only indie games on ur gaming console. ]]>May 5th 2010 3:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/May 5th 2010 3:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/Very good point!
You should ask that the 25% iPhone and iPod Touch owners who paid hundreds of dollars or made commitments to overpriced mobile contracts for such basic use. That's the price of being cool I guess.]]>May 5th 2010 4:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/http://j.mp/opera-desktops-fastest-browser]]>May 6th 2010 2:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/
He has yet to download anything to the device and I don't think he will. I guess the other 25% are just people who bought the devices for their primary purpose rather than using it as a games console.]]>May 5th 2010 8:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/May 5th 2010 8:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/
I believe he said iPod Touch, not iPhone.]]>May 5th 2010 8:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/_<
yeah in that case why not i guess]]>May 5th 2010 8:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/
Blackberries are also orders of magnitude more complicated. Maybe not to you and I, but to someone that isn't a techie (i.e. my dad) using an iPhone is easy. When we were trying to get him to use my mom's Blackberry however...]]>May 5th 2010 8:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/
That said, there are many better and more simplistic media players out there than an iPod Touch... No offence, but it's not the best decision to make to get an Apple MP3 player just for music playback.

I'm stunned at the amount of people that don't download content on their consoles (that is, if it's only current gen) - they're missing out on so much - loads of great games are only available through PSN and XBL (can't really say much for the Wii since I don't have one).]]>May 5th 2010 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/May 5th 2010 9:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/I have friends who bought the iPod Touch, because it's fun for them to use the touchscreen. Can't say it's a bad decision if they like it.]]>May 5th 2010 9:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/May 5th 2010 11:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/May 5th 2010 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/You are talking for everyone here?]]>May 5th 2010 11:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/May 5th 2010 12:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/May 5th 2010 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/But that child could operate an iPhone even easier.

I'm a "techie" (but not a fanboy) and even I have a little trouble when friends and family ask me to change some setting on their BlackBerry. On ease of use, it's really no contest.]]>May 5th 2010 2:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/
(I'll assume you didn't mean that to be malicious.)

A child who has been raised on computers maybe. But for someone who's a technophobe, no, operating a Blackberry is not easy. ]]>May 5th 2010 3:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/May 5th 2010 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/May 5th 2010 8:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/May 5th 2010 8:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/May 5th 2010 8:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/
There are better (unless you really like iTunes) and especially way cheaper alternatives for that.

It seems irrational to buy an iPhone just for that. Especially in the US, where you are forced to buy an expensive "smartphone plan" with mandatory data.]]>May 5th 2010 8:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/
Yes, but most regular people don't actually know that. Most flame wars kick off due to the age old chicken and egg argument, is Apple popular because of making great products or is it popular because of marketing hype? I would say the fact I know several people who don't know how to use apps or who have no interest in them but decided to get an iPhone anyway due to heavy advertising are proof of the latter.]]>May 5th 2010 9:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/May 5th 2010 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/
The consensus so far "above and below) is if you're ONLY going to use the iPhone as a phone, or the iPod as a media player, there are actually more compelling and cost effective devices out there.]]>May 5th 2010 10:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/There are some factors you are forgetting:
People buying an iPhone not because of its multitude of features, but for the seamless experience they will have with their Macs.
The coolness factor - not to show off, but as a toy to play with.
Browsing - I know people who bought their iPod touches just for the browsing while using cheap dumbphones.]]>May 5th 2010 10:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/Talking to a fanboy, is like talking to a wall. Your best bet is to smile politely and move on.]]>May 5th 2010 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/May 5th 2010 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/
If you see Atkins, he reply every single replay.

This is beyond Fanboy. In S-Korea, People call this kind of person as Part time from company(this case Apple). They are hired for protect their product, and trolling competition. Yeah, Actually they are not part time most of times (some times YES).

Atkins' replays are way to many. I wonder what is his job. Also I wonder he will give comment on this.
]]>May 5th 2010 12:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/"...he reply every single replay.

This is beyond Fanboy.(...) and trolling competition."
I thought trolling is making provocative and irrelevant comments. But I may be biased. Please, do tell me where I am flaming or irrelevant.

"Atkins' replays are way to many. I wonder what is his job."
Well, let's say I am in the finance and design at the same time :) And yes, I am on a holiday and the weather is bad.]]>May 5th 2010 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/
How's that for atypical? An iPhone never used for playing music. Haha.

But the point is, she loves the iPhone b/c its so easy. I've run into technophobe friends that have Andriod phones and they are ALWAYS confused about what they/the phone is doing. Hell they don't even know their phone runs Android. They just bought it b/c the store clerk sold them on it, and it looks cool. The iPhone would be a better choice for these people even if they never use the app store or hook it up to a computer.]]>May 5th 2010 1:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npd-75-percent-of-us-iphone-ipod-touch-users-download-content/May 5th 2010 8:06AM