Stupid analogy. The iPod saw countless functional improvements in revisions that left owners of first gen iPods out in the cold by your inane "cannot be added" standard of fairness - color, video, gapless playback, games, countless form-factor, capacity and battery life improvements.
No matter what Apple releases, you will have a fully functioning phone that can surf the web, play mp3s and videos, etc and will even see some significant software updates (allowing 3rd party apps). If you expect a company to not make significant upgrades to their products after you buy them, your money might be better spent on dolls or stamps than electronics.
My thoughts exactly - the divided keyboard indicates something with a screen much wider than the current iPhone (and knowing Apple's penchant for miniaturization, I doubt an iPhone XL is in the works). A well-implemented touchscreen keyboard (and Leopard) would make for a very tempting tablet.
Cool (although, yes, bizarrely unoptimized for iPhone) - I didn't know about the Fandango site. It's much more readable and intuitive than Fandango's other mobile site. The wonderful Edge data speeds definitely leave room for sites that are less data intensive than standard websites, yet richer and more iPhone friendly than normal websites.
The Media Center integration sounds great (although it's been available in lesser-known devices for years) - even as an Apple fan, I think MS'es TV strategy is a lot more useful and consumer-friendly. If I had a Media Center PC and I was in the market for a PMP, I'd go for the Zune in a heartbeat.
That said, MS is awfully late to the party here. As just about any consumer phone coming to market this year will have solid media playing functionality, how many people actually will want a dedicated device weighing down their pocket (other than a seperate player for the gym)? The only reason I see the companies bothering is that many people will need something to tide them over while they wait out their 2 year contracts.
I hope this forces Apple to rethink their current T.V. strategy - stop trying to please TV execs with a pricey, DRM-laden offering and build TIVO functionality into every Mac, like every consumer PC over $800 has these days. Then, as with the old Gigabeat players, let us watch our recorded shows on an iPod.
I'm usually an Apple fan, but TV is an example where Microsoft has the best solution.
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Stupid analogy. The iPod saw countless functional improvements in revisions that left owners of first gen iPods out in the cold by your inane "cannot be added" standard of fairness - color, video, gapless playback, games, countless form-factor, capacity and battery life improvements.
No matter what Apple releases, you will have a fully functioning phone that can surf the web, play mp3s and videos, etc and will even see some significant software updates (allowing 3rd party apps). If you expect a company to not make significant upgrades to their products after you buy them, your money might be better spent on dolls or stamps than electronics.