http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/ Engadget Comments for Poll: Special iPhone SDK Edition http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/Oct 17th 2007 1:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/Oct 17th 2007 3:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/Oct 17th 2007 4:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/Seriously though, it may actually be a good idea.]]>Oct 17th 2007 4:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/Oct 17th 2007 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/Oct 17th 2007 2:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/
Ryan...I understand that some of your readers wouldn't think twice about having children with the iPhone..but for the rest of us could you please please put up a direct link to the filtered feed on the top of the main page?

>> Fanbois: If you don't like it, just scroll past!

It's a little hard to do that when there is such a high volume of iPhone related content on one page.

I don't know. Maybe there's a solution to these constant story problems. Maybe setting up extra sub-domains for different filtered content would solve it. Eg. iphone.engadget.com for iPhone stories. and other.engadget.com for the rest. ]]>Oct 17th 2007 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/Oct 17th 2007 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/Oct 17th 2007 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/
All I want is a little evening out. Your TUAW comrades might like you more too for sending more readers their way.

So please, tone it down, at least a little? Pretty please?]]>Oct 17th 2007 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/Oct 17th 2007 3:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/Oct 17th 2007 5:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/
I'm all for articles focusing on other pieces of tech, obviously, but you all are letting your emotions get the best of you, in this case your dislike of Apple. The reason they're everywhere is because they've literally doubled their marketshare in a few years and will be growing leaps and bounds. Remember, 1% marketshare = billions in revenue for Apple. This growth is amazing, considering how well entrenched MS is. On top of that, they rewrote the book on DAT players and their integration with computers, and rewrote the book on how to sell music in this day and age. As much as I appreciate Zune stories as much as the next guy, MS and the rest are literally following Apple's lead when it comes to certain markets.

Hate it all you want, but we've all been here before. People laughed at the mouse in the 80s, and look what happened. It's mainstream now, thank you Apple for flipping the computer industry on its ear with the first truly marketable GUI/mouse combo.

You've watched the same thing happen with computer industrial designs, DAT players (does ANYONE remember the Nomad before iPod? Yikes!), and the distribution of music. You're literally watching the same thing happen to cell phones, whether or not you want to admit that.

You guys may hate this, but we've been here before. Including the hate.

Engadget is about ALL technology. Apple's just been in the news ALOT lately.

If you've read this far, understand I'm not trying to start a flame-war. I understand iPhone's short-comings and hell no, Apple's not perfect. But they have some great ideas, and certainly they're not the only one. They've just been executing amazingly the last few years. This is important, not just to Apple fans, but all fans of technology as this will influence where we go from here.

Thanks for reading.]]>Oct 17th 2007 5:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/Oct 17th 2007 6:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/Oct 17th 2007 3:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/Oct 17th 2007 6:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/
Where is the "I bought an iPhone when it came out and despite the 3rd party apps I still think its the best phone on the market" option?!?!?!?

I mean really.. I came from a Blackjack (windows mobile) to an iPhone.. I can't tell you how hard it was to do simple tasks on the Blackjack like.. answering a call without the phone locking up..

Despite the lack of apps.. the phone does a great job making calls.. favorites on your contacts list is awesome.. text messaging (despite sending bulk messages) is soo much better than the inbox approach.. MMS messages is a bummer but you can use email. Lack of video sucks but who cares I haven't seen video worth a damn from any phone yet anyway. Voicemail is awesome.. the ipod is awesome.. maps is awesome.. youtube.. safari..

who are you kidding.. this is the most well thought out PHONE on the market.. I would recommend it to non-tech people all day long.. I have no appologies to the uber-geeks that want it to make coffee for them.. maybe Apple is not the company for you.. they want to develop software that does a specific job very good. The mainstream needs a headache free phone and this is it.. ]]>Oct 17th 2007 3:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/
You can't be serious... You obviously don't know what you're doing then. I've had the BlackJack since it came out and I've customized it to my hearts delight to make it do what I want and it has never locked up on me. I've never restored it nor have had any adversities.

Try having 3G on your phone, Full YouTube (not that have converted crap) and Slingbox. Not to mention practically any 3rd party app you can dream up or write yourself if you're so inclined.

For NOOBs that don't know what they are doing, Apple's safe sandbox is where you belong.

And before you start that PC fanoi BS, I have 3 iPods. One of which is a Jailbroken Touch!]]>Oct 17th 2007 4:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/
I knew when this stupid story hit that this site would just milk the ever loving shite out of it just to keep it at the top of the page. I'm sure there will be 14 more by the end of the day.

Add the f'ing poll to the existing "what type of apps do you want on the iphone?" story. Creating another story is just to keep the story from page 2.]]>Oct 17th 2007 3:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/I fully understand if the only thing Apple is doing is making sure that no one puts viruses, adware, or anything else that can mess up the phone.
I don't know why, but I have this feeling that this was partially AT&T's doing. Most of there phones are completely locked down for third party apps. Some can be downloaded from other sites using the phones browser but most of them have to be bought from AT&Ts online store.
My Samsung Sync is stripped of some features because of AT&T. There is no software update for the phone (the feature is there but its grayed out and isn't usable. I can't upload games to it and transfer games to other phones. And I have a cingular theme that can't be changed.
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Coming soon from Apple:
Apple introduces the iPony. You can get it in black or grey. You must feed it Apple approved foods available only through the iTunes store (soon to be iMart). If it gets sick you must send it to an apple approved vet.

Warning!!! Do not teach it new tricks. Any modification to the original training may kill your pony and/or make it incompatible with future upgrades to your the iPony. We may release an SDK for the iPony after the market is outraged with us but you will still not be able to teach it yourself. Instead an apple trainer will train it new functions approved by apple.

Price of the iPony: $300 (hey it's still cheaper than the iPhone).
Cost of maintenance per year: $3500
Cost of Vet bill: $10,000

Having the pony die after 2months: Priceless!!!

F*** you apple and f*** you apple fanboys]]>Oct 17th 2007 4:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/Oct 17th 2007 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/Oct 17th 2007 4:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/Oct 18th 2007 5:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/
How about Apple making the apps that everybody wants and have Apple write the PERFECT CODE for their precious iAccessory instead of pulling a fast one on us by producing a baseline product and holding out on features that everybody wants; purposely building up all of this iHype to the public to get more people to talk/hack a product that isn't even worth the effort!

Hey Apple... if your phone is sooo REVOLUTIONARY then you do the work, YOU MAKE THE APP! I thought you guys wanted to keep Mr. iPrecious pristine as can be, hence one of the reasons why there are no apps in the first place? Boy... those guys at Apple are Slick and Low!

I’m not knocking the SDK it’s ahem… great to have. I’m just wondering where are all of those wonderful iApps written by Apple?

OK everybody… watch my left hand while my right hand slides into your pocket…. Thaaat’s it!]]>Oct 17th 2007 4:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/Oct 17th 2007 6:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/Oct 17th 2007 10:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/What delivery method could they use to handle this?
Aw shux, it's just too difficult, never mind.]]>Oct 17th 2007 6:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/Oct 17th 2007 7:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/His ace is the digital signature. We'll see just who can (afford) make these apps & how good they are.

The iphone is still a locked system for no good reason.]]>Oct 17th 2007 8:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/Oct 18th 2007 2:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/Oct 18th 2007 2:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/poll-special-iphone-sdk-edition/Oct 18th 2007 4:35AM