Who is Ready for MACWORLD?

[Atheus]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

Originally posted by: randomlinh

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

Originally posted by: randomlinh

Originally posted by: pontifex
ah, i was thinking it was a phone that played mp3s or something stupid like that that we already have.

so i'm now a little confused. if other companies have announced and already have an iphone, why would apple recealing one be such a big deal?

the Apple phone is big because currently no cell phone mp3 player is really good at playing mp3's. nothing has the ipod's simple interface. The hype is around the possibility of something that is more akin to an ipod rather than a cell phone, both in looks and functionality.

now, whether or not apple can actually pull that off is a different story.

I would argue that Sony Ericsson's Walkman line of cell phones are pretty good at MP3 playback.

but it's sony is there an online demo or something? not that it matters, i'm stuck w/ crappy selection verizon....

actually, how's it interface w/ the computer in getting mp3's?

With the phone on, you plug it into your computer via USB or BlueTooth. The phone detects this connection and gives you the option of switching it to File Transfer mode. You click okay to this and then the phone basically becomes a new drive letter and you just drag and drop.

I have the walkman phone and it sucks at music for the following reasons:

1 - Controls - fast forward and rewind are almost impossible in a long album ripped as a single track, as the single speed it offers is way too slow. And then if you touch the 'joystick' wrong just once it jumps to the next track and you loose your 5 minutes of fast forwarding to the good bit. AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!

2 - No 3.5" jack, it needs an adapter, which is an extra cable I don't want in my pocket.

3 - Plays a limited number of formats.

4 - USB interface is rubbish and will corrupt songs on the way from the PC to the phone. This may be my fault for not using the 'safely remove hardware' every single time, but I'm pretty sure it has corrupted things even when I use that function.

5 - Uses expensive Sony memory cards, and only supports them up to 512MB.

 

[ElFenix]

i do like how apple seems to be 2 steps ahead of everyone.

 

[NakaNaka]

New headphones. Thank God.

Wait. NM. I'm watching an old announcement.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: UlricT

Originally posted by: ElFenix
is it wifi only?

edit: nope, gsm

god i hate gsm

??? Why??? With this, you can use any service provider....

except sprint and verizon, or anyone else using the superior technology of CDMA

 

[dartworth]

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2007/01/dsc_0183.jpg

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2007/01/dsc_0186.jpg

10:01am - Touch play control overlays... it looks really good. You can drop into widescreen or pan and scan mode. "Again, on-screen controls, is this cool?"

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: UlricT

Originally posted by: ElFenix
is it wifi only?

edit: nope, gsm

god i hate gsm

??? Why??? With this, you can use any service provider....

except sprint and verizon, or anyone else using the superior technology of CDMA

Yeah I'm kind of bummed about that, but my contract with Verizon is up in April...if they release an ultraportable MacBook Pro then I'm in

 

[cheezy321]

Hopefully this phone will work with T-mobile. I am assuming so considering it has a SIM card input

Looks like I am selling my MDA.

 

[UlricT]

omg sweet pic for those who can't see the live stream @ http://www.tuaw.com/

 

[dartworth]

10:04am - "We want to reinvent the phone. What's the killer app? The killer app is making calls! It's amazing how hard it is to make calls on most phones. We want to let you use contacts like never before -- sync your iPhone with your PC or mac. Visual voicemail -- wouldn't it be great if you didn't have to listen to five of them to list to the sixth? Just like email you can go directly to the voicemails that interest you. iPhone is a quad-band GSM + EDGE phone." No 3G! "We have WiFi and Bluetooth 2.0"

 

[NakaNaka]

I have been looking for a new phone from Cingular. This summer when I get back to the states I think I might have found it (depending on how good the call quality is, wait for the reviews of course). Because the phone part still has to be number 1. But this is pretty sweet.

 

[ElFenix]

plus EDGE is dirt slow.

 

[herkulease]

Originally posted by: DonVito

Originally posted by: ElFenix
is it wifi only?

edit: nope, gsm

god i hate gsm

I betcha it's WiFi/bluetooth/GSM.

hehe. you bet right.

 

[DougK62]

Thanks for the updates, dartworth. Keep 'em coming!

 

[dartworth]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
plus EDGE is dirt slow.

its not that slow...

 

[GTaudiophile]

Wow. Cool phone!

 

[everman]

Has wifi and Bluetooth in addition to edge and 3G. I think this can definitely be the ultimate gadget of the year. All I think it's missing is a larger hard drive.

 

[NakaNaka]

Wow it plays videos too.

The UI

 

[dartworth]

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2007/01/dsc_0190.jpg

10:05am - "This is what it looks like when you get a call -- this
is one of our ringtones. I want to show you the phone app, photos, calendar, and SM messaging. The kind of things you'd find on a typical phone. So let's go ahead and take a look. So let's go to our phone first, the phone icon in the lower left corner? Boom, I'm in the phone. I have favorites, contacts, ..." Whoa, they put Jonathan Ive's phone number up on screen. Ummm... not smart Steve, I hope that's a PAYG line.

10:06am - "I can't tell you how thrilled I am to make the first public phone call with iPhone." It's in speakerphone mode.

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2007/01/dsc_0192.jpg

10:07am - "I remember when we first started working on this..." Phil Schiller's on the other line. "Steve, I wanted to be the first call!"

10:08am - "Hey listen, Phil called, you mind if I conference him in? I just push that right here and now I've created a conference call. "Attendees scrolling up on top. "So here we are and listen, I have to get back to my keynote... Johnny, do you have anything to say on the first phone call?" "It's not to shabby, is it?"

 

[dartworth]

Originally posted by: everman
Has wifi and Bluetooth in addition to edge and 3G. I think this can definitely be the ultimate gadget of the year. All I think it's missing is a larger hard drive.

no 3G...

 

[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: Atheus

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

Originally posted by: randomlinh

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

Originally posted by: randomlinh

Originally posted by: pontifex
ah, i was thinking it was a phone that played mp3s or something stupid like that that we already have.

so i'm now a little confused. if other companies have announced and already have an iphone, why would apple recealing one be such a big deal?

the Apple phone is big because currently no cell phone mp3 player is really good at playing mp3's. nothing has the ipod's simple interface. The hype is around the possibility of something that is more akin to an ipod rather than a cell phone, both in looks and functionality.

now, whether or not apple can actually pull that off is a different story.

I would argue that Sony Ericsson's Walkman line of cell phones are pretty good at MP3 playback.

but it's sony is there an online demo or something? not that it matters, i'm stuck w/ crappy selection verizon....

actually, how's it interface w/ the computer in getting mp3's?

With the phone on, you plug it into your computer via USB or BlueTooth. The phone detects this connection and gives you the option of switching it to File Transfer mode. You click okay to this and then the phone basically becomes a new drive letter and you just drag and drop.

I have the walkman phone and it sucks at music for the following reasons:

1 - Controls - fast forward and rewind are almost impossible in a long album ripped as a single track, as the single speed it offers is way too slow. And then if you touch the 'joystick' wrong just once it jumps to the next track and you loose your 5 minutes of fast forwarding to the good bit. AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!

2 - No 3.5" jack, it needs an adapter, which is an extra cable I don't want in my pocket.

3 - Plays a limited number of formats.

4 - USB interface is rubbish and will corrupt songs on the way from the PC to the phone. This may be my fault for not using the 'safely remove hardware' every single time, but I'm pretty sure it has corrupted things even when I use that function.

5 - Uses expensive Sony memory cards, and only supports them up to 512MB.

I won't disagree with any of that.

 

[dartworth]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile


I won't disagree with any of that.

no one really cares...

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: NakaNaka
Wow it plays videos too.

The UI

That picture has a "Camera" button...ooo...video chat or just camera phone?

 

[GTaudiophile]

I just bought a Z710, but this thing looks pretty sweet!

 

[GTaudiophile]

But the BIG problem with this thing: EVERYONE will have one! Follow the fvcking herd.

 

[dartworth]

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2007/01/dsc_0194.jpg

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2007/01/dsc_0196.jpg

10:12am - "I can have multiple SMS conversations. Here's the conversation I've been carrying on [shows QWERTY keyboard on screen]. I've got this little keyboard that prevents error, it's really fast to type on, faster than the little plastic keyboards on all those smartphones. 'Sounds great, see you there." Some predictive text it seems, he'd probably rock this thing faster with thumbs. "I can just pick up that conversation where I left off."

10:13am - "The third app I want to show you is Photos -- we also have the coolest photo management ever. Certainly on a mobile device, but I think EVER. Let me go to photos, scroll through here... to go through pictures I just swipe them. There's one that's landscape, I can just turn my device and there it is. I can swipe while I'm in landscape." Audience guy: "Awesome." Steve: "Isn't this awesome??"