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They should call it Mac Nano.

So, if you want to browse the web on this thing, does it ask you whether you want to use your cellular data connection or local wi-fi?  Or is it smart enough to just use wi-fi if it's available?  Because I honestly wouldn't use the cellular internet very much because of cost.  But I could see it being fun to look something up online quickly when I'm sitting in my living room, rather than going upstairs and starting up my Mac.  Mainly, I'm going to use it for calls and music.  I kinda wish they would have a stripped-down version that was just a basic phone + iPod.

On a side note, we don't have a Cingular store where I live, and their online coverage map shows me squarely in "partner network".  I called Cingular, and they said that it would not cause any problems for me to use their service consistently in a parter network area.  No extra charges or loss of services or anything.  I thought I might be screwed out of this phone, but maybe not...

I just got my iPhone and LOVE it!!!!!!!!!!!!

Freakout Jackson wrote:

I just got my iPhone and LOVE it!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is awesome but I can't update the clock?

Okay, so the iPhone is great, and I really want one, but one of the many things I need to know is...

I keep hearing people saying things like... "Well yes the iPhone is going to be expensive, but even though you are paying 500-600 clams for it, dont forget that this includes the 2 year agreement with Cingular, so at least you don't pay for services for the first 2 years."

Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't this completely wrong?  The price of the iPhone won't include free cingular service for 2 years will it?  My perception is that this only means, the price of the iPhone is based on you agreeing and paying separately to set up a contract through Cingular.  If you dont set up this service with it, then to buy the phone will either be not available, or it will be much higher than $500-600.

Maybe since Apple/Cingular hasn't announced available iPhone plans yet, that maybe it is too soon to know for sure...but what do you all think about this?

If 2 years of cingular were included in the iPhone price, this would be an amazing deal, but I doubt it.

I already have a Cingular account, which ironically, At&t is disbanding the Cingular name all together during the next few months. I would imagine I should be able to pop my SIM in and go.  Although I will have to pay extra for the web surfing and messaging.

Although if you surf through a WiFi, I fail to see how Cingular can charge extra for that. If they do then that sucks.

BTW my contract is about $45 a month, and includes 1000 minutes no matter where I am in the country.

-mark

Last edited by avkills (2007-01-12 10:37 am)

I think it needs user replaceable batteries and a memory card slot.

-mark

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone

Infogear originally filed for the U.S. trademark "I Phone" on September 3, 1993, and later applied for "iPhone" on March 20, 1996. Both trademarks have been registered in the United States since 1999. Cisco Systems obtained the iPhone trademarks after its acquisition of Infogear in 2000. The term has been used on the (Infogear) iPhone since 1997 and (Linksys) iPhone was launched in 2006. Cisco's trademarks cover "communications terminals comprising computer hardware and software providing integrated telephone, data communications and personal computer functions" (1993 filing) and "computer hardware and software for providing integrated telephone communication with computerized global information networks" (1996 filing).
Cisco representatives stated on January 9, 2007, that their company and Apple had been in negotiations regarding the trademark and expected to reach an agreement about the name shortly, according to documents received by Apple's lawyers the night before the Macworld keynote event. Cisco has since announced they are suing Apple over the infringement of the trademark iPhone, seeking an injunction in federal court to prohibit Apple from using the name.
A separate U.S. trademark application for "iPhone" was filed on September 26, 2006, by a heretofore unknown entity named Ocean Telecom Services LLC, covering "handheld and mobile devices". The application claims a priority date of March 27, 2006 based on a trademark filing in Trinidad and Tobago, serial number 37060.[16] Apple had previously filed under its own name for the "iPhone" trademark in Australia, claiming the same priority date and using the same Trinidad and Tobago application, indicating that, in all likelihood, Ocean Telecom is a front company for Apple.

Apple has made filings in various countries outside the U.S., including Australia, where a separate iPhone trademark was filed in 2002 and registered in 2005. It is presently unclear whether Cisco owns any rights to "iPhone" elsewhere.

Considering my blackberry has talk time around the 80 minute mark, I'm loving the idea of 300 minutes.

SpacemanSpiff wrote:

Considering my blackberry has talk time around the 80 minute mark, I'm loving the idea of 300 minutes.

Ya, but those are 300 Apple minutes. So that probably means you'll hit 300 if you unplug a brand new phone, dial out, and make one 300 minute call.


Personally, I'm more curious about standby time. If that sucks this phone is a deal breaker for travel.

reece_james wrote:

Honestly, if you are on the mobile for 4-5 hours during a normal work day, battery time is the least of your worries.

what is the meaning of this
tito

Linky


Apart from that, 4-5 hours a day isn't healthy from just the emissions from it and do you really need to be that in touch with other people? I can understand if you are making business calls and such, but 5 hours of "Hey, where are you, oh cool, catch ya." is probably not really mentally healthy. It's the whole Clueless thing.

It does not have a memory slot, what looks like a memory slot on the side is actually a volume control.

A lot of people are ditching land lines in favor of cell phones, me included.  Do you think it is a good idea to sell a phone where you have to send it somewhere for a new battery?  This alone could make it fail big time.  I travel a lot and if the battery acts up (remember this is essentially my only phone, even when I am home) all I want to do is go buy a new one and replace it.

-mark