iPhone - analogies of success (or lack thereof)

Post by **TheCatt** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 4:20 pm

iPods have the best UI in the business, with that scroll wheel.

The end.

Post by **GORDON** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 4:22 pm

ANd the worse propiatary interface, forcing you to use their crap software for simple things that could have just used the default windows interface? The end?

That's why I won't buy one.

Post by **TheCatt** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 4:39 pm

Yeah, I hate iTunes. So does the wife.

But that scrollwheel makes the iPod. And once you buy that....

Post by **Leisher** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 4:50 pm

What's so special about the scroll wheel? I like the Dell scroll wheel.

I should note that I might be biased because it was free and doesn't require that piece of shit iTunes.

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Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 6:22 pm

iPhones a-go on sale today. The CTO, an Apple polisher, left early to buy one. As he's leaving, the graphics designer says, "Ooh, tell me how it is, I want to know if I should buy one."

Apple polishers & graphics designers -- gentlemen, I give you the Duped.

Post by **TheCatt** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 6:37 pm

selling ob ebay for 1-1.3k

Post by **TheCatt** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 6:41 am

Early word is that iPhones did not sell out.

Each state I checked here had no sold out stores.

Post by **Vince** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 10:22 am

Each CITY did not sell out.

That's not a good sign, I wouldn't think.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 1:29 pm

Vince wrote:That's not a good sign, I wouldn't think.

That greatly depends on which outcome you desire.

Post by **GORDON** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 1:31 pm

Which makes the people who stood in line for a week even more foolish, non? I'm looking at you, Mayor of Philadelphia.

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Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 1:41 pm

I heard that every Apple employee got a free iPhone. I wonder if Jobs'll count that towards the initial volume distributed.

Post by **Vince** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 2:04 pm

GORDON wrote:Which makes the people who stood in line for a week even more foolish, non? I'm looking at you, Mayor of Philadelphia.

I thought pretty much the same thing when I was reading about it in the newspaper today. Plus the idiots that bought a few of them hoping to turn a profit on ebay are fucked.

Sometimes God shows me he still loves me.

Post by **Leisher** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 2:37 pm

I drove past an AT&T store last night and saw a long line of jackasses standing there waiting to buy one. All I could think about was how easily people are manipulated by marketing.

Post by **TheCatt** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 2:39 pm

Vince wrote:
GORDON wrote:Which makes the people who stood in line for a week even more foolish, non? I'm looking at you, Mayor of Philadelphia.
I thought pretty much the same thing when I was reading about it in the newspaper today. Plus the idiots that bought a few of them hoping to turn a profit on ebay are fucked.

Sometimes God shows me he still loves me.

This morning they were still selling for $900 on eBay.

They are now selling for $710-850... still above retail.

They're just too expensive.

Post by **GORDON** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 3:26 pm

TheCatt wrote:
Vince wrote:
GORDON wrote:Which makes the people who stood in line for a week even more foolish, non? I'm looking at you, Mayor of Philadelphia.
I thought pretty much the same thing when I was reading about it in the newspaper today. Plus the idiots that bought a few of them hoping to turn a profit on ebay are fucked.

Sometimes God shows me he still loves me.
This morning they were still selling for $900 on eBay.

They are now selling for $710-850... still above retail.

They're just too expensive.

And if they aren't sold out, that means these people are too stupid to do some simple research and find them not sold out, or they live in remote areas, have no convenient access to a retail outlet selling them, and they also aren't available at any online retailers.

Post by **GORDON** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 1:04 pm

Doesn't talk to 64 bit WIndows.

http://www.engadget.com/2007....ta-oops

Post by **TheCatt** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 1:08 pm

Apparently sold out of several Apple stores in CA, and several AT&T stores across the country. Some analyst things it might come near selling out by the end of the week.

Post by **GORDON** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 1:15 pm

Just read this in another iPhone discussion thread:

there's way to many feature lock downs from not letting you use your MP3 files as ring tones so you'd have to buy ring tones from your cell provider (thus also needing to pay for the data access plans),

That alone would piss me off. That's just dumb.

Post by **Vince** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 1:52 pm

I look for the iPhone to create a demand for some features that other phone manufacturers will impliment in a more thoughtful way and cheaper.

Apple seems to have this "we know what's best for you and you really don't need those features" arrogance about them that's going to hurt them in the long run, but really help the consumer.

In other words, others WILL copy Apple's iPhone, but they'll do it smarter and cheaper.

Post by **TPRJones** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 2:12 pm

Vince wrote:Apple seems to have this "we know what's best for you and you really don't need those features" arrogance about them ...

Hey, so do their "we know what's best for you and you really don't need to keep your dollars" liberal hippie communist customers.

This explains so much.