[IxDA Discuss] iPhone Ads

[Jeffrey D. Gimzek]

if battery life turns out to be a major concern, get a solar charger.

or maybe it can plug into a usb port and charge ?

that would make sense and be cool.

look, treo battery life sucks too - my 680 can barely get through a  
work day - so i have an extra charger at work.

jd


On Jun 4, 2007, at 11:03 AM, pauric wrote:

> None of this makes no sense to me.   Something isnt adding up.
>
> 'eliminate the iPod from my pocket and give me fullframe video'
> Stated facts, 5 hours talk time, 16 hours music (and they wont state
> standby)  Lets say you spend an hour on the phone, 2 hours surfing
> over 802.11 (more power hungry).  Thats almost 100% of your charge
> gone.  Will you risk listening to music on the chance you'll run it
> flat before you get home?
>
> As for video?  Steve Job's was on record saying there's no valid case
> (scenario) for portable video usage.  The iPod video was created to
> appease shareholders from what I understand.  Decoding DRM'd video
> will eat battery more than anything else.  A non-starter.
>
> Yes this is all tied together in a slick UI but its still a
> feature-list-sell.  From a pure 'experience' perspective this device
> is tons of 'cool' but not all that practical (yet)
>
>
>> see, the thing is the target market already pays that for a so-so at
>> best UI
>>
>> I like my Treo as much as the next guy, but C'MON ?
>>
>> eliminate the iPod from my pocket and give me fullframe video, that
>> alone is worth the not-much-extra over my Treo cost.
>>
>> esp. when you take into account you can web surf on WiFi, saving
>> connection costs and speeding the pipe way up for all that video
>>
>> i just think that cost vs. comparable current tech is the least of
>> the issues with this thing.
>>
>> jd
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>> Jeffrey D. Gimzek
>> Digital Experience Designer
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>> www.jdgimzek.com
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Jeffrey D. Gimzek
Digital Experience Designer

www.jdgimzek.com
thundercougarfalconbird.blogspot.com