[IxDA Discuss] iPhone Ads

[Mark Schraad]

So battery technology should limit what we try and do with portablity? Just give up adding functionality that requires extra juice? Hmmm...



 
On Monday, June 04, 2007, at 02:04PM, "pauric" <radiorental at gmail.com> 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
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Jeffrey D. Gimzek
>> Digital Experience Designer
>>
>> www.jdgimzek.com
>> thundercougarfalconbird.blogspot.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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