[IxDA Discuss] iPhone Ads

[David Polinchock]

So to go off topic a tad here, what about other new phones coming out.  I'm
a big fan of the Nokia Communicators (see http://tinyurl.com/2ozzhj ) and
can't wait for the E90 to come out.  For me, it's the best multi-function
phone out there.  It might cost about $1,000, so the iPhone will seem to be
a bargain.  But, I do a lot of writing on my Nokia 9500 and I don't know how
much writing I could do on the iPhone.

And one thing that few people thought about when all of these new phones
with QWERTY keyboards came out, was how to handle numbers like 800-GO FEDEX.
It's funny that companies have spent so much time and money on these vanity
numbers and thanks to the new phones, people don't know how to dial them!

For me, I'd rather have a phone system that allows me to use different
phones based on what I'm doing.  When I'm working or writing, I love my
9500.  But maybe I'd like to have something smaller when I'm riding my bije
or at the beach.  Instead of trying to figure out how to cram everything
into one phone, which usually doesn't work, has there been any work on
creating a multi-phone, sim card system?

David
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> From: Jim Drew <cfmdesigns at earthlink.net>
> Reply-To: Jim Drew <cfmdesigns at earthlink.net>
> Date:  Mon, 4 Jun 2007 12:41:56 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
> To: UI List <discuss at ixda.org>
> Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] iPhone Ads
> 
>> From: pauric <radiorental at gmail.com>
>> 
>> In my negative viewpoint the only reason the ads are UI focused is
>> that price, performance & coverage are shocking, average and poor
>> respectively.  Yes the UI rocks but are you willing pay $2000 for it?
> 
> I was at a local bar last night and watched one guy hand his phone to another
> to call the second guy's home number or some such.  After the call was made
> and failed to connect, they couldn't be sure the first guy had dialed the
> right number, and then they got into a little one-upsmanship of "You think
> your phone UI is crap, look at this one!  I don't use half this crap, and I
> can't find the stuff I do want!"
> 
> Ergo, one of the reasons the ads are UI focused is because that's what going
> to sell the phone: stuff you will use, stuff that you *can* use, and being
> able to find the stuff you want to use when you want to us it.  You know, the
> stuff that everyone already acknowledges that Apple is pretty good at.
> 
> As to the price, yeah, you're right: it's expensive and not for everyone.  But
> have you heard the commercials for Chocolate and whatever the new RAZR thing
> and the other high-end, way cool, everyone wants one of these phones?  (I say
> "heard" because I watch little TV, but I listen to the radio, and it really
> changes what you focus on.  Try it with political debates, too -- wow!)
> Because every one of those also locks the user into a two-year commitment.  So
> anyone who has been looking at a high-end phone isn't going to be surprised by
> the lock-in for the iPhone.
> 
> -- Jim
>    Seattle
>    Won't buy one until at least Christmas
> 
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