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[hep]

steve jobs can get fucked. you dont fucking hold a giant keynote annoucement for a product shipping in half a year. I don't care what your bullshit fcc excuse is, you are addicted to your own fanboy wank masturbation fest and for that i declare internet jihad upon you. Basically this is a $500 ipod video phone? What a software touchscreen kb? Are

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[hep]

this newton all over again.

[verymiao]

OMG YOU ARE KERAZY I WANT ONE SO BAD IN 6 MONTHS YOU WILL BE SAD YOU DIDN'T PREORDER, FOO!!!!!!!

Although I already have a Cing contract, so...

HEEE!!! I FEEL GIDDY!!!!!!

<3 <3

[hep]

i just dont understand what is different about it besides running osx. regulate's phone does all of that stuff and it came out a year ago. im sure by the next gen (due: 3mo) it will do even more stuff, AND IT HAS A HARDWARE QWERTY KB. which is a huge sticking point to me. that software kb better be REALLY GOOD or im just gonna skip using an apple device for a phone until they can get that in production somehow. in fact i know i will, because no software kb can let you type has fast as a hardware kb. you need feedback in the fingertips, that is how i type. i know i have succeeded in hitting a letter by feel, therefore i can type completely unconsciously. i've had a phone with a qwerty kb for 4 years now, im not going back to a stylus no matter how shiny and white the phone is. am i totally missing something?

[verymiao]

I've had my treo for ages and am used to a hardware keyboard too.... but i guess i just trust that it will be awesome. And even if it isn't, I am sure there will be a bluetooth keyboard for it available sooner or later.

OMFG!!!

[jtzapp]

Yeah, but it is an extraordinary pain to type on a phone with an external keyboard like that. Most times, it's not going to be physically attached to the phone, so you're going to have to set the phone on something while you type. Even if you're lucky enough to have it jury-rigged together, it's clumsy and can rarely be stored as a single unit. Not to mention the fact it'll likely dramatically increase the size.

This all ignores the fact that people secrete oil. Your phone's screen will CONSTANTLY need cleaning. It had also better be scratch-resistant as all fuck.

[cavorite]

Call steve and tell him he's a douche.
His number appears in these photos:

http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/the-apple-iphone/

[yaymatt]

the number just calls apple support.

screw some damn phone that comes out here around christmas, i want to hear about when that new version of the os is coming out.

hurry up, jerks!

[danguyf]

I'm going to laugh if the FCC kicks it back to engineering.

I assume Steve saw some strategic advantage to announcing half a year early. Maybe something else is coming to steal its thunder?

I might be able to deal with the soft keyboard. I'd have to try it out first.

My hiptop suddenly feels kind of heavy, and the screen seems kind of small...

[dryad271]

lol, icon (I work there) ;)

[dryad271]

I work for the same company, but based out of Portland (I run the training departments in all the stores) :) There are many days that I say "WTF Mac Store" myself...though I am more likely to say "WTF Apple".