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swigs
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 Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 4:04 am Post subject: |
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| pkang0202 wrote: |
| Rusty Shackleford wrote: |
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The best thing possible about the iphone in Korea is that LG and Samsung will be forced to bring out their own "iphone-killers". Phones with full PMP functions, GPS, and, best of all, plug 'n' play with Windows PC's....
.....the ultimate convergence gadget is not too far off I'd say. |
The iPhone is close to being a perfect device. If you could output it to a larger screen with a bluetooth keyboard and mouse, it would be a replacement for your home computer. That is if you don't play crysis and render video, which 90% of us don't. |
It doesn't multitask. End of story. |
It doesn't multitask due to hardware limitations that are industry wide. Phones that do multitask give up alot of resources which result in lower quality programs and shorter battery life. The Pre's developer API's are very limiting, such that developers are not able to take advantage of the phones system resources, while the iPhone can have programs that take full advantage of the hardware do to it's developer friendly APIs and the simple fact that it has limited multi-tasking.
I would rather wait a second and switch programs that CAN utilize full system resources than have a phone that can't have apps that take advantage of the hardware and have a shortened battery life. The iPhone wins on that point over it's competitors because there are way too many trade offs for iPhone like apps multitasking.
But he has a point, I use my iTouch as others use their netbook, and it's only going to get more advanced from this point on. You can also easily control your desktop virtually from your iTouch, making it possible to virtually control your desktop and any application on it. |
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pkang0202
Joined: 09 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 10:58 pm Post subject: |
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| swigs wrote: |
| pkang0202 wrote: |
| Rusty Shackleford wrote: |
| eamo wrote: |
The best thing possible about the iphone in Korea is that LG and Samsung will be forced to bring out their own "iphone-killers". Phones with full PMP functions, GPS, and, best of all, plug 'n' play with Windows PC's....
.....the ultimate convergence gadget is not too far off I'd say. |
The iPhone is close to being a perfect device. If you could output it to a larger screen with a bluetooth keyboard and mouse, it would be a replacement for your home computer. That is if you don't play crysis and render video, which 90% of us don't. |
It doesn't multitask. End of story. |
I would rather wait a second and switch programs that CAN utilize full system resources than have a phone that can't have apps that take advantage of the hardware and have a shortened battery life. The iPhone wins on that point over it's competitors because there are way too many trade offs for iPhone like apps multitasking. |
In the context of using it as a "desktop replacement", I would rather not have to close and reopen every program. A jail broken iPhone HAS some multitasking features that are great. Like the ability to send/receive text messages in the middle of doing something else.
Apple's new tablet/touch/big iPhone/whatever you want to call it will be exactly what we are discussing. A iphone that is essentially a pc/notebook replacement.
I extremely doubt its just an "iPhone with a bigger screen". The user interface maybe similar but it will be really different "under the hood". An iPhone/iPod touch device is just not powerful enough to serve as a desktop/netbook replacement. |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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| Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 11:19 pm Post subject: |
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http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2009/08/13/0302000000AEN20090813003900320.HTML
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(News Focus) iPhone pits S. Korean mobile giants against each other
By Kim Young-gyo
SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top two mobile carriers are waging a war of nerves as U.S.-based Apple Inc. is poised to launch the latest model of its iPhone here, a move market watchers say could affect their market shares.
KT Corp., South Korea's No. 2 mobile service provider, is now in talks with Apple to win exclusive rights to sell the iPhone on the local market. Most industry insiders expect KT to clinch the deal and start selling the model within the year.
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