So I (like everyone else) hear from the Apple keynote, that they will be releasing a cell phone entitled the Apple iPhone.
The very next day I find out that my contract with Cingular will be up in April, at which point I will be eligible for a phone upgrade.
So I'm seriously thinking about getting the iPhone.
My only beef with the phone is that it only comes in 4GB & 8GB capacities.
I don't really have THAT much problem with the price.
I mean yes, $500 & $600 is quite pricey for a cell phone, but considering that I've been in the market for a while now for an iPod, a digital camera (better than my RAZR's VGA camera), then I think I can adequately justify the cost.
I just hope that Apple surprises everyone with a 40GB,60GB,80GB or larger version upon it's release. That would be the smart move by apple. Especially with the built-in accelerometer. They could EASILY include the larger drive with a safety "head parking" feature similar to what they use in their MacBooks to protect the hard drive from damage in the event of sudden movement.
The only thing I can see that would stop them would be that putting a spinning hard drive up to your head would likely result in you hearing a wirr or whine while talking to someone on the phone. Although the simple solution to that would be to park the head during calls.
One question I have that I'm going to need to look into before purchase would be how users are able to access the keypad during calls.
I'm sure Apple has already considered this problem (at least I hope so). If users can't access the keypad during calls, it would make the phone pretty much useless with any of the menu systems used today by automated answering systems.
Also I'd want to see the quality of the 2.0MP camera that is integrated into the phone.
Another thing I'd want to know is if the phone's Bluetooth can connect to other miscellaneous Bluetooth peripherals. I have a Socket Bluetooth GPS receiver that would be quite useful if I could use it in combination with the iPhone's wifi & Google Maps.
And how will the iPhone handle SIM cards. Cingular LOVES to use SIM cards, especially with it's smart phones. Apple though, loves seamless products, so I don't know how users are going to be able to insert a SIM card into the iPhone.
Ahh well.
Time will tell.
FYI, None of my questions were definitively answered in the NYTimes 'Ultimate iPhone FAQ' (1 or 2). (But another reason to drool, would be that they mention a FM radio in the FAQ2. :-D )
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