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iPhone at last - well maybe at some point in the future

I think we all knew it was coming at some point but now that it’s announced my first impression was that I can’t wait until its available.  I have no idea how long that may be in this country at least but here is a link to the new iPhone.  It must be attracting huge interest as I had trouble accessing the Apple site.  Pity the poor parents who are going to have to fork out for one or more of these or put up with incessant pleas for it.

This entry was written by Jerry Leeson and posted on January 10, 2007 at 9:32 am and filed under Educationau, Apple. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

7 Comments

  1. Jen
    Posted January 11, 2007 at 6:30 pm | Permalink

    Any idea why they’ve only got 2.5G rather than 3G technology? I also understand there’ll only be one supplier because of that and that will be Telstra.

  2. Miles
    Posted January 11, 2007 at 8:44 pm | Permalink

    Another deal breaker: iPhone Will Not Allow User Installable Applications …

  3. Miles
    Posted January 11, 2007 at 8:46 pm | Permalink

    Jen: “Apple’s decision to go with 2.5G lies in the technology’s advantages over 3G: physically smaller components and more reliable communication.” from Fresh iPhone details emerge as release grows closer

  4. jerry
    Posted January 12, 2007 at 6:53 am | Permalink

    I must admit I was caught up in the initial hype - it certainly does some great things but when you get into the detail a number of questions start to emerge. As someone who prefers to buy a phone, not a plan, it looks like it will be problematic for me. Also, it appears that it isn’t going to be easy to use in a corporate setting and as Miles indicates, what’s the point of having a system such as Mac OS X if you can’t install apps of your choice. It does appear to be very limited in the types of networks it can connect to initially as well. It still looks real cool though and I would have liked to have some AAPL stock options before the announcement.

  5. Desi
    Posted January 12, 2007 at 8:35 am | Permalink

    Actually the phone looks slick. I am not sure if they are doing to release it in international markets anytime soon.

  6. Brett
    Posted January 16, 2007 at 9:45 am | Permalink

    My thoughts are they will release another one at the end of 2007 in time for the Europe and Asia market that will be 3G. The US has limited to no 3G networks at the moment, therefore, creating a 3G phone would be useless. There is too much in the use of the iChat interface to not assume that a 3G model is next up. As for applications for the phone I would wait till the developer’s conference later in the year for some sort of announcement. Not quite sure why you would think it won’t work in a corporate setting - it runs push through email for any IMAP email setup.

    However, like most technologies that have any sort of “cool” factor…. Our students will be the first to embrace them and corporations will sit around with groups of committees to discuss if they should allow such a advanced gadget.

    You can have your blackberry’s with that incredibly dull boring and confusing interface!! :-)

    If we compare and think about the first ipod to what we have a few years latter - I am sure we will see an amazing advancement in the iphone that will blow the minds of many. Except perhaps for those in the IT committees of big corporations!! :-)

  7. jleeson
    Posted January 16, 2007 at 10:54 am | Permalink

    Hi Brett, great point you make about the potential for future versions of it when you draw a comparison between the first generation iPods and what is available now.
    I think the main difficulty in a corporate setting is more based around the attractiveness of the device to users and the amount of pressure they are going to put on some IT departments to support it.

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