As a confirmed technophile, not to say gadget freak, I was mightily enthused when Steve Jobs demonstrated the Apple iPhone at the Macworld Expo last January. I have never owned an iPod – my pockets already bulge with all kinds of gizmos, and I simply haven’t the spare carrying capacity. But the iPhone looked brilliant, comprising a music and video player, web browser, organiser, e-mailer, camera (albeit a puny 2 megapixel one) and, oh yes, a phone.
But what really wowed me was the cool way that the colour display magically flipped from portrait to landscape when Jobs casually turned the iPhone through ninety degrees.
I wanted one.
Well, yesterday, it was announced that Apple have done a deal with O2 – my present network, as it happens – to introduce the iPhone to the UK. I eagerly read the announcement. And then the small print. And then I suddenly lost interest.
It wasn’t just the price, though that is itself a significant turnoff – £899 at least, including the minimum contract period of 18 months; it was also the fact that the iPhone doesn’t use 3G technology. Instead, it uses Edge, which is considerably slower, taking ages to download and display a single web page, as I discovered recently in Italy.
Apple are apparently working on a 3G iPhone, but that won’t be ready for some time yet.
So I’ll keep my money for the time being. If I am buying an Aston Martin, I don’t want Fiesta performance. And, who knows, the price may well tumble too.
But what really wowed me was the cool way that the colour display magically flipped from portrait to landscape when Jobs casually turned the iPhone through ninety degrees.
I wanted one.
Well, yesterday, it was announced that Apple have done a deal with O2 – my present network, as it happens – to introduce the iPhone to the UK. I eagerly read the announcement. And then the small print. And then I suddenly lost interest.
It wasn’t just the price, though that is itself a significant turnoff – £899 at least, including the minimum contract period of 18 months; it was also the fact that the iPhone doesn’t use 3G technology. Instead, it uses Edge, which is considerably slower, taking ages to download and display a single web page, as I discovered recently in Italy.
Apple are apparently working on a 3G iPhone, but that won’t be ready for some time yet.
So I’ll keep my money for the time being. If I am buying an Aston Martin, I don’t want Fiesta performance. And, who knows, the price may well tumble too.
2 comments:
Do you often buy Aston Martins then? If not, what car(s) do you drive? And what's wrong with Fiestas? I think we should be told.
I think he drives a Land rover type car.
solid, dependable, and takes no shit from the others!
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