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iPhone Guided Tour and Site Redesign
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But 2mp is plenty for snapshots which is what phones are good for anyway. You can put 10 megapixels in a phone and it'll still only be good for snapshots.
But 2mp is plenty for snapshots which is what phones are good for anyway. You can put 10 megapixels in a phone and it'll still only be good for snapshots.
Ringtones
In demonstrating how to change ringtones, the video only demonstrates how to move between the phone's built-in ringtones.
Unless I missed it, there's nothing to indicate the ability to set a song as a ringtone.
Has there been anything publicized about the iPhone to suggest that you can use your iPod music as a ringtone?
For me, it's not a huge deal, but a lot of people like to set music as their ringtone. It would be a shame if you bought a song from iTunes, then had to pay for it again as a ringtone.
In demonstrating how to change ringtones, the video only demonstrates how to move between the phone's built-in ringtones.
Unless I missed it, there's nothing to indicate the ability to set a song as a ringtone.
Has there been anything publicized about the iPhone to suggest that you can use your iPod music as a ringtone?
For me, it's not a huge deal, but a lot of people like to set music as their ringtone. It would be a shame if you bought a song from iTunes, then had to pay for it again as a ringtone.
Because in the end of the tour he have to pay for one.. and that's sad cus he had it for 20 minutes
Yeah he is kinda boring, almost fell asleep. They shoulda used the PC guy from PC/Mac ads to present the features. Would've been much better IMHO
i think he meant the 12 app's above with the black background and the 4 app's like ipod and the web and such stuff
When we're talking about tiny lenses, megapixels has very little to do with image quality. In fact, you really don't want more than 2.
The more pixels you pack into a tiny CCD, each pixel sensor gets smaller and less light gets to each pixel. To make up for that and make the image brighter, the camera has to bump up the ISO speed, making the image grainier. You really don't want more than 2 megapixels in a camera of that size.
Also, you wouldn't see the drawbacks of a 2 megapixel (that's a 1600x1200 image) on either the 320x480 iPhone, or this video, or even most computers.
Yes, the quality of the iPhone camera has yet to be seen, but 2 megapixels tells us nothing.
re the 16 apps - watch the video closely again.
He circles the area that is the home screen (12 app section), then says from 'here' you can use any one of the 16 apps. Then goes on to talk about the bottom.
I'm choosing to believe 4 more apps.
Exactly, that's what lead me to believe the same thing.
He never indicated the bottom four applications, just the top "16" in the home screen.
Earlier in the year there was a screen grab going around of iTunes with a Ringtones tab in the iPod synching section. Speculation was that Apple will sell Ringtones through iTunes, so allowing songs to be used seems unlikely
Did you guys miss the obvious?
In the first half of the movie, the demonstrator mentions that you can use any of the other functions of the phone DURING a phone call.
I can't tell you how many times I've wanted to look something up for someone only to be lock out of that feature during a call. Browsing the web, or photo albums during a call is really cool.
A multitasking cell phone, cool.
Are we still speculating on even more features? Well, I'm with the camera/button people on the bottom of the phone to be used for video conferencing. That's just too cool a feature for Steve Jobs to have passed up.
Al
In the first half of the movie, the demonstrator mentions that you can use any of the other functions of the phone DURING a phone call.
I can't tell you how many times I've wanted to look something up for someone only to be lock out of that feature during a call. Browsing the web, or photo albums during a call is really cool.
A multitasking cell phone, cool.
Are we still speculating on even more features? Well, I'm with the camera/button people on the bottom of the phone to be used for video conferencing. That's just too cool a feature for Steve Jobs to have passed up.
Al
Yeah, 2 good megapixels (which I'm not really expecting) would be a lot to write home about.
I think it will probably be better than par for cell phones, but not close to what you'd get out of a dedicated digicam.
I think it will probably be better than par for cell phones, but not close to what you'd get out of a dedicated digicam.
MMS ...
Yeah its missing, still cant wrap my head around that one. Hopefully it'll show up in Rev B
Earlier in the year there was a screen grab going around of iTunes with a Ringtones tab in the iPod synching section. Speculation was that Apple will sell Ringtones through iTunes, so allowing songs to be used seems unlikely
Im sure it won't take long to make an AAC file with the correct metadata to make itunes think its a ringtone
Gee... Apple is really goin nuts over this thing.
A big joke among Nintendo fans is that the DS prints money. This will do the same for apple.
I am very impressed with the Maps app. You really don't need a GPS with all it can do imo.
I think my wife is finally on the bandwagon. After watching the guided tour with me she said "when you look at this vs buying a GPS, cell phone, iPod, and PDA, the iPhone is really a deal."
Everyone gets myopic here...
No, not usual in all places.
Yes, 'mobile phone' fits the category of device, but most people I interact with simply call it a cell or cell phone (i.e: a mobile phone that works on 'cell networks' (vs. the prior technology mobile radio networks that existed before "cell" technology) that pass you from one "cell" to another as you move from location to location.
Some folks do call it a mobile, as in, "Call me on my mobile." But most will tell you to call them on their cell.
(Just some nonsense to think about as we ALL wait to touch a real iPhone!)
No, not usual in all places.
Yes, 'mobile phone' fits the category of device, but most people I interact with simply call it a cell or cell phone (i.e: a mobile phone that works on 'cell networks' (vs. the prior technology mobile radio networks that existed before "cell" technology) that pass you from one "cell" to another as you move from location to location.
Some folks do call it a mobile, as in, "Call me on my mobile." But most will tell you to call them on their cell.
(Just some nonsense to think about as we ALL wait to touch a real iPhone!)
Already confirmed from launch day... When the phone is held up to the face, the proximity sensor disables the touch screen.
doh... little late on the response