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iPod touch Why didn't YOU get an iPhone?
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It's not officially released in the two places I'm living (Hong Kong and Australia) so I wont buy it until it is. However, when it is released, I'd want to pay for a completely unlocked device instead of cracking it as I don't believe in paying for international roaming when I travel. I like to buy a SIM card in the country and not have to worry about how much it's going to cost me later.
A safe area, its just I'm only 13 and I dont want it getting damaged or lost. I'm not worried about it getting stolen.
the very fact that it claims to do 'everything' ... but does none of it properly . .everything seems to lack something or another, notes that can't sync, browser that doesn't do flash, phone that can't do MMS, camera that can't do video, maps with no GPS, stocks with no interest for a layman, calendar is well done, but can't do multiple calendars ..
a very basic device for a HUGE amount of money .. .just can't justify any of it.. unless Jobs want me to spend just for that fancy touchscreen.
a very basic device for a HUGE amount of money .. .just can't justify any of it.. unless Jobs want me to spend just for that fancy touchscreen.
I haven't gotten one because I was still contractually obligated to Verizon. My 2 years expires this month, and I am going to continue on a month-by-month basis at least until my girlfriend graduated from college in May. She's about 2 1/2 hours from me when she's at school, so we talk on the phone a fair amount, and having free verizon to verizon minutes saves A LOT of money on minutes.
Once she's out and back home, I'm considering swithing to AT&T to get an iPhone sometime this summer or next fall. Plus by then there may or may not be a 3G iPhone, and at least there will have been some programs written with the official SDK.
Once she's out and back home, I'm considering swithing to AT&T to get an iPhone sometime this summer or next fall. Plus by then there may or may not be a 3G iPhone, and at least there will have been some programs written with the official SDK.
I didn't get one because I live in Cananda. Though I have seen several for sale in my city online. And I've seen a couple people using them. Not up close though. (And no they weren't iPod touches, I know the difference.
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)Soon the Ipod Touch will be able to do everything the iPhone does. It already can make calls through voip and by jailbreaking it you get the same apps. Add an adapter and you got your bluetooth. Soon someone will create a camera for it. So why would I pay $499 + $60 a month for the iphone?
I guess the iPhone would be a killer option if I was looking for one device that can do everything but, the 8GB would be too small and paying monthly charges for a phone which I hardly use (only in emergencies), it would cost me too much money to own when I could just use the iPod touch for that stuff without payments.... plus 16GB. I am kind of disappointed that there's no bluetooth, no speaker, no microphone, no side volume control, no mail, no weather, no maps, no notes, no stocks, and no ear-prints. (the last one was a joke). Anyways, I'm grateful for what I have and I live without those things knowing that I at least don't have to pay $60 a month or whatever they charge, for something I won't use. However, being able to go on the net no matter where I am would be freakin' sweet.... but slow but, sweet.
From what I gather, the VOIP only works in wifi areas. So what if I'm in the middle of Nebraska, and I want to make a call?
If your in the middle of no where Nebraska there is no guarantee your cell phone would work either.
You can get mail, weather, maps, notes, stocks just pay $20 or jailbreak it.
Honestly I do not make calls enough to justify the bill and extra $100. Now if they had a pay as you go or data plan only then I would be all over the iphone like white on rice.
I wanted one but the unfamiliarity of going to ATT from Verizon along with leaving my beloved Crackberry kept me to wait for now. Let's see what comes in <18 months when my contract is over.
I didn't get an iPhone because my entire family, my girlfriend's entire family and all of my friends all have Verizon.
That is the ONLY reason.
That is the ONLY reason.
None of my beeswax but - Oh please don't.
Save yourself the headache. We are back with Verizon after making the rounds, ATT sounds so appealing (rollover and iphone) but they have the worst service, least coverage, and most tragic customer service I have ever seen.
The iPod touch is just so damn sexy, the iPhone is ugly, especially the back. I can't understand it because they are so similar. Maybe I'm just strange
I hate contracts and subscriptions, I hate being forced to one carrier, I hate the rip-off rates and I hardly take or make calls. I have a super slim W880i for when I do.
I hate contracts and subscriptions, I hate being forced to one carrier, I hate the rip-off rates and I hardly take or make calls. I have a super slim W880i for when I do.
o2!
Considering I stay in the centre of Glasgow it shouldn't be so hard to get a signal, but nope reception is hopeless - it wouldn't be so bad if this was the only blackspot, but when I visit the parents miles from home - you guessed it - zero reception, not even edge when it decides to pick up a signal for phone!!
That and not being able to txt/receive calls from powerbook, lack of video recording, no flash for camera, lack of MMS, 8Gb not big enough etc.
Even with these minor points, I've got my fingers crossed that o2 doesn't get the contract for the 3G version, if voda do, I won't even have to think about it!
Considering I stay in the centre of Glasgow it shouldn't be so hard to get a signal, but nope reception is hopeless - it wouldn't be so bad if this was the only blackspot, but when I visit the parents miles from home - you guessed it - zero reception, not even edge when it decides to pick up a signal for phone!!
That and not being able to txt/receive calls from powerbook, lack of video recording, no flash for camera, lack of MMS, 8Gb not big enough etc.
Even with these minor points, I've got my fingers crossed that o2 doesn't get the contract for the 3G version, if voda do, I won't even have to think about it!
I'm waiting until they come out with the version after this one, when they work out all the bugs...or at least most of them Plus, it's mad expensive.
Plus, it's mad expensive.