Monday, June 9, 2008

The One on iPhone



On 29th June 2007. Steve Jobs introduced to the world the highly anticipated iPhone. it carries the traditional minimalist Apple industrial design DNA, while sporting yet another new innovation in its interface, namely the Multitouch.

One year has passed since, we have probably familiarized ourselves with the Multitouch interface somehow, through your friends' imported jailbroken (read: hacked) iPhones or the locally available iPod touch. We know that you can scroll through contact list or emails with a flick of your finger, resize photos by pinching them. It is simply too user-friendly and desirable.

Web-browsing on the iPhone was made an Experience with Safari, webpages appear desktoply crisp and uncompromised, like no other smartphones out there. Music was made good-looking (if it's even necessary) through Coverflow.

You have probably heard this a dozen of times: its the best iPod ever, it surfs the internet, it plays music, videos, photos. Oh, it makes calls too! And yet somehow Carrie Bradshaw does not quite know how to work that thing, not that trendy afterall, Parker...

Yet there are some flaws that hurdles the iPhone from attaining the Nokia 3310 status 8 years ago:
  • Expensive - introductory price of US$599 for 8GB model? I rather invest in a PS3 then... it plays games too!
  • 2.5G - no video calls, no high speed mobile surfing, still 10 years ahead of other phones?
  • Carrier-locked - to AT&T? no official launch in Singapore puts you in a risk of getting an expensive paper weight anytime.
  • "Revolutionary" keyboard - I half expected the iPhone to read my mind! kidding!
  • 2MP camera - my 3 year old Sony Ericsson K750i does a better job at this department

Hopefully by tonight, all will improve as Steve Jobs is expected to introduce an all-new iPhone in the WWDC, unless he wants Apple stock price to tumble... Watch this space for more updates!

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