SOCIAL: I need an iphone

Mon Jun 7 16:47:16 PDT 2010

Just out of curiosity, isn't the video calling only available on wi-fi?
making it more like skyping?

On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 4:19 PM, Ankur <ankurwow at yahoo.com> wrote:

> This is the flood I was expecting :)... The video conferencing feature is a
> home run, and I bet in a year everybody (every smart phone) will be doing
> it, and over time it will probably revolutionize the way people communicate
> over the phone (as an audio + video experience)... So futuristic/ Jetsons.
> How cool would it be to be able to leave video voicemails, too (which I
> don't believe is possible in the new version)!
>
> So, Palak, I would just wait about a year, since the video conferencing
> feature won't be that useful until enough people have the new iPhone to
> make purchasing one for this feature worthwhile (by when it may also have
> 4G....), and hopefully the next evolution will allow video conferencing
> across across different smart phones (as with voice calls currently). And to
> your broader question, you could try looking at technology as art
> (especially when it comes to Apple), and like all art (loosely paraphrasing
> Oscar Wilde...), remember that it's not really anything you need, but the
> power of beauty is such that it can make us think we need it...
>
> : ) Ankur
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> *From:* Geoff Davis <geoff at geoffdavis.net>
> *To:* Amandeep Jawa <deep at deeptrouble.com>
> *Cc:* Ankur <ankurwow at yahoo.com>; "social at deeptrouble.comSocial" <
> social at deeptrouble.com>
> *Sent:* Mon, June 7, 2010 4:01:50 PM
> *Subject:* Re: SOCIAL: I need an iphone
>
> I think Amandeep's distaste for Android is colored by his employment.  I
> like my Nexus One a lot more than my iPhone (2G).  I'm a heavy Gmail user,
> and Android just works with my mail, my chats, my contacts, my calendar,
> etc.  Google Voice is awesome, too - my voicemail gets transcribed and
> emailed to me, calls to my cell phone also ring my land line, and I can send
> and receive SMS messages on my computer.  Everything's in the cloud, so I
> don't have to manually sync anything except my music.
>
> On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 3:43 PM, Amandeep Jawa <deep at deeptrouble.com>wrote:
>
>> I have lots and lots to say about these phones - and have spent lost of
>> time thinking and working with them.  I don't however have lots of time to
>> write my thoughts today - but here is the snapshot version:
>>
>> 1) Susan - get an iPhone.  Get the best iPhone you feel like spending the
>> money on.  I recommend the new one because it is sooo much better than the
>> previous ones & the video calling alone is worth the price.  Since you will
>> be buying a plan the only question is $100 that big of an issue.  If it is
>> (understandably) get the older iphone 3GS - still an amazing phone & now the
>> 2nd best phone on the market.
>>
>> 2) On AT&T coverage and general shittyness.  I fear it is true.  AT&T is a
>> real problem, and the only asterisk I put beside my recommendation of the
>> iPhone.  The choice then comes down to iPhone + AT&T drawbacks against
>> Android + Verizon or Palm Pre + Verizon/Sprint.  Given how annoying and
>> fiddly Android still is I can't recommend it to anyone who is not a
>> computer-hackery type (Do you like installing upgrades and update son your
>> computer to get the latest and greatest functionality?  Do you like fiddling
>> with settings?  If so you may well prefer Android.)  Erin - If I was dead
>> set against getting an iPhone for AT&T reasons, I'd get a Palm Pre - that is
>> a nicer elegant phone with good UI for normal people.  Now that HP bought
>> Palm, it is not going anywhere.
>>
>> There is reason to believe the AT&T situation will start improving soon.
>>  But who knows whether that is true other than to pray. (Steve Jobs has been
>> fielding questions about this and has stated this plainly - so I do tend to
>> believe it)
>>
>> 3) On the app front, none of the other phones has anywhere close to the
>> kind of things you can do with this device as the iPhone - by far.
>>
>> 4) At the end of the day, I'll bet money that you'll wish you had an
>> iPhone given where these things are and where they are going.  The big
>> caveat comes down to AT&T coverage issues, and even with that I couldn't
>> love my iPhone more, or be more unimpressed with Droid.  Palm is pretty
>> good.*
>>
>> 'deep
>>
>>
>>
>> * And note I don't say that because I work at Apple.  It is the other way
>> around.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>  On Jun 7, 2010, at 1:21 PM, Ankur wrote:
>>
>>   I was anticipating a flood o' responses to this, and it's been
>> surprisingly quiet... Susan--the new version is apparently 27% slimmer, and
>> has a 5MB camera w/ flash (whereas the current has a substantially
>> lower-resolution--although still pretty good--camera w/o flash).
>>
>> If you primarily take pictures with your phone (or want to), then I'd go
>> with the new version (which is supposed to be available this summer).
>> Otherwise, I bet some folks on SOCIAL are going to upgrade to the new
>> version, and may have already contacted you accordingly about selling you
>> their current phone.
>>
>> More importantly, if you plan to talk on your phone a lot, I don't
>> recommend the iPhone (or rather, AT&T's network, which is not nearly as good
>> as Verizon in SF, and will noticably compromise the quality of your calls).
>> The iPhone IS great for checking email and web browsing and has an
>> incredible app library...
>>
>> Hope that helps--even a little!
>>
>> : ) Ankur
>>  ------------------------------
>> *From:* Susan King <funking at mindspring.com>
>> *To:* "social at deeptrouble.com Social" <social at deeptrouble.com>
>> *Sent:* Mon, June 7, 2010 12:20:33 PM
>> *Subject:* SOCIAL: I need an iphone
>>
>> Last week, I finally decided to join the 21st century and plan to buy an
>> iphone soon. So, there's a fancy new version out there that I am intrigued
>> by, though I suspect it is a lot more phone than I need. I thought I'd ask
>> folks on this list about it (the good, bad, why the version introduced today
>> is better than the previous ones) and also see if one of you is planning on
>> upgrading and selling your current iphone for a decent price.
>>
>> thanks in advance for the input.
>>
>> peace,
>> susan
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