__/ [ Nick Ballard ] on Wednesday 10 January 2007 10:52 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> __/ [ Nick Ballard ] on Tuesday 09 January 2007 19:41 \__
>>
>>> Snit wrote:
>>>> Is there any phone with embedded Linux that has the features and ease of
>>>> use of the iPhone (info can be found on http://apple.com).
>>>>
>>> Wow. It's as if they re-worked the Newton housing and then crammed in
>>> an iMac.
>>>
>>> Windows, Linux, or Symbian makes no difference. If that thing works as
>>> well as it looks, it will put all other phones to shame.
>>
>> Palm handhelds have served as excellent MP3 players that use SD cards for
>> storage. Some of them, like the Treo, have the 'missing' functionality.
>> There's not much going for the iPhones other than style/hype. Same with
>> the iPods although I'll admit that what they did with the nano is worth a
>> round of applause. They actually created something unique.
>>
>
> The cost/performance ratio actually looks pretty close here, considering
> the cost of the flash storage and 3rd-party multimedia & productivity
> apps required to make the Treo perform the functions of the iPhone.
I've taken a look at the iPhone's interface. It looks like a nice design, if
not oddly similar to Palm OS, particularly its default (homebred) launcher.
My PDA cost me 107 pounds over 2 years ago and it includes Bluetooth which I
never use. As for storage/volume, I doubt many people need to use 20 GB _at
one time_. All in all, it's probably the name, the reputation and the hype
that will help the iPhone compete with the somewhat similar OpenMoko (FIC),
for example.
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