MacWorld... the iPhone and Apple TV Options

[Hartmann]

I don't know how many of you are keeping up with this but the iPhone looks pretty damn cool. I don't care if you don't like Apple or not, once you see this thing you should be impressed.

http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/live-fr...e-jobs-keynote/

IMAP and POP support. Push-email (like Blackberry) provided by Yahoo. Service through Cingular.

No keypad, all on-screen.

[impala454]

i like the ability to view your voicemails... other than that i don't see the big deal. i've used a phone with a large touchscreen dialpad for the past 6 months and it's neat, but i'd hate to not have at least a "answer" & "hangup" button. i use those two buttons and the button i configured for voice command and that's pretty much it. i do slide out the keyboard for SMS and i gotta say that's way faster than touching the touchscreen with your fingernail or getting out a stylus. hopefully the thing will have some kind of voice recognition, because it really is difficult to try and use the touch screen when trying to multitask (driving, etc). the problem with a pure touch screen and no buttons is you actually have to look at the device.

[Hartmann]

i like the ability to view your voicemails... other than that i don't see the big deal. i've used a phone with a large touchscreen dialpad for the past 6 months and it's neat, but i'd hate to not have at least a "answer" & "hangup" button. i use those two buttons and the button i configured for voice command and that's pretty much it. i do slide out the keyboard for SMS and i gotta say that's way faster than touching the touchscreen with your fingernail or getting out a stylus. hopefully the thing will have some kind of voice recognition, because it really is difficult to try and use the touch screen when trying to multitask (driving, etc). the problem with a pure touch screen and no buttons is you actually have to look at the device.

The hangup and answer buttons are on the screen...

I do agree that for the most part, the phone is for early adopters. I have wanted visual voicemail for a very, very long time so that's a plus for me.

You need to watch the demo that Jobs gives to really understand the touchscreen and some of the other features. It has a full featured keyboard and since it can be oriented in landscape or portrait, personal preference takes over.

I have to look at my phone now and it has tons of buttons. Driving and cell phones shouldn't happen anyway, that's stupidity on the driver's part.

The price tag is hefty. The fact that you can do push e-mail, full web-browsing, google maps integration with faux gps, and instant conference calls are all very cool. I will need to play with it though before I buy one. I am not gonna knock the interface till I try it.

[impala454]

The hangup and answer buttons are on the screen...

so press those buttons without looking at the screen

I have to look at my phone now and it has tons of buttons.

so you're saying having all the buttons on a screen would prevent you from having to look at the phone???

You need to watch the demo that Jobs gives to really understand the touchscreen and some of the other features. It has a full featured keyboard and since it can be oriented in landscape or portrait, personal preference takes over.

i do understand. my phone has an on screen keyboard that can be in landscape or portrait, i honestly would rather have a keyboard i can press with two thumbs than have to fingernail or stylus press each button.

Driving and cell phones shouldn't happen anyway, that's stupidity on the driver's part.

maybe for some people, but having to look at a screen won't help that any. i can voice dial and talk to people without ever even looking at my phone.

I am not gonna knock the interface till I try it.

i'm not necessarily knocking it, i just don't believe it's been well thought out. my phone, being very similiar, with a large, touch screen interface, would be much less useable without the couple of buttons on the front (and it has almost exactly the same display shown on the iphone, with the dialpad on the screen, answer/ignore buttons on screen and such).