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22-06-2008, 10:53 PM
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Beware the Robot Mafia
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Location: St. Albans, Melbourne
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Originally Posted by NefWolf
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23-06-2008, 09:28 AM
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Location: Tasmania
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iPhone shortcomings
Hope this is OK to reproduce, it's from Forbes,
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The Cost
Those crafty phone companies! Yes, at $199, the new iPhone is cheaper up-front than the original, which first went on sale starting at $499 last year. It is not, however, less expensive to own. Do the math and you find out the iPhone will cost $160 more over two years than the original iPhone because AT&T put together a pricier data plan for the phone to help it subsidize the up-front cost of the handset. The gadget fiends at Gizmodo called that "a small price to play," but Bits, the technology blog at The New York Times, called it "a step backwards for consumers."
No Flash
The iPhone is a surprisingly capable Web browser. Its wide, high-resolution screen and the ability to bop around the Web by tapping links with a fingertip has turned mobile Web surfing from a chore into a pleasure. The biggest hitch: the iPhone still doesn't support Adobe's Flash technology, which means many multimedia-rich sites remain off limits. While Adobe is working hard to make its technology iPhone-friendly, don't hold your breath.
No Replaceable Batteries
Hardcore road warriors don't have time to stop and recharge their phones. Instead they carry their batteries with them, clicking them into their BlackBerrys in the backs of cabs, or, if they're lucky, in a coffee shop. By contrast, there's no easy way to crack open the new iPhone's sleek case to pop in a battery, disappointing bloggers. And while kits are available for do-it-yourselfers, we wouldn't recommend trying it in between bites of your bagel.
Video Recording
Apple's computers come preloaded with iMovie, a slick little application that makes video editing easy and fun. Apple's iPods, with the exception of the Shuffle, have evolved into snappy little video viewing machines. But if you want to record video, you'd better talk to Sony. Despite its built-in two-megapixel camera, Apple isn't building the ability to take video into its new phone, a feature even many low-end so-called "feature phones" include.
No Cut-And-Paste
The inability to copy a chunk of text and paste it into another application has baffled geeks since the iPhone's introduction last year. It's a simple tool that would make blogging and zapping bits of text to friends via e-mail a breeze. And, yes, it can be done without screwing up the phone's interface.
No Multimedia Messaging Service
This might be the most interesting example of what makes the iPhone quirky: There are some things dirt-cheap phones cranked out by the tens of millions can do that the vaunted iPhone cannot. Forbes.com's David Ewalt sees the lack of support for Multimedia Messaging Service as one of the most maddening. Want to open an image sent to you via MMS by a friend from her (dirt-cheap) mobile phone? No dice.
Bonus: No Voice Dialing
No blogger we've seen has complained about this yet. Maybe that's because all the geeks who might whine about how tough it is to dial the iPhone died in fiery auto wrecks first, seeing as the iPhone doesn't have the voice-recognition smarts to let users dial verbally--the one feature makes the BlackBerry, with its nubby little plastic keyboard, usable on the road.
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23-06-2008, 11:06 AM
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I have to agree the MMS thing is one of the biggest failings of the iphone. All the tech whiz people can say the emailing thing is much better ( which i personally agree), however stats show many many people still send and receive pics through mms. I really don't get why they would deliberately leave this out. Really strange I think.  I really hope they have a third party app that can do this over on the official app store when its opened. |
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23-06-2008, 11:36 AM
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Location: Sydney, Australia
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As a compromise it would be cool for the iPhone to force an MMS into an attachment picture email. That way if someone sends you an MMS you can still receive it even though you can't reply. Whilst I rarely send or receive an MMS it's a feature that should be included anyway.
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23-06-2008, 12:37 PM
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Location: Geelong, Australia
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I use MMS to send photos of my kids to my parents since they don't have email but they have mobile phones. It's also useful when I am away on holiday. I can send a picture to say "Hi" to someone via MMS without having to send an email. If I was sending a picture in an email it kind of makes me feel that I have to type something as well, not just send the photo.
Anyway, I was using a 3rd party MMS application on my old iPhone so I suspect that someone will release one for the iPhone 3G.
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23-06-2008, 02:58 PM
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Location: NSW
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The only things on that list that I miss are video recording and flash support. The flash is supposedly a security risk, but I don't understand the matter all that much. Video recording will come very soon I'm sure.
I'm not nearly annoyed as much by the lack of MMS in the iPhone than by the support of it in other phones. 
Edit: Oh and copy and paste, it would at least get around the no sms forward issue. 
Last edited by Edd; 23-06-2008 at 03:13 PM.
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23-06-2008, 03:03 PM
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Location: Brisbane, Australia
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The cut & paste issue is more annoying to me, and the ability not to be able to forward SMS's is ridiculous.
Luckily 3rd party support fixes most issues.
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23-06-2008, 05:45 PM
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Location: Sydney
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Originally Posted by kevinnugent
The cut & paste issue is more annoying to me, and the ability not to be able to forward SMS's is ridiculous.
Luckily 3rd party support fixes most issues.
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The SDK isn't letting people make plug-ins or edit existing applications. Without jailbreaking third parties aren't going to be adding SMS forwarding or Copy and Paste any time soon. The SDK and App store is for stand alone applications only.
Anything system wide or with existing Apps is going to require a jailbreak.
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23-06-2008, 05:56 PM
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Location: Melbourne
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Originally Posted by SilverJ
As a compromise it would be cool for the iPhone to force an MMS into an attachment picture email. That way if someone sends you an MMS you can still receive it even though you can't reply. Whilst I rarely send or receive an MMS it's a feature that should be included anyway.
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i know optus used to do that when your phone was not mms enabled, don't know if they still do. |
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24-06-2008, 06:18 AM
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Location: Sydney
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Though i do not use mms.. infact, i don't think i ever have... it should certainly be in there..
They have obviously left it out for SOME reason.. but.. unless they announce the reason, it just looks dumb!
as for the sopt/paste thing.. yeh... totally annoying.. i bet all the people high up in Apple all have their phones hacked to do that.. how annoying to not have it!
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25-06-2008, 09:13 AM
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Location: Melbourne
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Will an iPhone purchased in the US work in Australia?
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25-06-2008, 09:17 AM
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Location: Brisbane, Australia
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Bit of a loaded question, mattydee. Which model? On a AT&T plan? Roaming in Oz, or not? Coming to visit or live?
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25-06-2008, 09:18 AM
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Location: where it's damn hot in summer and freezing in winter.
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US iPhones are locked to AT&T. The 1st Gen iPhones can be jailbroken and simunlocked for use with Australia, however there is no warranty offered on the 1st Gen in Australia. If something goes wrong, you're left with a brick.
3G iPhones are unknown at the moment, however these again are only available on contract with AT&T and must be activated in-store once purchased. You would be best off buying a 3G iPhone in Australia through one of our carriers once it becomes available on the 11th July.
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25-06-2008, 10:50 PM
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short answer.....
yes. but at a cost. that cost being warranty.
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29-06-2008, 08:35 AM
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Location: sydney
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"Visual voicemail is apparently not coming to Australia"
why is this still on the faqs page? the iPhone au site states that it is:
Under the Revolutionary Mobile Phone, halfway down
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