henktermaat
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- Jan 3, 2009
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Honestly this thing would never leave anyone's house. There is no reason for it too. I will be shocked if this isn't a utter flop.
You guys are wrong. It uses GPS (check the apple website). If you are a college student and don't want to shell the dough for an iPhone or a macbook, you have another option. You can do much more with it than the ipod touch. You also get the option of using the data network or not. I only wish it ran OS X. Guess I have to wait for someone to jailbreak it.
My point:
Sometimes a handgun is best.
Sometimes a shotgun is best.
Sometimes a rifle is best.
You can use just one or you can use the right tool for the job.
Wi-Fi
Digital compass
Assisted GPS (Wi-Fi + 3G model)
Cellular (Wi-Fi + 3G model)
+iRepYou guys are wrong. It uses GPS (check the apple website). If you are a college student and don't want to shell the dough for an iPhone or a macbook, you have another option. You can do much more with it than the ipod touch. You also get the option of using the data network or not. I only wish it ran OS X. Guess I have to wait for someone to jailbreak it.
My point:
Sometimes a handgun is best.
Sometimes a shotgun is best.
Sometimes a rifle is best.
You can use just one or you can use the right tool for the job.
oh, and it DOES have GPS, lol. reeeeeaaaaadddd it. and it works great with the iphone. i don't understand how ppl complain about this! get a garmin phone if you want a dedicated gps platform. the iPhone works great at triangulating your position with whatever combination of radio frequencies, llke cellular, wi-fi, and yes, gps.
netbooks suck plain and simple. they have a tiny screen and poor battery life. why do ppl spend 300 bucks on an e-reader? won't a netbook do? nope. there is a niche out there. apple sees it and so do I. studies now show ppl view their technology(phones/ipod/computers) as a status symbol that's higher than their car or (forbid it) guns.
also, i have owned an iPhone for a couple years now and I love it. but I hate browsing the web, because the browser is so tiny! no w, i can read the web without zooming in and out. I will probably sell my iPhone and get this (anyone interested?).
i see ppl react to technology like this, "ahh! it's horrible!" then, ppl give it a second thought. then, some try it. then, they tell their friends and they like it. repeat the cycle a few times and suddenly, it's a sensation! great thing is that time will dicate how great a product is.
spend $300 on a crappy PC netbook(bleghh! viruses, Windows, and limited battery, oh my!) or an e-reader (black and white snooze machine) OR
spend $500 for a full-screen, blazing fast, HD movie-player, mp3 player, game-player, word processor, web surfer that doesn't get viruses and runs for 10 hours.
to each his own!!!