Ipod touch

[Rick_D]

_exactly_

and the nokia isn't the only phone that is comparable to the iPhone - not to mention manufacturers will be pumping out new shit to compete with apple (or at least to compete with their marketing dept) so you'll get better manufacturers (ie: good support, warranty, service etc) with phones of equal or better quality for if not the same price then possibly less. I don't understand this fascination with Apple products - it's not like they have ever done anything ground breaking except maybe their first computer and after that it's all been downhill.

And that little rant is why I won't be buying any apple portable products - I have a 10 pound mp3 player (stores 1g and is enough for any trip I make), a PC that does everything I need without requiring any software (shockingly I can drag n drop music onto my mp3 player without requiring iTunes) - and my phone works rather well for text msgs and phone calls - good rates, easy to use, built well with a warranty that will last until the phone stops being supported (4 or 5 years yet).

So, I don't feel the need to buy into apple's 'way of life' bs when everything I have or can get will do a better job for less money and less hassle. Or do I need an iPod and an iPhone and an iTouch in order to be a "cool artist guy"

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[Ginger Lord]

as an owner of an iphone and a friend of someone with an ipod touch

do yourself a favor and get the iphone. the only phone that remotely comes near the iphone is the blackberry in terms of functionality and options

lulz.

This would be valuable advice if the year was 2002. The only thing the iPhone has over other phones would be the touchscreen which is:

a) Nothing new

b) Not well implemented, I like not looking at the screen whenever I want to use my phone.

Edit: Actually, seeing as the US is quite far behind Europe in terms of mobile phones I suppose it might be a new thing to them but I'm pretty sure when the iPhone hits here it will not be pleasant for apple.

[Skjalg]

I think it will be, people love the simplicity and the sleekness of the ipod stuff.. .

[Duff-e]

lol...thanks

well I mean...as ginger_lord said, as american I don't have 3G options so that weighs heavily in my endorsement for the iphone. I've mostly had blackberries for the past 5 years (the older ones and two of the newer versions). The only pitfall for the iphone for me is the camera, which in corporate America is usually not allowed.

that said, the iphone is definitely more of a toy than anything else. it's fun to play around with and people are always impressed by it. I'd say what puts the iphone at the top of the list for me more than anything else is the fact that the screen is about 2x the size of your average phone. That and it's flawlessly integrated with the ipod interface and one of the only phone/mp3 hybrids I've used that doesn't look retarded.

again this is all personal preference, from a technical standpoint I'm aware that the iphone is easily trumped.