The New iPhone

June 10, 2008 on 12:20 pm | In Technology, Product, - Jauretsi |

Twice as Fast. Half the Price.

(The new iPhone will be released July 11th. It’s 2.8 X faster than the last one actually!)

I’ve been hooked on my Blackberry for practical work reasons (my office is all on Blackberry system with Contacts), so I skipped the first model and prayed that the second one would woo me. Anyway, the new one is coming July 11th. Here are the latest reasons to consider this fine specimen… (although I still prefer my Blackberry keyboard to iPhone’s touchscreen keyboard).

New things I found interesting:

• “Contact searches” is improved.
• Now Microsoft Exchange docs can be accessed better (solves my Blackberry/Contacts connectivity issues in my office)
• New buttons: “bulk”, “delete”, “move” can move around tons of documents easier.
• Ability to save your images to your Photo Library is easier.
• Better Calculator toys.
• Useless to me but outstanding they did this — new Asian languages (Japanese, Chinese)
• Hardcore Battery Life: Standby can exist for up to 300 hours now. Talk time goes up to 5 hours. High-Speed Internet Browsing goes up to 5-6 hours. Video can be seen for up to 7 hours. Audio can be heard for up to 24 hours.
• Built-in GPS — BEST REASON TO BUY THIS NEW ONE. No more getting lost while driving internationally!

If I haven’t commented on Steven Jobs’ world domination enough, here’s more: he’s rollin’ out these new iPhones to 70 countries now (sealed up with all those deals locked in place with local carriers). Like Mr.Jobs said at the new keynote speech: “Next time you’re in Malta, and you need a 3G iPhone, it’ll be there for you.”

Total = Starts at $199!!!!!

And now, after my amateur 2 cents, I’ll end with words from our Starworks techie friend, Sir Jack Furious. I was curious if it was worth breaking up with Mr.Blackberry, and flinging with Mr.iPhone … and here’s his words. Over and Out.
J

(Some new iPhone models come in white too)

iPhone review
Written by Sir Jack Furious
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Unless you have been under a rock for the last day you probably heard the announcement of a new 3G iPhone. So let’s talk mobile phones, and there’s really only two types of phones that you need to know– Apple iPhone and any Blackberry (sorry Nokia n95/96 lovers!). I’m definitely not going to talk about a Google-Android-based phone until we actually see them in the wild.

So first up is the Blackberry. The major reason you would ever really want a Blackberry is because of BlackBerry Messenger or Enterprise email. It has research in motions killer applications. It’s also why there are millions of crackberry addicts around the world.

That leaves Apple’s iPhone as the last one standing. It has superior multimedia and internet browsing capabilities to anything in the market. Another factor is rethinking it as your music carrier. Who really uses their Blackberry to listen to music? Sure you can, but you don’t. The iPhone is an iPod, and soon-to-be very capable gaming platform (once the games get released) along with everything else it does.

Now a good thing just got better. The just announced iPhone has basically doubled its bandwidth speeds with that 3G chip. The phone now has the ability to push email to the phone just like blackberry and Microsoft offerings. As for the Apple iPhone now, it has that technical edge now which puts it head-and-shoulders above anything else. Plus it looks fantastic. The form factor has changed a little — it now has a plastic back that is more rounded. It looks like it might wobble when set down on its back.

Here’s the best part of the new Apple offering — Its a price drop. Black or white (8GB and 16GB) are now $199 and $299 respectively.
-SJF