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Yup. I do know a lot about the US mobile system. One thing to point out to people here is that unless you have a Nextel (and now Sprint PCS?) Incoming calls use your minutes, so 900 isn't as good as it first sounds.

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It's got a 2 Megapixel camera.

Technical Specifications
Screen size 3.5 inches
Screen resolution 320 by 480 at 160 ppi
Input method Multi-touch
Operating system OS X
Storage 4GB or 8GB
GSM Quad-band (MHz: 850, 900, 1800, 1900)
Wireless data Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) + EDGE + Bluetooth 2.0
Camera 2.0 megapixels
Battery

* Up to 5 hours Talk / Video / Browsing
* Up to 16 hours Audio playback

Dimensions 4.5 x 2.4 x 0.46 inches / 115 x 61 x 11.6mm
Weight 4.8 ounces / 135 grams

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See above, like memory card, 3G, and quite possibly platform-independent applications which still hasn't been confirmed. Given Apple's description of a widget, I wouldn't count on running OpenOffice or similar on it, doing spreadsheet stuff on to work. Apparently with widgets, it can tell you the weather though. Not much consolation.

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I stand corrected on that... But it still doesn't add a massive amount over its competitors.

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The UK/EU version would probably have full UMTS/HSDPA support by the time it's release in Q4.

I think it's only using GPRS/EDGE so far because the US hasn't really begun their next gen network roll out.

Also, as far as I'm aware only Orange here in the UK support the EDGE platform.

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Must be a boy thing cos I just want a phone to ring and I can call people. Don't care about pixels and cameras and two-flange-overmeters or whatever gizmos you end up paying a fortune for :p:

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Yeah. Slightly tongue in cheek there. It definitely applies to some of the accessories though. I bought an ipod mains charger a while back. I believe Apple charged £20. I paid £5 for a generic one.

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It must be a bummer when flying though. Can't use your mp3 player/watch videos in-flight as the device is a phone.

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Really?


Like Gavin said, PDA/phones & smartphones have been around for ages.


My old (2003) Sony-Ericsson P900 (running Symbian UIQ) could do all the normal phone things, plus access the internet, plus do PDA stuff, plus play MP3s & other audio formats, plus play various video formats, plus run a whole load of excellent & cheap/free software. It was then succeeded by the P910i (minor improvements), & then recently the much delayed P990i (same features as before, but faster, more memory, support for larger memory cards, wireless, 3G, etc.).


My O2 XDA Mini S (aka HTC Wizard) runs Windows Mobile 5, Pocket PC Phone Edition. Again, it can do all the normal phone things, plus access the net, plus do all the "PDA stuff", plus plays MP3s & other audio formats, plus plays WMVs & divx & xvid & so on, plus runs a whole load of excellent & cheapish/cheap/free software, plus takes nice big mini SD memory cards, plus has wireless G, plus can connect to a satnav, and so on & so on & so on. It's already been replaced by faster better devices with more features.



Symbian & Windows Mobile are the two main OS for smartphones & PDA/phones AFAIK, and they & the devices they run on keep getting better.



The iPhone does look very nice, which isn't surprising as it's an Apple product, but I don't see how - at the moment - its a "new area almost" or "without match".

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But compare to say the K750i or the K800i SE handsets. SE really has done fabulous stuff, now a 3.2Mp cameraphone that they are happy to brand as a cybershot. A media player that plays MP3 and AAC files. Proper 3g. Decent battery life, sync to Outlook etc and slips in the pocket and bomb proof. Also can take a 1Gb memory card (possibly more in the K800.

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I imagine it has flight mode. Even the new K800 which is more phone than other devices has flight mode.

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Some more information coming out. Typing is claimed to be 'difficult' and it cannot sync wirelessly with a computer (not to sure about the truth of that one). Web speed is said to be ok but not fast. And, Punky, its not open to 3rd part development. ('yet')

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The software auto-corrects if needs be for mis-typing and you can zoom in and out on maps, images, webpages by spreding your fingers apart or pinching them in

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/0...th-the-iphone/

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Ah, I wasn't aware of that. Cool. :)

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From what I've read mine can do all of that...already.

OK it doesn't have a multi-touch keyboard, but mine does have full slide-out qwerty keyboard...and the screen won't get greasy fingers when I type on that!

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I don't know if this applies to other airlines, but Virgin specifically tell you to turn off your phone even if it has a flight mode.

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Doesn't suprise me in the least.

Spreadsheet/database/word processing work vs stock quotes and weather reports... Something that can be done with just a browser.

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I'm not surprised , you have more holidays than Judith Chalmers. No room for spending on gadgets.