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On Tue, 3 Jul 2007, Jonathan King wrote:
It is pretty darn obvious that that one "killer app" for this technology
is a wireless "web tablet" you would use in the home. On a sufficiently
big screen, an on-screen keyboard with good prediction/correction
built-in would serve the needs of a lot of people. Or you could just use
your bluetooth keyboard with it.
It would be cool in the home to use the iPhone to remote control a PC (VNC
or whatever) that had my CD collection on it and was hooked up to a stereo
system. I would definitely have fun with that. It isn't that big of a
deal though because I could just walk over to the computer that his hooked
up to the stereo and work with it directly.
The design and human interface isn't perfect, but it's shockingly better
than anything else I have seen out there (with the prominent exception
of the keyboard, of course).
This is the problem with these little buggers - if you want a keypad, you
have to dump some screenspace. Some makers have gotten clever with
clamshell designs where you flip the screen about -- that might be the
best way to go but your phone has to be a little thicker. The core
problem is that we have conflicting needs -- more battery, lower weight,
bigger display and keypad, but smaller device.
It is very strange that they don't include any games, though, since the
device is just so fun to play with. One interesting thing was that they
had all of the demo units in the store set to use the AT&T network
rather than to use wifi. This was a clever move, because you could see
that the network was clearly slower than wifi would be, but not unusable
slower. If they had push email for this ala RIM, they might even be able
to wean some people off of their crackberries, which would normally be
unthinkable here in DC.
They do have a way of checking email at 15-minute intervals. Not push,
but not too far behind.
I guess Apple's new touch design implies that multitouch doesn't work
with old-fashioned touch screens like the one on my Treo.
The problem with touch screens requiring pressure is that it is very
hard to make smooth, quick gestures. So the really great navigation
interface is a lot harder to do, and if there's anything that's
important to Apple, it's the interface.
It's so nice that it makes me want to clip my fingernails (on my
guitar-picking right hand!).
Mike
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