iPhone firmware 2.0.2 is out... and angry

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I-phone Is I-sexaayy @ Aug 18th 2008 6:24PM

wow the iphone is amazing, its a wonder why anyone still buys other phones :)

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Tor Slettnes @ Aug 19th 2008 7:22PM

Mac OS X is amazing. I wonder why people still use other environments.

The iPhone - well. For people who mainly have used their phones to make calls and some basic texting, I guess it will do - with some slick UI to boot. (And these users are typically new to mobile browsing as well). That said, its feature set (even the 3G) is very limited - even compared with your standard low- to midrange handset. For instance, the Bluetooth stack is essentially useless, it only supports the HSP/HFP to do handsfree calling - not: A2DP/AVRCP to do music streaming, DUN/PAN to allow connection tethering with a bluetooth-enabled internet device (e.g. laptop), HID/SPP to connect an external bluetooth keyboard, OBEX/FTP to send/receive files. Even the otherwise crappy Motorola RAZR supports most of these profiles.

Not to mention that its 3rd party application support remains virtually non-existent - the only applications allowed will be those sanctioned by Apple through the iTunes store. No J2ME, for instance. There is nothing similar to e.g. the Nokia Internet Radio application to let you listen to live radio streams over the internet, or AmazeGPS, TomTom, Garmin etc. mobile applications for voice navigation, encryption utilities for personal information ("eWallet"), video recording feature/app, and so on.

So: Slick UI - sure. Baffling - sure. Features? Not so much.

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