iphone - now I understand

In article <4877b338$0$7334$607ed4bc@cv.net>, "RBM" <rbm@noemail.com>
wrote:

> >> Today, Apple released the new iphone, and being in NY I heard interviews
> >> with some of those "fans" that had been waiting on line for days. I think
> >> I understand now, why Apple doesn't have a larger slice of the cell phone
> >> business. I think the best word to describe their "fans" is lunatics.
> >> These folks even make Oxford sound normal (lol). I'm sure many people
> >> simply don't want to be associated with the kind of nut cases that are
> >> iphone fans, regardless of how good the product may be
> >
> > I know several normal people with iPhones. The lunatics are who you see on
> > TV, but they aren't a large percentage of the users.
>
> I'm sure you are correct, but it sure seems like the lunatics are the most
> vocal, which is typical. It's like they want to be the face of Apple
> products, which can't be an asset to sales

but apple has never had much concern for "sales", that's just not their
focus. they are near purely focused on building the best product for the
least amount of money. sure, high sales are a side-effect of that focus,
but it's never been much of a goal for apple.

Oxford <apony@pasture.com> wrote in news:apony-DDBE0D.23300711072008
@news.qwest.net:

> they are near purely focused on building the best product

Then why did they use a cheap sellphone GPS chip rather than a real GPS
with WAAS compensation so you can have full navigation?

In article <Xns9AD9EA999F126noonehomecom@208.49.80.253>, Larry
<noone@home.com> wrote:
>
> Then why did they use a cheap sellphone GPS chip rather than a real GPS
> with WAAS compensation so you can have full navigation?

it's a real gps, and full navigation has been announced by two
companies so far.

On Jul 13, 3:11*am, nospam <nos...@nospam.invalid> wrote:


> it's a real gps, and full navigation has been announced by two
> companies so far.

Actually I have a much larger talking GPS that does just fine for
driving. What is nice about the iPhone is that I now have another GPS
that fits in my pocket, is always with me, and is perfect for when
walking with map or hybrid map at maximum zoom. You could probably use
this while geocaching too. Taking a picture with all kinds of embedded
data is slick when posted on the web. It makes you wish for a much
better camera now.

This thing is really neat and accurate! True GPS as implemented with
the new iPhone software is just about enough of a reason to buy the
iPhone 3G by itself.

Almost all decent cell phones have GPS buried in them somewhere but
the Apple iPhone 3G makes a really easy integrated to use GPS feature.
All the other current cell phones for the average user are clunky and
awkward to use by comparison.

THANKS MICROSOFT

Vic