Gadget Wars: Always something to complain about.

When a new gadget comes out, it is always followed up by a competitor’s release of either a new model that’s “better” or a copy-cat of it. When a new car, computer, or appliance is released, today on the internet everybody has an opinion towards it as well; and you can’t find enough people complaining about it.
As most people know, the iPhone is one of the newest and high-tech mobile phones on the market today. It is considered a “cell-phone” but anybody who owns one knows why it isn’t only a phone. I personally like to call it a Mobile Computer.
Of course when the iPhone came out, bloggers and other types reviewed the phone, complaining about it. I’ll give people some credit, the price of the phone itself and the extra monthly fee aren’t very convenient. If you read further though you’ll read why people give other phones like the Samsung Instinct a higher rate of potential. See Instinct vs. iPhone
here to read reviewer’s previous thoughts.

When you read what that person wrote there were some valid points about it. Sprint is cheaper, and the the reviewer apparently liked worthless features. He says “One other big news is that Apple is going to allow third party applications on their iPhone but only those that are approved by them. Not sure how popular that will be.” – The App Store for the iPhone was launched in summer of 2008. Its intent was to serve as a 3rd party application store all iphone and ipod touch users. As of April 24th 2009 they reach 1 billion application downloads. See Apple and Cnet
This shows that the iPhone is one of the newest and most popular innovations. It holds a fully functional gps system, phone access, sms, wifi, full functional internet browser, and accelerometer. It comes with several applications that utilize those features as well. Unlike all other phones, there are thousands of applications that take advantages of all of those features as well. No other phone to date allows this amount of adaptability in a phone. So you can complain that the iPhone can’t record video and that it costs a lot, and that the instinct has voice activation. Looked on the appstore to see how many voice capable apps for; dialing, typing and checking maps. There were more than 1 hundred (i stopped scrolling there).

Yes the iPhone is expensive, but it is one of the most useful and entertaining gadgets yet released that fit in your pocket. I personally frequently use it for; looking up directions and using the GPS (I dont get lost anymore) checking email on the go, looking up things online when a computer isn’t accessible (google or youtube while in the car), check the weather, or just simply talk on aim. Otherwise when I’m bored i simply turn on some youtube, watch television or movies from my computer through the “Orb” application, play games, or even get new games when I don’t feel like playing the ones I already have. People who complain about it though probably have just one problem with the iPhone. They don’t own one.

~ by mckkyl on April 27, 2009.