There’s no shortage of iPhone 4 coverage on the web today. Here’s Engadget’s Joshua Topolsky:
We’ve just gotten some face time (ha ha!) with the new iPhone 4, and let’s just say this: it’s incredibly sexy. We’ll hand it to Apple, the phone is so thin it’s kind of mind-boggling. The 3GS by comparison looks bloated.
Promising little machine from Apple. With little doubt I think this certainly upped the smartphone ante.
(The GUI looked like it was running a bit sluggish to me. Anyone else?)
Beat TV tapes John Johnson debunking the myth that Verizon plans to offer iPhones:
The idea of Verizon carrying iPhones didn’t make much sense to begin with when handset competition is mainly tied to cellular provider. We know [for now] that the Verizon iPhone is nothing but a consumer’s pipe dream.
WIRED speculates:
One big question remaining is the back of the iPhone. Neither Gizmodo nor the Vietnamese blog were able to confirm the exact material, but they described it as a glasslike plastic. Here’s the kicker: An analyst said in January that he’d heard Apple’s next iPhone would feature a touch-sensitive housing similar to that seen on Apple’s multitouch Magic Mouse. We’re willing to guess the next iPhone’s back will detect multitouch gestures so you can control core features such as the music player while the device is still inside your pocket.
Controlling iPhone functions with taps and swipes on the back casing is smartphone technology ahead of its time…
Sam Pullara on Android:
…I think we can see the writing on the wall that Android is going to dominate iPhone market-share wise which will eventually make it a more attractive platform business-wise.
We’re ringside for a promising smartphone battle. Android vs. iPhone.
Even our gracefully fast cellular internet connections in Japan still present one significant roadblock to accessing data through web-based applications: No network – No productivity.
Can a web-app ever replace a native smartphone app? Not likely without significant enhancements in cellular and Wi-Fi infrastructure.
Take Google Apps for example. We all know that Google is a heavy pusher of their web-based applications. With tools like Gmail, Google Docs, Google Calendar and that OS-killing Chrome, Google in fact does a great job rolling out it’s web app offerings.
Unfortunately though, Google has a hard time pushing the majority of its web apps without a continuously live internet connection.
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Does anyone else feel a little bit tech-spoiled? Now that I have a 3.5G phone (Nokia E71 and loving it) and an unlimited data plan, I’ve noticed that whenever I have to wait for something – anything – regardless of how long it may take – from less than 1 minute to 10 minutes, I automatically sit down, whip out my phone and fire up Opera Mini. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining. I’m unbelievably happy to have the internet at my fingertips anywhere and almost everywhere, subject to the infrastructure of my service provider.
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If you’re not already living your life with a smartphone, then you could be closing your eyes to an entirely new world.
Unlike legacy cell phones that function mainly as a telephony device [with web as an afterthought], smartphones like the iPhone boast enriched communications where ‘everything web’ and ‘voice’ is brought to you full-time – on demand – in one tidy pocket-size package.
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There’s a lot of talk lately about Obama’s Blackberry and what choices he will have once he enters his presidency. What initially shocked me was the lack of understanding by the general public when it comes to secure devices.
Engadget shed some light on the only two devices NSA has approved for use by government and DoD personnel.
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