Comments on: Another day, another revolution http://idiozeitgeist.com/2007/09/05/another-day-another-revolution/ The blog of St. Chris. Tue, 05 Jun 2018 02:04:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: St. Chris http://idiozeitgeist.com/2007/09/05/another-day-another-revolution/#comment-171 St. Chris Fri, 07 Sep 2007 18:50:38 +0000 http://idiozeitgeist.com/2007/09/05/another-day-another-revolution/#comment-171 <p>Killer, but not market-killer. Apple set out to make a phone; to most of the world, a phone is something you can pick up wherever it is and call someone—without having to concern yourself with finding a WiFi network or, worse, signing in. Dave Winer probably wouldn’t mind all that overhead, but he’s a geek.</p> <p>And there’s no Bluetooth in the official specs.</p> Killer, but not market-killer. Apple set out to make a phone; to most of the world, a phone is something you can pick up wherever it is and call someone—without having to concern yourself with finding a WiFi network or, worse, signing in. Dave Winer probably wouldn’t mind all that overhead, but he’s a geek.

And there’s no Bluetooth in the official specs.

]]> By: Rob Usdin http://idiozeitgeist.com/2007/09/05/another-day-another-revolution/#comment-170 Rob Usdin Fri, 07 Sep 2007 18:19:05 +0000 http://idiozeitgeist.com/2007/09/05/another-day-another-revolution/#comment-170 <p>Even more - rumors abound that it has bluetooth, other rumors say nay. If is has bluetooth, no reason bluetooth headset/mic combo couldn't be hacked onto it with a hacked app to do VOIP.</p> <p>Dave Winer wrote about how if they had allowed that, or done the iPhone that way leaving it as an open device (but limited to Wifi) that would have made it quite the killer gadget indeed.</p> <p>--*Rob</p> Even more – rumors abound that it has bluetooth, other rumors say nay. If is has bluetooth, no reason bluetooth headset/mic combo couldn’t be hacked onto it with a hacked app to do VOIP.

Dave Winer wrote about how if they had allowed that, or done the iPhone that way leaving it as an open device (but limited to Wifi) that would have made it quite the killer gadget indeed.

—*Rob

]]> By: St. Chris http://idiozeitgeist.com/2007/09/05/another-day-another-revolution/#comment-169 St. Chris Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:32:45 +0000 http://idiozeitgeist.com/2007/09/05/another-day-another-revolution/#comment-169 <p>Good points. I’ve responded in an addendum.</p> <p>BTW, the example phrase for “irresistible” in the Mac OS X built-in thesaurus is “irresistible snakeskin stilettos.” Just...<i>say</i> that, man. That’s <i>awesome.</i></p> Good points. I’ve responded in an addendum.

BTW, the example phrase for “irresistible” in the Mac OS X built-in thesaurus is “irresistible snakeskin stilettos.” Just…say that, man. That’s awesome.

]]> By: Perry E. Metzger http://idiozeitgeist.com/2007/09/05/another-day-another-revolution/#comment-167 Perry E. Metzger Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:24:21 +0000 http://idiozeitgeist.com/2007/09/05/another-day-another-revolution/#comment-167 <p>An iPhone or iPod Touch with a hard drive would be quite cool.</p> <p>Equally cool would be an iPod Touch with a speaker + microphone and skype via wifi. :)</p> An iPhone or iPod Touch with a hard drive would be quite cool.

Equally cool would be an iPod Touch with a speaker + microphone and skype via wifi. :)

]]> By: Rob Usdin http://idiozeitgeist.com/2007/09/05/another-day-another-revolution/#comment-165 Rob Usdin Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:47:29 +0000 http://idiozeitgeist.com/2007/09/05/another-day-another-revolution/#comment-165 <p>Surprised Apple did not go with a hard drive for the iPod Touch. 16 GB is just not enough for me. Will wait until it hits 32 GB (my 30 GB iPod is at 24 GB right now).</p> <p>--*Rob</p> Surprised Apple did not go with a hard drive for the iPod Touch. 16 GB is just not enough for me. Will wait until it hits 32 GB (my 30 GB iPod is at 24 GB right now).

—*Rob

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