Comments on: The First Phone I've Been Excited About In A Long Time http://mattmaroon.com/2009/01/10/the-first-phone-ive-been-excited-about-in-a-long-time/ Get Marooned Fri, 23 Mar 2012 20:15:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: alvaaclay1980 http://mattmaroon.com/2009/01/10/the-first-phone-ive-been-excited-about-in-a-long-time/#comment-19377 Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:17:31 +0000 http://mattmaroon.com/?p=629#comment-19377 Be developer friendly. With the exception of Loopt, Apple has treated their developers like parasites. They finally got rid of the NDA, which was absurd, but they still rule the approval process in a capricious and arbitrary manner that discourages serious mocospace.com investment in the platform. The worst part is, they’re only hurting themselves. There’s no reason whatsoever to worry about someone competing with your apps on your hardware platform

]]> By: surfboards http://mattmaroon.com/2009/01/10/the-first-phone-ive-been-excited-about-in-a-long-time/#comment-19376 Sat, 14 Mar 2009 12:16:37 +0000 http://mattmaroon.com/?p=629#comment-19376 This is very well written post, I loved the way you expressed your demands in phone, I wonder how you and I have the same taste!!

]]> By: John http://mattmaroon.com/2009/01/10/the-first-phone-ive-been-excited-about-in-a-long-time/#comment-19372 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:25:08 +0000 http://mattmaroon.com/?p=629#comment-19372 I'm a little baffled by the enthusiasm for the Palm Pre. It looks ugly and cheap. The interface seems interesting but not as good as the iphone. I agree that AT&T has some network issues but it's definitely not “atrocious”. Yes, Verizon's network is probably the best overall, but AT&T is certainly better than Sprint, or T-Mobile. They also stick to the international GSM standard so you can use it in most countries when traveling overseas. Dedicated keyboard – if you used the iphone for a week you would be typing faster (or as fast) than you do on your blackberry/blackjack/etc ( I had both before the iphone). Tethering – correct, there is no “official” tethering plan via AT&T but if you jailbreak the phone there are multiple applications that work very well. ATT had issues with data speed at first but I think that had more to do with the fact that 2 million new iphone users hopped on the network within a couple months. They seem to have worked out the kinks. I routinely get excellent data transfer speeds (~1M/sec). Camera/video – yes, could be better but really that's not particularly important to me.

]]> By: tjstankus http://mattmaroon.com/2009/01/10/the-first-phone-ive-been-excited-about-in-a-long-time/#comment-19370 Sun, 11 Jan 2009 02:16:00 +0000 http://mattmaroon.com/?p=629#comment-19370 Fair enough. I changed carriers just to get the iPhone. Luckily my Verizon plan expired just after the 3G came out. Of course, I am a representative sample of 1. :)

]]> By: tjstankus http://mattmaroon.com/2009/01/10/the-first-phone-ive-been-excited-about-in-a-long-time/#comment-19369 Sun, 11 Jan 2009 01:39:22 +0000 http://mattmaroon.com/?p=629#comment-19369 Nice article, but I have to pick nits with one assertion:

“People choose the network and then the phone, and Apple hasn’t changed that noticeably.”

http://www.wired.com/gadgets/wireless/magazine/…

Scroll to the last paragraph, first page, and go from there if you don't want to read the whole thing.

]]> By: zato http://mattmaroon.com/2009/01/10/the-first-phone-ive-been-excited-about-in-a-long-time/#comment-19368 Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:26:01 +0000 http://mattmaroon.com/?p=629#comment-19368 “They finally got rid of the NDA, which was absurd, but they still rule the approval process in a capricious and arbitrary manner that discourages serious investment in the platform. The worst part is, they’re only hurting themselves.”

There are over 13.000 apps. They have sold 15 million phones. The are expected to sell 20-40 million this year.

Try not to be a total APPL hating asshole. It hurts your credibility.

]]> By: J http://mattmaroon.com/2009/01/10/the-first-phone-ive-been-excited-about-in-a-long-time/#comment-19367 Sat, 10 Jan 2009 14:20:36 +0000 http://mattmaroon.com/?p=629#comment-19367 Right now Apple wins 1-7. And 8-100. The Pre isn't even out yet.

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