The failure of a mobile device (according to this source), the iPhone, has had its Apps store up for about three days now. Apple has put up about 500 applications on the first day, of which about a quarter of them are free apps, and I have already downloaded a few which I would find useful. The good thing about the iPhone is that it’ll share many similarities with OS X, and one of which is the community support which includes free and quality apps.
Some, one of which I linked up there because his captcha didn’t work, ironically, with my open-source browser, may argue that Android = open-source = free, but I think that’s a pretty simplistic argument. The iPhone has proven itself to be more than a welcoming environment for free apps, but the fact is, shouldn’t some apps be worth paying for? As if all of Android apps will be free.
I could do without paying for productivity apps, because I’m not really a productive person myself, but I sure as hell am going to buy games:
Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D
Super Monkey Ball
Enigmo
These are full mobile games, be it from big-name developers like Sega or Vivendi, or small-time indie developers. While Apple didn’t really have gaming in mind, I suspect they might very well exceed Nokia’s gaming efforts, and Nokia has been trying quite hard. It might be a stretch to say that the iPhone would stand up to the DS or PSP, but I do believe it’ll do pretty well as a games platform. THQ and Electronic Arts are expected to release games soon as well.
An iPod, internet tablet and a phone, now with capable gaming abilities. The iPhone is the most featured media phone there is on the market. Hell, it already has rumble (due to its phone vibration alert), and control mechanisms that could ride on the success of the Wii and DS Lite. Cooking Mama and Patapon for the iPhone please.
With more than 7 million iPhones sold to date and who knows how many iPod touches, the iPhone platform is also extremely lucrative to develop apps for. I guess it has indeed “failed”.
I am eager to see what Android brings to the table.
kev 12:42 am on July 15, 2008 Permalink |
OMG crash bandicoot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
iphone wanna 10:19 am on July 17, 2008 Permalink |
Hey, so is it possible to buy the iphone [non 3g] and upgrade it to the latest software version? Ehm, techno bimbo here, so i know nuts.. yea…
Seth 5:34 pm on July 17, 2008 Permalink |
The latest firmware jailbroken and unlocked for use outside of the official carriers is 1.1.4.
While the hackers have demonstrated that the 2.0 can be unlocked, they have yet to release a tool for us to unlock it.
Hopefully it’ll be released soon. Akan datang…
iphone wanna 7:08 pm on July 17, 2008 Permalink |
ehhh, i have no idea what you just blah-ed. Ehm, this is the story, i wanna get the iphone, but i like the design of the older one better. So can i buy one and will it work fine with the new firmware and my sim card? haha..
Seth 8:12 pm on July 17, 2008 Permalink |
If you buy one from someone that’s already unlocked, then you can just insert your SIM card.
If you buy one that is not yet unlocked, then you’ll have to unlock it yourself.
iphone wanna 9:17 am on July 18, 2008 Permalink |
hmmm but what about the version thing? does it matter which one i buy?
Seth 11:45 pm on July 18, 2008 Permalink |
No. All iPhones 1.0 are unlockable.
quek 8:52 am on July 22, 2008 Permalink |
would you recommend the 3g or the old one unlocked? any significant difference?
Seth 7:58 pm on July 22, 2008 Permalink |
The 3G one. It has incremental improvements over last year’s model like better speakers and obviously the 3G chip.
Our local data rates for GPRS are very expensive, while 3G data plans are reasonably priced. Moreover, 3G has faster speeds. That’s the one major factor in choosing the newest iPhone, aside from the fact that the old iPhone wouldn’t even be sold in Singapore officially.