As much as I’m glad to say that they published the extra numbers for battery life, it sounds like they did the research in the lab, so your mileage may vary; caveat emptor. The word is apparently that the battery lasts about 5 hours for talk time.
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And I thought only consumers would be lining up outside of AT&T stores. Apparently waves of job applicants are gearing up to snatch positions generated from all the iPhone buzz.
This image scares the hell out of me because it confirms that iPhone mania that we’ve all joked about may in fact turn out to be true. On Friday June 29, I and thousands of other consumers will standing in lines very similar to the one you see above, in order to get an iPhone. The thought that I may end up wasting my time in a long queue and coming home empty handed doesn’t exactly sit well with me.
Saabira Chaudhuri of Fast Company believes iPhone doesn’t have the chutzpah to capture the same success achieved by its cousin, the iPod.
The iPod set an impossibly high bar, one that the iPhone will not match or even come close to. But the new device could still be very successful, particularly in the long term. By combining a phone, a music player and an Internet device all in one, while coupling them with the most user friendly interface it could conceive of, Apple aims to embody one of the most fundamental ideals that underlies modern day consumerism: convenience.
AT&T’s recently announced peer to peer content service, called Video Share, won’t work with iPhone. Why? Because the service requires a 3G network connection. You know, 3G? That lamentedly lacking technology in iPhone?
That zany analyst Shaw Wu (woo woo) from American Tech Research speculates that Apple is developing a low-cost mass market iPhone for the RAZR crowd, or so he says. Mr. Wu (can I call you Mr. Wu?) is basing his reasoning on Apple’s iPod strategy which began with the introduction of pricey high end models, eventually branching off into an assortment of models in different price tiers.
In other news, researchers have discovered the sky is blue. Video at 11:00.
A poll conducted by research firm M:Metrics in May concluded that nearly 19 Million (queue Dr. Evil voice) cell phone users here in the land of the free are willing to shell out $599 for an iPhone – and intend to do so on June 29. If this survey translates into reality, Verizon and Sprint may see a huge defection among their subscriber base as customers migrate to AT&T in order to get an iPhone.
I don’t put much faith behind polls, but I do believe that all the iPhone haters out there are going to be left with egg on their face as June 29+ will reveal some rather interesting surprises.
The press release published today by Apple sent the company stock price trending upwards more than $3 a share. Frightening how even the most trivial news can effect stocks. In other news, I sat on my car keys this morning, sending me upwards more than three feet in the air. Sadly this had no effect on my portfolio.
Remember back in January at MacWorld, during the iPhone unveiling, when Google CEO Eric Schmidt jested on stage that one of the reasons he joined Apple’s board of directors was to get an iPhone? It was all made in fun of course, but it seems Eric made good on that boast because he in fact does now have an iPhone, which he flaunted on camera at a recent forum. (see above).
There’s a great article at UPenn that delves into the study of marketing and hype, geared directly towards gadget release. The you-know-what is the main thing under their microscope, as it goes into detail as to why it was pre-announced by 6 months. They cover how some companies really have their way with marketing and pre-releases and hype, and some others, well, how does one actually come out and say it, not have way.
It appears that the battery will get more talk time than initially disclosed. Apple now claims 8 hours of talk time, or six hours if you’re browsing via wifi. Not bad, not bad. This may do something to quell the complaints of folks that want to do battery switching. Here’s the updated talk time information with added hours in parentheses:
- talk time: 8 hours (+3)
- standby: 250 hours (not disclosed)
- internet use: 6 hours (+1)
- video playback: 7 hrs (+2
- audio playback: 24 hrs (+8)
Apple has also replaced the plastic screen cover with a higher quality glass cover, which should mightily improve scratch resistance of the screen. [via]
