Time names iPhone Invention of the Year

[aryayush]

But as long as it cannot send MMS, it's crap, right!

[Tanmay]

Originally Posted by aryayush

But as long as it cannot send MMS, it's crap, right!

Eh ? It does send MMS....or u just being sarcastic again ?

[aryayush]

Yeah, that rolling eyes smiley ought to have done the trick.

[iMav]

A device that needs to be hacked and depends on 3rd party coders for making apps for basic operations is crap

and wat am gonna do with a software tht can only send and not rx

[MetalheadGautham]

Originally Posted by iMav

A device that needs to be hacked and depends on 3rd party coders for making apps for basic operations is crap

So that means you just agreed that Windows is the biggest piece of crap in the universe. right?

Get real man/v. The iPhone is a brilliant piece of hardware, and a not so brilliant piece of software. But still, as long as the hardware is brilliant, we can install better software in it free of cost to make it better. So as long as it still has that awssome hardware, I give it a thumbs up. Compare it to the Wii. It has brilliant software, but not so brilliant hardware. Its not as good as the PS3 for the same reason.

[Pathik]

+1 The iPhone/s hardware is too good at its price. Just that Stevie crippled it in terms of software. But now that is going to change.

[aryayush]

Originally Posted by MetalheadGautham

So that means you just agreed that Windows is the biggest piece of crap in the universe. right?

Ha! Ha! Good point.

Originally Posted by MetalheadGautham

not so brilliant piece of software

The software is what's good about the phone (and all other Apple products). Other companies can make well designed hardware too (though not many come close to Apple) but Apple makes the best software in the business.

[MetalheadGautham]

Originally Posted by pathiks

+1 The iPhone/s hardware is too good at its price. Just that Stevie crippled it in terms of software. But now that is going to change.

I can't wait for the Pocket Linux Developers to finish the iPhone Linux. Damn lack of Resources.

Have you seen what Sony ended up doing by supporting(bribing according to iMav) developers to aid their efforts in making a good linux distro for the PS3(Yellow Dog Linux)? They ensured that their device is top class.

Ofcource, an OS manufacturer like Apple can't help other OS Developers...

Originally Posted by aryayush

The software is what's good about the phone (and all other Apple products). Other companies can make well designed hardware too (though not many come close to Apple) but Apple makes the best software in the business.

its not that good... but its definitely eye-candy

[iMav]

Originally Posted by MetalheadGautham

So that means you just agreed that Windows is the biggest piece of crap in the universe. right?

Elaborate plz

[goobimama]

What's wrong with eye candy?

Take for instance the video player. It's absolutely perfect. There's nothing more to be desired there. Sure they have not allowed different codecs, but those are self imposed limitations. But the moment they add eye candy to it, everyone complains that the software sucks and it's all eye candy.

Originally Posted by Mavy boy

and wat am gonna do with a software tht can only send and not rx

Does this sentence make sense to ANYONE?

[aryayush]

The guy wants Linux on everything. If I'm not wrong, he was the one who once said that the iPod sells only because there are Linux variants designed for it. Now he's saying the same thing about the PS3.

Dude, you've got it backwards. There are Linux variants for devices that are successful. Devices don't become successful due to Linux.

[ravi_9793]

hey..thats gr8 news.

Some good news for iphone.

[MetalheadGautham]

Originally Posted by aryayush

The guy wants Linux on everything. If I'm not wrong, he was the one who once said that the iPod sells only because there are Linux variants designed for it. Now he's saying the same thing about the PS3.

Dude, you've got it backwards. There are Linux variants for devices that are successful. Devices don't become successful due to Linux.

Actually, there is nothing better for many people than using the same thing everywere. I and many more like linux because its everywere. There is nothing wrong with it.

iPod was successful, agreed. But it stays so, despite other better products and cheaper products appearing in the market only because of RockBox and iPod Linux, which were made once iPod first became successful.

That 100$ 30 GB Zune is good VFM, and good quality too, but people still go for the iPod due to its large customisability thanks to the other apps available for it.

And yes, you may have a point in saying linux comes in popular devices, but still, they often retain that popularity for a long time due to linux being available exclusively to it compared to its peers for some time.

Anyway, what have you got against linux to prohibit its arrival on more and more platforms?

I like linux on many platforms due to availability of support for almost ANY codec with linux. Even linux mobiles have VLC. So Linux in iPhone means more format support. Am I wrong in hoping for support for non-apple formats in apple hardware?

Originally Posted by goobimania

What's wrong with eye candy?

Take for instance the video player. It's absolutely perfect. There's nothing more to be desired there. Sure they have not allowed different codecs, but those are self imposed limitations. But the moment they add eye candy to it, everyone complains that the software sucks and it's all eye candy.

Did I say anything was wrong with Eye-Candy? I just said they have eye-candy. I never opposed it. And if you look closely in the Post your GNU/Linux desktop thread, you can clearly see that Gautham Loves Eye-Candy.

Originally Posted by goobimania

Originally Posted by Mavy boy
and wat am gonna do with a software tht can only send and not rx
Does this sentence make sense to ANYONE?

No. Lets ask him, shall we?

[Tanmay]

Originally Posted by iMav

Elaborate plz

In more KG standard English that you understand, he meant Windows is crap according to you as it depends on 3rd party coders for making apps for basic operations like opening Word Documents or a PDF

[aryayush]

Originally Posted by MetalheadGautham

Actually, there is nothing better for many people than using the same thing everywere. I and many more like linux because its everywere. There is nothing wrong with it.

Of course there isn't.

Originally Posted by MetalheadGautham

iPod was successful, agreed. But it stays so, despite other better products and cheaper products appearing in the market only because of RockBox and iPod Linux, which were made once iPod first became successful.

Completely and laughably wrong. It is a ridiculous claim. It's almost like saying that human beings use cars because seat covers are available for the seats in various colours.

If Rockbox, or whatever other forms of Linux exist for the iPod, were to vanish today, Apple would probably stand to lose about 0.5% marketshare. I think I'm being too generous even by conceding that much.

How many iPods have you seen that have Linux installed on them? Personally, out of the fifty or so iPods I've seen in my life, I haven't see Linux on even one of them and I've don't know anyone in real life who even knows that there is something like Linux for the iPod.

Even I - a person who is quite interested in technology and specially in Apple Inc., a person who blogs about them and trolls the Internet searching for any and all sorts of news related to Apple (for my job) - only know the name of one Linux distro for the iPod and that's the end of it.

How can you be so naive as to suggest that the existence of a Linux OS for the iPod holds any significance at all, at least in terms of sales and popularity of the device!

Originally Posted by MetalheadGautham

That 100$ 30 GB Zune is good VFM, and good quality too, but people still go for the iPod due to its large customisability thanks to the other apps available for it.

The last thing anyone buys the iPod for is "the other apps available for it". Are there any? What are the apps available for the iPod?

People buy the iPod for four reasons, and four reasons only:
1. The quality of music is very good;
2. The click wheel (user interface);
3. The killer looks; and
4. The Apple logo (i.e. the association with a company like Apple, the cool factor and flaunt value, etc.).

Hold a poll here and ask why people buy the iPod. Put your Linux thingy as an option and populate the rest of the fields with anything you want, even things that don't make sense and Linux would still lose. It's that insignificant. It is completely non-existent. I hate to break it to you but it is the truth.

Originally Posted by MetalheadGautham

And yes, you may have a point in saying linux comes in popular devices, but still, they often retain that popularity for a long time due to linux being available exclusively to it compared to its peers for some time.

Yeah, sure! The last thing Microsoft is worried about right now is that there isn't a Linux variant for the Zune. I can promise you this.

Originally Posted by MetalheadGautham

Anyway, what have you got against linux to prohibit its arrival on more and more platforms?

Nothing. I've got absolutely nothing against it. Not once have I uttered a word against Linux itself.

But I simply will not stand by and listen to ludicurous comments such as yours. The iPod is what it is because of, of all things, Linux! Ha! Ha! Please don't say something like this in public.

Originally Posted by MetalheadGautham

I like linux on many platforms due to availability of support for almost ANY codec with linux. Even linux mobiles have VLC. So Linux in iPhone means more format support. Am I wrong in hoping for support for non-apple formats in apple hardware?

No, but people like you screw up their devices and then blame Apple for it. And if they happen to be Americans, they sue Apple for it. That's wrong.

I couldn't care less though. It gives me news to blog about so I'm happy.

[adithya_s]

Originally Posted by MetalheadGautham

iPod was successful, agreed. But it stays so, despite other better products and cheaper products appearing in the market only because of RockBox and iPod Linux, which were made once iPod first became successful.

That 100$ 30 GB Zune is good VFM, and good quality too, but people still go for the iPod due to its large customisability thanks to the other apps available for it.

And yes, you may have a point in saying linux comes in popular devices, but still, they often retain that popularity for a long time due to linux being available exclusively to it compared to its peers for some time.

No. Lets ask him, shall we?

dude u have an ipod? u have linux installed in it? if yes just hold the player to your ear while linux boots up.. u can hear the shi**y noise of read-write head.. if not coming it will come eventually wait for an year..

u know why apple guys havent utilized the 100 percent hardware of ipod?
coz if they do the life of the pmp will decrease.. as u know it contains hard disk(which u'll be handling roughly..)if some small thing happens to read write head.. u will have to throw the player to thrash..

no one can beat the hardware and software of ipods or iphone..

when it was released i've seen so many guys shi**ing bout it.. but now..?
this is the first phone from them.. i'm pretty sure that they will rock pmp & cellphone industry in next 3 years..

once it comes to india (officially) u will get n95 for some 15k..

every one will sell there phones to buy iphone...

[aryayush]

I hope not.

[goobimama]

^^ Precisely why I'm trying to convince my friends that the HTC touch is a much better phone than the crap that is iPhone...

[gxsaurav]

Originally Posted by aryayush

The guy wants Linux on everything. If I'm not wrong, he was the one who once said that the iPod sells only because there are Linux variants designed for it. Now he's saying the same thing about the PS3.

Dude, you've got it backwards. There are Linux variants for devices that are successful. Devices don't become successful due to Linux.

Are arya, he wants linux on his washing machine & toaster too

[Faun]

^^thats innovative

[adithya_s]

off topic
@tanmay why is't chip accepting the registrations?
i dont get that image thing while getting registered..

[Tanmay]

I guess prolly they're in process of upgrading to phpBB v3....

[preshit.net]

Naah, CHIP always has some problem or the other.

[max_demon]

Cent percent right


it is hacking device


as i liked

1 Sony Ericsson K750

2 Sony PSP

3 and third place goes to iPhone

4 Sony Ericsson k800i

it can be modified to all it's extant (NOt Hardware Modding but still Collecting money to buy iPhone

oh wait , I haven't Collected mony to even buy PSP iPhone is very Far )

what i can do is , Collect money

[Voldy]

i agree with the selection of iPhone by time for the invention of the year its a coolest gadget of the year

[iMav]

Some1 said tht windows depends on 3rd party developers - even an 8th std child wont say something like this windows is an os iphone is a device windows is not a device its an operating system, the level of stupidity displayed by comment is un-parallel and hence i respect arya as he atleast makes sense

the mms softy tht was linked some pages back as a reply to arya can only send mms and not rx which means tht u cant send mms to an iphone

ps: iv been usin my couz's touch and it has given me win mobile commercial idea al i need is to get an iphone and touch

the htc touch rox and recemondd, thinner and lighter than it seems

linux on toaster sory boss i cant connect the toaster to d net for dwnldin light brown toast packages and il go nuts tryin to dwnld packages for my diferent clothes

[superczar]

I visit back after a month or so and see the same cra$$y discussion gng on...
get a life guys!

imav/gx don't like the iphone, their loss
Gautam wants linux on his toothbrush, his call
Arya/Goobi love their Macs...so be it...

Seriously, Apple/MS/*nix (ok, let's include symbian too) represent entirely different philosophies, so you can either try and use the most appropriate one based on the situation....
or close your mind and continue to wallow within the muck of your limited horizons

[krazzy]

Originally Posted by iMav

Some1 said tht windows depends on 3rd party developers - even an 8th std child wont say something like this windows is an os iphone is a device windows is not a device its an operating system, the level of stupidity displayed by comment is un-parallel and hence i respect arya as he atleast makes sense

the mms softy tht was linked some pages back as a reply to arya can only send mms and not rx which means tht u cant send mms to an iphone

ps: iv been usin my couz's touch and it has given me win mobile commercial idea al i need is to get an iphone and touch

the htc touch rox and recemondd, thinner and lighter than it seems

linux on toaster sory boss i cant connect the toaster to d net for dwnldin light brown toast packages and il go nuts tryin to dwnld packages for my diferent clothes

Please use your fingers to type next time.