Comments on: Seriously, It’s Just A Phone

By: CoolGamrSms

CoolGamrSms — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:52:44 +0000

Hahaha, I just saw an iPhone ad on the side of your site. Pwned!

By: BenRK

BenRK — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:19:14 +0000

I’m a “little” late on this one, but I have to agree with you. It is just a phone that’s shiny. Of course, there’s the classic “I like shiny” which is sadly true in today’s world, as far as I can tell.

I go as far as saying we don’t really need cell phones. Sure it’s nice to talk on the go with people, but, in the end, do you really need it? I don’t have a cell phone, and when I “need” to call home to get a ride home (I only just got a car, and I STILL can’t afford it), I either bring the family cell phone, or just borrow someone elses cell phone.

Though I have been tempted to use my DS as a VoIP Phone (which is possible), but I’ve looked at the services, and let’s just say I don’t think it’s worth it. And on that note, I need to buy a new DS, but just because my 3 year old DS’ top screen is all but dead, and the touch screen is acting up more so then usual. When the Lites came out, I didn’t rush out to buy one, and I’m only getting a new one now because my old one is all but dead. In the mean time, I’ll just use the family DS lite, which only my youngest sister uses anyway, and even then, not that often.

By: darkshado

darkshado — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:44:30 +0000

I’m with you on this one an I really can’t see why its getting all this attention when really its just a touch sensitive phone with wifi (which btw is pretty useless if you don’t live in a city).

By: Yourself

Yourself — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:28:38 +0000

Let’s hear it for materialism!

By: tuntis

tuntis — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 23:21:06 +0000

No thank you, I’ll stay with my trustable Nokia 6600.

Which reboots half the time I try to call somebody, crashes when using built-in applications and is the slowest phone I’ve ever used…

By: LostOverThere

LostOverThere — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 12:53:50 +0000

Great article, I totally agree. I mean, its just a phone! And seriously, whats with the crazy pricing? The iPod Touch is like 3 times cheaper then the iPhone, and all the iPhone has that the Touch doesn’t is a camera and you can call people. Seriously…that’s something my sister’s phone she got for $19 can do.

Secondly, the plans are outrageous, in New Zealand, 2 year plans start from as “little” as $8000. Ouch.

By: Soleil

Soleil — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:01:36 +0000

As a typical silicon valley geek, I have access to people in high (relatively) places. Namely, Apple techies with free iPhones the day of release. I played with it a little at a karaoke party (after I brought down the house with “Krytonite” …), and thought it was neat. Smooth graphics, smooth touch interface, smooth shell.

Yet here I am, still using my $30 Nokia brick with no internet and no camera. No complaints.

Apple products are almost all the same. They work great for a few things, and look sexy doing it. But they’re not very versatile and don’t *do* a whole lot.

By: Leif902

Leif902 — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:28:37 +0000

I completely agree; the iPhone’s are neat devices, but I’m just happy with the cheap Nokia that I’ll probably have for years before it finally dies. Waiting outside for a week for anything is a complete waste of life (though admittedly, waiting for football tickets is always a lot of fun, even though I could get cheap ones on game-day; Go Yellow Jackets!)

By: CoolGamrSms

CoolGamrSms — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:26:20 +0000

I think all the hype over the iPhone is nuts. Seriously, people need to go find better things to do. I could see waiting outside a store for an hour or two to get maybe a 360, a Wii or a PS3 (Even those are junk, but that’s another topic), when they first came out, but a phone? That’s just crazy. I also like my Chocolate 2, although it needs to be a little more durable in my opinion. I cracked the LCD once, and had to pay $50 to replace it. I’m with you on this one…

By: FredFredrickson

FredFredrickson — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:06:25 +0000

Hehe, well I won’t say that the device isn’t a neat one. I don’t find them quite as innovative as a lot of people do (it’s essentially the same as any other phone, just with a software candy coating), but I can recognize an interesting software delivery platform when I see one. I’ve played around with the original iPhone a bit, and it’s neat, but like you mention above, not necessarily worth the price of admission.

I think the media hype is disproportionate to the actual sales figures though, and that’s why I think it’s a bit silly to focus on the device as, what some people say, the third big handheld game development platform. Admittedly, there are a lot of cool applications you can make that utilize the touch screen and accelerometer… and the GPS and music capabilities as well. But until more people start using them, it just doesn’t seem viable to me.