iPhone Update (July 03 2007)

After talking about the Apple iPhone coming to PEI, I am no longer as excited about the iPhone. Steve Jobs has certainly did a very good job getting the media all hyped up about the iPhone. In fact, he did such an amazing job, very few are reporting on the negatives about this phone.

For instance:
1) The Battery: With most phones you can pop the battery out of the phone. With the iPhone the battery is built in and in order for it to be replaced, you need to send it into Apple. Sure, some might consider thing not necessarily a negative thing as batteries will last a long time right? Wrong, the iPhone battery will need to be replaced every 12-24 months.

2) GPS: Where is the GPS capabilities? Being an explorer I love to travel short and long journeys.
The bad news: there is no GPS system inside the iPhone.
The good news: there is a google maps option, assuming you know where you are, which is not useful for backpackers!

3) Memory Card: Okay, I think this one is pretty simple. Sure, 8GB is a lot of space, but as time passes on software is becoming more massive in size (now we have a lot of games now that are 1-2 gb!). Video is also skyrocketted from a usual 800-900 mb to 1.5 gb!

Some other interesting facts:
- The world wide web was developed on a NeXT Cube computer. Steve Jobs was the founder and creator of NeXT Cube computers after being kicked out of Apple.
- Steve Jobs is the largest share holder of Disney (7%) and was CEO of The Graphics Group (later renamed to PIXAR) till Disney bought it.

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