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Geek Lust: the iPhone

posted by Chris on January 9, 2007 10:40 AM in Geek Culture

Oh god yes. I haven't had my geek lust sparked this hard since the Wii. Ol Stevie Jobs at Apple is announcing features about the iPhone as I type this, and it looks to be just about the coolest little gadget Apple has ever released. Seriously. From Engadget:

Sweet, glorious specs of the 11.6 millimeter device (that's frickin' thin, by the way) include a 3.5-inch wide touchscreen display with multi-touch support and a proximity sensor to turn off the sensor when it's close to your face, 2 megapixel cam, 8 GB of storage, Bluetooth with EDR, WiFi that automatically engages when in range, and quadband GSM radio with EDGE. Perhaps most amazingly, though, it somehow runs OS X with support for Widgets, Google Maps, and Safari, and iTunes (of course) with CoverFlow out of the gate.

Amazing. I currently narrow my eyes and stare with pure spite at my Sidekick 2 and its two-year contract. Curse you, T-Mobile! I WANT AN IPHONE NOWWWWWWWWWW.

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The Geek says:

posted January 9, 2007 12:01 PM

Usually, the contract is for the phone service, not the phone itself. You could probably switch phones but keep the same service and not break your contract and have to pay that fee.

--Geek

Charlie says:

posted January 9, 2007 2:25 PM

For $500 that thing better fucking play Starcraft.

Wade Rockett says:

posted January 11, 2007 12:05 PM

Because it runs OS X, there's a possibility that we might be able to install our own software on it. SOFTWARE LIKE STARCRAFT.

I have no idea how that would work, but I would totally want to try it.

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