Comments on: Is iPhone Open? http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/01/09/is-iphone-open/ Tech, Entrepreneurship, and Venture Capital in New York City Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:10:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: andy http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/01/09/is-iphone-open/comment-page-1/#comment-41468 andy Mon, 15 Jan 2007 17:30:10 +0000 http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/01/09/is-iphone-open/#comment-41468 I'm really dissapointed that they won't have an open system, but the phone itself is a perfect size for me and generally has features i like. The one thing I'm leery of other than the dev. issue is the keyboard - i have an 8125 now and am quite adept and thumb typing with that; dont think the iphone will be quite as easy to handle. I’m really dissapointed that they won’t have an open system, but the phone itself is a perfect size for me and generally has features i like. The one thing I’m leery of other than the dev. issue is the keyboard - i have an 8125 now and am quite adept and thumb typing with that; dont think the iphone will be quite as easy to handle.

]]> By: Erik Schwartz http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/01/09/is-iphone-open/comment-page-1/#comment-41286 Erik Schwartz Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:07:18 +0000 http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/01/09/is-iphone-open/#comment-41286 It's too big. It's bigger than my Treo. It's not easlly pocketable. I am REALLY sceptical about the utility of a soft keyboard with no tactile keedback on the keys. The soft keyboard is the width of a Treo keyboard, imagine using a smooth Treo keyboard... It reminds me of the Newton. Too big, not great input options wrapped up with some "cool" UI technology that is "cooler" than it is functional. It’s too big. It’s bigger than my Treo. It’s not easlly pocketable.

I am REALLY sceptical about the utility of a soft keyboard with no tactile keedback on the keys. The soft keyboard is the width of a Treo keyboard, imagine using a smooth Treo keyboard…

It reminds me of the Newton. Too big, not great input options wrapped up with some “cool” UI technology that is “cooler” than it is functional.

]]> By: jeremy http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/01/09/is-iphone-open/comment-page-1/#comment-41262 jeremy Wed, 10 Jan 2007 04:33:09 +0000 http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/01/09/is-iphone-open/#comment-41262 fair enough. either way, the death of the operating system is coming... the amount of applications i find myself installing is exponentially decreasing. fair enough. either way, the death of the operating system is coming… the amount of applications i find myself installing is exponentially decreasing.

]]> By: Andrew Parker http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/01/09/is-iphone-open/comment-page-1/#comment-41261 Andrew Parker Wed, 10 Jan 2007 04:26:46 +0000 http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/01/09/is-iphone-open/#comment-41261 Interesting, but I don't want a phone that's completely saas because I want it to function when I go off the grid, like my blackberry. Interesting, but I don’t want a phone that’s completely saas because I want it to function when I go off the grid, like my blackberry.

]]> By: jeremy http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/01/09/is-iphone-open/comment-page-1/#comment-41260 jeremy Wed, 10 Jan 2007 04:22:34 +0000 http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/01/09/is-iphone-open/#comment-41260 i think the ideal phone is simply browser based. all of your applications delivered via saas-- easy to plugin using api's. frees up a lot of memory on the phone to use for non drm'ed media. i think the ideal phone is simply browser based. all of your applications delivered via saas– easy to plugin using api’s. frees up a lot of memory on the phone to use for non drm’ed media.

]]> By: jeremy http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/01/09/is-iphone-open/comment-page-1/#comment-41259 jeremy Wed, 10 Jan 2007 04:19:41 +0000 http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/01/09/is-iphone-open/#comment-41259 consider version one ruined. this im sure of. consider version one ruined. this im sure of.

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