iPhone announced and its SICK!

[Gregg Pathiakis]

When E has one before Ari Gold, we will know it's a good phone.

lol

[yourmom]

Battery technology is what it is, and there's only so much you can do in the space they have. The phone looks like it has a pretty vivid, large screen. Huge power drain. Since it's a touch screen, the screen is in use much more than an average phone, meaning even more power used. He gave me the stat that for the Motorala Q they figure one hour of standby time lost for every minute the screen is on. They decided against a similar touch screen for that very reason. Wifi is also a huge drain. Bottom line - phone is very cool looking and has some neat functions, but until battery technology (or physics) changes, it will have some real limitations.

now from the Key note:

"A lot of these phones have low battery life. We've managed to get 5 hours of battery of talk time, video, and browsing. 16 hours of audio playback."

Now despite the above quote it probobly won't last "that" long, and of course the battery will suck, thats why the techie gods created car chargers.

More pics of the phone at all angles here: http://www.engadget.com/photos/first-iphone-pics/

and a size comparison


oh and: Ari > E

[Karl Lynch]

I hate E but he rolls with Vince. Ari is my hero.

[bste_lax]

Cisco Sues Apple Over Use of iPhone Name

SAN FRANCISCO Jan 11, 2007 (AP)— Apple Inc.'s much-ballyhooed iPhone was unveiled this week after 30 months and millions of dollars in top-secret development. But the sleek new iPod-cell phone combination could wind up costing the company a lot more.

Cisco Systems Inc., the world's largest networking equipment maker, sued Apple in U.S. District Court here Wednesday, claiming that Apple's iPhone violates its trademark.

Cisco is asking the court to forbid Apple from using the name "iPhone," which Cisco has held a trademark on since 2000 and used to brand a line of its own Internet-enabled phones that began shipping last spring and officially launched three weeks ago.

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Technology/Bu ... id=2785683

[yourmom]

Also the iPhone looks very similar to LG's KE850: