It’s still time to participate in the “Top Ten Reasons to Buy iPhone CONTEST”. Entering a comment each day also increases your chances to win. Blogging is also a great way to participate.
We’re already at Reason #7! Aren’t you excited? June 29th is coming soon!
TOP TEN REASONS TO BUY iPHONE:
REASON #7: INTERNET OVER WI-FI
Internet over Wi-Fi on a cellphone is a major breakthrough. Until now, network operators have done everything they could to avoid public Wi-Fi networks to work with mobile phones. The reason is simple; when you use a public Wi-Fi network
you are not using the operator’s bandwidth. Increasing the use of their
network is of course key for network operators. Their future depends on
it.
AT&T and Apple are opening a can of worms with this feature and
we are so happy about it. Besides the (eventual) lower costs for data,
the increase of performance will be a knockoff! But don’t get to
excited here, an unlimited data plan will certainly be mandatory for iPhone. Everything has a price!
REASON #8: SAFARI AND THIRD PARTY APPLICATIONS
With a full scale Safari browser built-in, Apple says iPhone let
us see any web page the way it was designed to be seen, then easily
zoom in by simply tapping on the multi-touch display with a finger.
Ok, a few things like Flash and JavaScript are still missing. But this is a lot better than what we had until now.
After the initial announcement disappointment, the enthusiasm created by the abundance of third party applications made for iPhone is now a total blast. In six months to a year from now, hundreds of well designed applications will complement iPhone.
Being limited to the browser has its downsides. Like not being able
to fully use iPhone resources, having to reload the application
from the internet and not being able to store anything on iPhone,
to name a few. But it also makes good applications easier and faster to
write. This also opens the market for a broader group of programmers
since html and Ajax already enjoy great communities compared to what a
proprietary SDK could have had.
REASON #9: YOUTUBE PLAYER AVAILABLE ON THE HOME SCREEN
iPhone has a special YouTube player that you can launch right from
the home screen. So now you can access and browse YouTube videos
wherever you go. And when you find a video you want to send your
friends, iPhone can even create an email with the link in it for you.
Some of you think this is useless and others think it’s amazing but
it sure is something we never had before on our cell phone or portable
device. That’s why the Youtube player makes the Top Ten.
REASON #10: VISUAL VOICE MAIL
You should buy iPhone because of the Visual Voice Mail feature.
With iPhone, Apple brings many new concepts to the mobile phone
world, but the "Visual Voice Mail" will sure make Apple’s iPhone the
leader in innovation from day one.
According to Apple, iPhone Visual Voice Mail is an industry
first! The feature allows you to go directly to any of your messages,
without listening to the prior messages. So you can quickly select the
messages that are most important to you. Isn’t that great? You won’t
have to listen to "You have 5 new messages" or "Press 7 to delete this
message" anymore. "Plop Plop, fizz fizz, Oh what a relief it is!"
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June 23rd, 2007 at 11:30 am
Also, the combination of having wifi and edge is better than 3g alone. How often do you really need something off the internet when you are not in a wifi zone? I have 3g right now and never really use it other than to send small camera pics over mms. The iphone has a full browser and wifi, that is enough.
June 23rd, 2007 at 2:35 pm
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June 25th, 2007 at 12:16 pm
This is the feature that locked me into getting this phone. At least 90% of everywhere i go has wifi and i cant wait to sit there and play with the FULL internet with just my fingers! Only problem is when i found this website a few weeks ago and since then have complete blocked out the fact that there are other websites on the internet outside of iphonefreak.com and apple.com… so once this amazing device comes out i will have nothing to surf
O wait… YOUTUBE!!
P.S. To the admins of this site. Thank you so much for all your hard work and time spent to bring all of us the information we were all dying to know. I’m sure its safe to say that all the iphonefreaks out there REALLY REALLY appreciate it.
June 26th, 2007 at 10:27 am
Contest Entry:
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=196832255&blogID=280761183
My top reason is at the end of the blog entry, highlighted in bold. Peace,
- MikeTV
June 27th, 2007 at 2:09 pm
I think WiFi is one of the main reasons the iPhone will sell. I think if it was EDGE only, it would flop. I can’t wait to browse at full speed on the phone compared to what I’m used to now.
June 29th, 2007 at 1:15 pm
I think that one of the main reasons (and you forgot to list in the top ten reasons) is google maps. I can’t remember how many times I’ve been lost or looking for a restaurant and cant find it. Not only does the google maps in the iPhone locate the place you are looking for, you can type in your location and it can act as a GPS. Also, if you are driving, you can press the traffic button and get up to the minute traffic reports and find out what is the best route to take to go to your destination, something I have never seen in any other phone, now thats innovation.
June 29th, 2007 at 10:22 pm
I think Iphone will be one of the hottest selling products because of MANY reasons! it has WiFi! you can use the internet anytime wanted or needed. You can look up directions when lost. you can stay entertained when on a trip or somthing. Also keep music files on it just like an ipod!!. ANd you dont have to worry about broken key boreds anymore! because there isnt one!!!
June 29th, 2007 at 10:39 pm
To be the first drunk to drop his iPhone and break it. Why else?
June 29th, 2007 at 11:38 pm
To be the first to run our virtual iPhone game on an actual iPhone?
June 30th, 2007 at 2:38 am
i think iphone is a really clever multipurpose electronic device because of wi-fi
and i think that iphone will be quite entertaining to look at
June 30th, 2007 at 6:01 pm
I’m going to enjoy watching it stare down the black box POS Dell loaded with sou-less Microsoft (i.e., anti-christ) software the first day I take it to work.
July 1st, 2007 at 9:15 am
Never be lost again with Google Maps in the palm of your hand.
July 12th, 2007 at 12:19 am
i think iphone will be the best phone with ipod,internet,and also touch screen without a stylus to lose.I cant afford one but very much hope to win one.
November 3rd, 2007 at 7:51 pm
i think an iphonE is the coolest phone to have, only because it has features that no other Phones compares with it. You can literally live off the phone. I WOULD CERTAINLY LOVE 2 HAVE 1
February 20th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
I have always wished to have the iPhone that would be the best present ever. It would really be like a dream come true. Its amazing becuase it has an internet faster than my computer. It is the cutest phone ever. It is an all in one phone, computer and ipod.
May 14th, 2009 at 12:23 am
i phone…like a dream cum true ..i was wishing it to cum true and get a this …it has all possible features which on wants what a computer has … it is easy to carry ,it looks smart, ,it has fantastic music,can watch movies,etc..its all in one..