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The Apple iPhone is going to dent your bank account a bit more than expected. The 4GB model will come in at a shade under ?600 while the 8GB could be as much as ?660 according to some early, pre-order prices on Amazon Germany [thanks Jan]. This compares to approximately ?255 and ?306 in the US.

When you?re finished choking you might also want to consider some of the other things that are taking the shine of the latest ?hot? mobile phone. Most of these are confirmed, while others fall into the ?maybe?- The iPhone will be 3G when it arrives in Europe but it will not arrive for a year ? not the end of 2007 as expected.

- It will be a closed device and will only run software released by Apple.

- It will use Apple?s DRM software FairPlay which, ironically, no one thinks is fair, at all. This will stop users from playing anything other than music bought via iTunes.

- Apple could win the right to use the iPhone name in Europe, thanks to a loophole says Outlaw.com. s Outlaw.com.

Source: Gizmondo UK

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For my own uses I think it's only a phone I'd consider if it was in a similar price range to most top phones when they come out like the w810i, and even then I don't really think it's that good. It doesn't have anything worth spending extra on IMO, especially not that much.

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Reading the 3rd point down in the main post... am I to understand that I wouldn't be able to rip a CD, then load it onto the iPhone? Or even use the already hundreds of ripped-to-MP3 albums I have on my PC?

Maybe if you transferred them with itunes. I cant imagine that it would only allow you to use DRM'ed songs...that would be amazingly stupidly rediculous!

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I adore Apple stuff but i'm just flat out dissappointed with the iPhone - not for features but for sheer cost of the thing. Could buy a freaking iMac for that much.

Sorry Apple.. I won't be going near the iPhone until the prices come RIGHT down :(

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Come on people, lets get REAL. Real serious. The iFone will most definitely play your existing MP3 collection. It will not play ANY DRM restricted content EXCEPT iTunes bought Fairplay files (aac).

I very much doubt whether the iFone will cost so much in Sunny England either.

Third, whats the freaking problem with this device? It is quite literally AT LEAST 5 years more advanced than any other comparable device on the market and the person who said it's more like a handheld Mac is probably right. Because of this, it's going to be expensive. But at least wait to hate it if that's what you're intent on doing based on it's sky high price when it's price in Europe has been CONFIRMED.

I personally almost passed out with excitement and joy when I saw this device unveiled at Macwhateverthingyworld. Steve Jobs and Apple seem the ONLY company in the tech world who both believe in doing things PROPERLY and creating the BEST POSSIBLE products with current technologies AND who understand how to market their products professionally. You only have to look at Zune's marketing to realise that Micromoneysoft simply hasn't got the marketing talent to pull of successful product launches.

I, for one, will get one of these iFones as soon as possible. I abolutely LOVE it and I LOVE Applemacintosh computers Inc.

By the way, iFone? Think it will work? :shiftyninja:

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Come on people, lets get REAL. Real serious. The iFone will most definitely play your existing MP3 collection. It will not play ANY DRM restricted content EXCEPT iTunes bought Fairplay files (aac).

I very much doubt whether the iFone will cost so much in Sunny England either.

Third, whats the freaking problem with this device? It is quite literally AT LEAST 5 years more advanced than any other comparable device on the market and the person who said it's more like a handheld Mac is probably right. Because of this, it's going to be expensive. But at least wait to hate it if that's what you're intent on doing based on it's sky high price when it's price in Europe has been CONFIRMED.

I personally almost passed out with excitement and joy when I saw this device unveiled at Macwhateverthingyworld. Steve Jobs and Apple seem the ONLY company in the tech world who both believe in doing things PROPERLY and creating the BEST POSSIBLE products with current technologies AND who understand how to market their products professionally. You only have to look at Zune's marketing to realise that Micromoneysoft simply hasn't got the marketing talent to pull of successful product launches.

I, for one, will get one of these iFones as soon as possible. I abolutely LOVE it and I LOVE Applemacintosh computers Inc.

By the way, iFone? Think it will work? :shiftyninja:

Dude...amazon is taking pre-orders, amazon arent exactly the height of unreliability! Five years ahead? it doesnt take five years to develop gesture based touchscreen, that and the voicemail feature are the only new features. Everything else and more is available on WM5 Pocket pcs.

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Dude...amazon is taking pre-orders, amazon arent exactly the height of unreliability! Five years ahead? it doesnt take five years to develop gesture based touchscreen, that and the voicemail feature are the only new features. Everything else and more is available on WM5 Pocket pcs.

You're right, gestire based touchscreens aren't far fetched and especially futuristic, but compared to WM5 pocket PC's the iPhone squats over them, pulls down it's pants and does a big poo all over them after which weeing though Microsofts letterbox for good measure. Yes, the iPhone quite literally ridicules what Microsoft and it's partners have done with current technology by creating something MUCH more advanced with, yep, current technology. Apple pushes the boat out, others have lost their paddles....

by the way..... for some others...... the iPhone WILL PLAY NORMAL UNPROTECTED MP3's LIKE ANY OTHER iPOD DEVICE. Just incase there's still any doubt.

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Compared to WM5 pocket PC's the iPhone squats over them, pulls down it's pants and does a big poo all over them after which weeing though Microsofts letterbox for good measure.

Why? You dont give any reasons. Unless of course you were talking literally? :blink:

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