Comments on: iPhone musings http://povich.co.uk/blog/2007/08/iphone-musings/ Ramblings of Jim Whiteside, and some good old Norfolk squit. Sat, 19 May 2012 09:09:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: mat http://povich.co.uk/blog/2007/08/iphone-musings/comment-page-1/#comment-34 mat Mon, 06 Aug 2007 12:26:34 +0000 http://povich.co.uk/blog/?p=73#comment-34 General opinion among people I know who've got their paws on an iPhone is that it looks really cool, but using it is peppered with frustrations and annoyances, for which the frankly awesome UI does not entirely compensate. You know you can't even send MMS from them? (and even if you could, it would be dead slow 'cos it's all EDGE and stuff). Apparently the Euro version (sometime late this year) is going to be 3G, with MMS support. But even then, it's not like you can install stuff on it without Apple's express permission, or put mp3s on without using iTunes, etc. etc. I had an N93 earlier this year, did a review of it <a href="http://moblog.co.uk/pblog.php?show=11660" rel="nofollow">here</a>, and another moblogger reviewed the N95 <a href="http://moblog.co.uk/pblog.php?show=14904" rel="nofollow">here</a> What I want is an <a href="http://www.openmoko.org/" rel="nofollow">OpenMoko</a> handset. A hackers iPhone, if you will. General opinion among people I know who’ve got their paws on an iPhone is that it looks really cool, but using it is peppered with frustrations and annoyances, for which the frankly awesome UI does not entirely compensate. You know you can’t even send MMS from them? (and even if you could, it would be dead slow ‘cos it’s all EDGE and stuff).

Apparently the Euro version (sometime late this year) is going to be 3G, with MMS support. But even then, it’s not like you can install stuff on it without Apple’s express permission, or put mp3s on without using iTunes, etc. etc.

I had an N93 earlier this year, did a review of it here, and another moblogger reviewed the N95 here

What I want is an OpenMoko handset. A hackers iPhone, if you will.

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