Comments on: Ready, Aim, FIRE! http://theappleblog.com/2008/06/19/ready-aim-fire/ TheAppleBlog, published by and for the day-to-day Apple user, is a prominent source for news, reviews, walkthroughs, and real life application of all Apple products. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:06:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Twist http://theappleblog.com/2008/06/19/ready-aim-fire/#comment-117678 Twist Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:40:49 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=3508#comment-117678 As a Sprint employee I have to point out that we never released a price for the Instinct until the $129 price was announced. Everything thing else was just speculation, rumor, and fake leaks. The Instinct actually is pretty much on par with the original iPhone without the iPhone 2.0 software update, except with the added benefit of 3G and GPS and I would take the Instinct over it (only places the old iPhone bests the Instinct is on touchscreen, WiFi, and Safari). Now then the iPhone 3G and iPhone 2.0 Software is a way different story and I would be all over it if I could use it with my Sprint employee account (basically Simply Everything for free). I think the iPhone is moving more towards the smart phone crowd while the Instinct is more for the fashion phone/SideKick type of user. The versus iPhone ads were a mistake though and many people at Sprint agree on this. P.S. The HTC Touch Diamond and HTC Touch Pro should be better competitors (competitors but not killers because I think the iPhone SDK and App Store are basically going to make it unstoppable until Android gets off the ground, that and the fact that most phones are about as buggy, outdated, and gross as Windows 95 on the back-end of the software) for the iPhone when they come out hopefully this fall. As a Sprint employee I have to point out that we never released a price for the Instinct until the $129 price was announced. Everything thing else was just speculation, rumor, and fake leaks.

The Instinct actually is pretty much on par with the original iPhone without the iPhone 2.0 software update, except with the added benefit of 3G and GPS and I would take the Instinct over it (only places the old iPhone bests the Instinct is on touchscreen, WiFi, and Safari). Now then the iPhone 3G and iPhone 2.0 Software is a way different story and I would be all over it if I could use it with my Sprint employee account (basically Simply Everything for free).

I think the iPhone is moving more towards the smart phone crowd while the Instinct is more for the fashion phone/SideKick type of user. The versus iPhone ads were a mistake though and many people at Sprint agree on this.

P.S. The HTC Touch Diamond and HTC Touch Pro should be better competitors (competitors but not killers because I think the iPhone SDK and App Store are basically going to make it unstoppable until Android gets off the ground, that and the fact that most phones are about as buggy, outdated, and gross as Windows 95 on the back-end of the software) for the iPhone when they come out hopefully this fall.

]]> By: Mark http://theappleblog.com/2008/06/19/ready-aim-fire/#comment-117673 Mark Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:50:50 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=3508#comment-117673 However, as with the X300, it has a significantly slower CPU than the Air. Watching video, doing any real work, or playing even casual games on such a device is going to be a miserable experience. The Air is just barely fast enough for those tasks, and I use it for some software development. A slower, uglier machine for more money is NOT a reasonable alternative. However, as with the X300, it has a significantly slower CPU than the Air. Watching video, doing any real work, or playing even casual games on such a device is going to be a miserable experience. The Air is just barely fast enough for those tasks, and I use it for some software development.

A slower, uglier machine for more money is NOT a reasonable alternative.

]]> By: M http://theappleblog.com/2008/06/19/ready-aim-fire/#comment-117670 M Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:46:17 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=3508#comment-117670 The Toshiba Portege line of sub-compact computers has been around for a long time. This is nothing new from them. I've owned two Porteges, the "younger" one is already 7-years old. They both still work, but like any old computers they are turtles when compared to the speed of today's computers. They were excellent machines in their time and I still prefer their keyboards to the keyboard of my MacBook Pro. When the MacBook Air was introduced it reminded me of my old Portege. The Toshiba Portege line of sub-compact computers has been around for a long time. This is nothing new from them. I’ve owned two Porteges, the “younger” one is already 7-years old. They both still work, but like any old computers they are turtles when compared to the speed of today’s computers. They were excellent machines in their time and I still prefer their keyboards to the keyboard of my MacBook Pro.

When the MacBook Air was introduced it reminded me of my old Portege.

]]> By: ocell http://theappleblog.com/2008/06/19/ready-aim-fire/#comment-117667 ocell Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:41:54 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=3508#comment-117667 You talk about the Protege R500-S5007V being $3,000 as if that's a lot of money, but a Macbook Air with half the SSD drive, at 64gig versus 128gig, is $3,100. So I don't think you can really hold the Protege's price against it in this comparison. You talk about the Protege R500-S5007V being $3,000 as if that’s a lot of money, but a Macbook Air with half the SSD drive, at 64gig versus 128gig, is $3,100. So I don’t think you can really hold the Protege’s price against it in this comparison.

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