Apple iPhones put on hold

Based on what a Vodashop employee told him?
I trust Chappies papers more than them!:p
 
Why am I not suprised? Apple takes away the carrot once again
 
More speculation about the release date...... Let's all just wait until the official announcement.
 
GEEKS might have to wait until the end of the year before the much-anticipated Apple iPhone arrives in South Africa.
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Somehow I don't think that geeks are the target audience for the iPhone. Maybe the very fashion conscious geeks...
 
TBH, I won't be getting one of these, but I would still like to take a look.... when they eventually arrive.

B
 
Hang on, the source is a vodashop employee, while an official vodacom representative says there is no delay? ****ing bad journalism.
 
I think that has more to do with Vodacom and cautiously testing it on their network before launch. I'll bet if there wasn't an exclusivity, i.e. MTN and CellC were also distributors, we would have had the iPhone on the Apple launch date.
 
JayN said:
I think that has more to do with Vodacom and cautiously testing it on their network before launch. I'll bet if there wasn't an exclusivity, i.e. MTN and CellC were also distributors, we would have had the iPhone on the Apple launch date.
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It passed testing 2 - 3 weeks ago... just waiting on stock.
 
Haha, the Vodashop employee I asked only new about the old iPhone, told me Vodacom will not be distributing them and I should look at purchasing one off eBay... Maybe I should write an article too! Seems like anythings going these days... :p
 
Internet- enabled smartphone, which allows access to features including a camera phone, portable media player , visual voice mail, e-mail, web browsing, satellite enabled road maps and local Wi-Fi connectivity.
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Firsty, it is not a smartphone - it can't multitask.

Secondly, the features listed there is pretty much all it can do.

  • No copy/paste functionality
  • No landscape QWERTY keyboard except in the web browser
  • No vibration feedback when typing (real buttons have that built in)
  • Still no option for turning Predictive typing OFF
  • No multi tasking (background notification service is in the works to remedy that one)
  • Numerous messaging features lacking: no MMS (WTF?), no SMS forwarding (might be solved by a system-wide copy/paste functionality), no deleting individual messages (OMG WTF?!)
  • Numerous email features lacking: no bulk "mark as read", no search, no sorting of any kind, no ZIP or RAR support in mail, can't send full resolution camera images via mail (they get resized to 800x600) (L4m3!)
  • No call duration recorded in the Calls Log
  • Cannot snooze appointments and cannot set repetitive alerts for reminders
  • No search in the iPod music library (usefull actually cause iPod sucks)
  • No video recording (OMG WTF BBQ?!?)
  • No voice dialing ('00 model nokia 3310 had that)
  • No Bluetooth file transfer or stereo Bluetooth music streaming (w34k!)
  • No GPS navigation software (c'mon, I have Nokia Maps and Garmin!)
  • Long and tedious back up upon sync with iTunes (presumably fixed with the latest 2.01 firmware)
  • No syncing of Notes and TO-DOs

This not a smartphone and it is not something geeks are going to buy. It is purely for spoilt fanbois. :eek:
 
Rouxenator said:
Firsty, it is not a smartphone - it can't multitask.
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Are we going to be subjected to your mindless ramblings on every thread about the iPhone now? Please FSM have mercy!

Anyway, lets be clear: it can and does multitask and it is a smartphone, whether it appeals to you or not.

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This not a smartphone and it is not something geeks are going to buy. It is purely for spoilt fanbois. :eek:
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Fortunately your views don't represent anyone other than yourself. You don't like the iPhone, good for you, don't get one but please spare us from your constant diatribes. They are quite boring.
 
Rouxenator said:
Firsty, it is not a smartphone - it can't multitask.

Secondly, the features listed there is pretty much all it can do.

  • No copy/paste functionality
  • No landscape QWERTY keyboard except in the web browser
  • No vibration feedback when typing (real buttons have that built in)
  • Still no option for turning Predictive typing OFF
  • No multi tasking (background notification service is in the works to remedy that one)
  • Numerous messaging features lacking: no MMS (WTF?), no SMS forwarding (might be solved by a system-wide copy/paste functionality), no deleting individual messages (OMG WTF?!)
  • Numerous email features lacking: no bulk "mark as read", no search, no sorting of any kind, no ZIP or RAR support in mail, can't send full resolution camera images via mail (they get resized to 800x600) (L4m3!)
  • No call duration recorded in the Calls Log
  • Cannot snooze appointments and cannot set repetitive alerts for reminders
  • No search in the iPod music library (usefull actually cause iPod sucks)
  • No video recording (OMG WTF BBQ?!?)
  • No voice dialing ('00 model nokia 3310 had that)
  • No Bluetooth file transfer or stereo Bluetooth music streaming (w34k!)
  • No GPS navigation software (c'mon, I have Nokia Maps and Garmin!)
  • Long and tedious back up upon sync with iTunes (presumably fixed with the latest 2.01 firmware)
  • No syncing of Notes and TO-DOs

This not a smartphone and it is not something geeks are going to buy. It is purely for spoilt fanbois. :eek:
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I love my MacBook Pro. My wife loves her MacBook. But the iphone 3g is WAY behind what most decent mobile manufacturers are offering. I would only part with my N82 if/when Nokia introduce a phone with same / better features and a touchscreen
 
Negotiations on the music front [iTunes] will probably start in a few years.
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w...t...f... Screw them all. By that I mean the recording industry prigs here who are holding back the licensing of iTunes so that they can continue to reap monopoly profits. I'd use iTunes to buy music, television series, movies, etc, but noooooo. I'm beginning to think that the recording and publishing industry is in the business of encouraging piracy...
 
Juice said:
w...t...f... Screw them all. By that I mean the recording industry prigs here who are holding back the licensing of iTunes so that they can continue to reap monopoly profits. I'd use iTunes to buy music, television series, movies, etc, but noooooo. I'm beginning to think that the recording and publishing industry is in the business of encouraging piracy...
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I have some kewl new songs on my N82 - here, let me bluetooth an album or 4 to you ;)
 
I have a question... I heard somewhere that Steve Jobs capped the retail cost of the iPhone 3G 4Gig for partner networks at $199 (i think). Therefore no partner network can flog the phone at more than that capped price. Now I saw the price that Vodacom wanted to retail the iPhone 3G at R4500 or something ridiculous.

Now what is the story?
 
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