Scobleizer - Latest Comments in Report from the line

Re: Report from the line

Sat, 30 Jun 2007 16:23:43 -0000

Good grief you are boring Scoble.

Please read a book and get technical rather than just talk mind-numbing trash.

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amal ekbal — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 18:22:16 -0000

Are you going to give to blog later with more on the conversation yesterday with bill atkinson?

Palo alto line looks way cooler than any others ... have fun

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rslux — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:22:32 -0000

I can confirm that Woz is indeed sitting outside the Apple Store in the Valley Fair mall.

http://www.flickr.com/photo...

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xbhatti — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:45:43 -0000

Here's a short dig on the hype-o-meter:
http://www.flickr.com/photo...

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susan mernit — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:41:12 -0000

hey--doesn't this mean you and patrick are buying 2 phones--one for you and one for him?

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Chris L — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:37:10 -0000

I'd like to see some photos of the Apple store in Toronto, with nobody waiting in line.

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Deja Vidor — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:28:30 -0000

Martin: what negative reviews are you referring to? The ones I have seen, starting with Mossberg in Wall Street Journal, have all been varying degrees of positive... ranging from warm all the way up to ecstatic. You must be reading "Windows Mobile Journal" or something.

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Bill Hartzer — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:17:16 -0000

Wow, a chance to talk to Bill Atkinson...if I knew he'd be there along with all of the other famous techy geeks, I would have flown in from Dallas just to go stand in line even though I don't plan on getting an iPhone (yet).

Unfortunately, I'm just not one of those "early adopters". I hate to get the first version of a car...they end up making it better a year or two after they come out with it, anyway. ;)

Also, I'm not so sure about the glass and inputting/typing. Since I'm on the road so much and need to dial numbers and respond to emails, I personally prefer the fact that I can actually feel the keys. But maybe it's something you have to get used to?

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Ricky Cadden — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:09:41 -0000

In regards to the guy commenting on the 3G iPhone rumors, that's for Europe. Europe uses different 3G frequencies than we do here in the US. Thus, a 3G iPhone for Europe would still be back on EDGE here in the States, so it's not necessarily "out-dated".

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anon — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 14:26:27 -0000

I just came across this clip of the today show:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id...

The host had trouble answering her iPhone - she claims she was pushing the answer button but it wouldn't work.

The reason I mention this comes back to the touchscreen discussion - no matter which way Apple spins it, I think there's something to be said about knowing you've pressed a button, especially for non-techies.

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Martin — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:48:57 -0000

I will be honest I don't get it. It seems to be a phone that offers less than the competition, less expandable and it's weakess capabilities are as a phone. This really seems to be a case of snake oil or the emperor's new clothes...certainly the first reviews tend to confirm that conclusion.

Have fun

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Chris — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:42:43 -0000

Re: the pic.
I think putting a bumper sticker on your shirt for a photo op does more harm than good. cafepress.com can do single prints with jpegs.

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Robert Scoble — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:31:38 -0000

Jeff: yep, that's Patrick on Drudgereport. He's in lots of newspapers too.

DBL: CNBC says that Woz would be able to get one next week, but he couldn't wait.

Bill Atkinson told me that he could have gotten a free one too, but he wanted to "be part of the scene." He said he missed Woodstock and wasn't about to miss iPhone launch.

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DBL — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:26:07 -0000

"Its interesting and astonishing to know that your son and you were 1st ones In line……"

???

Scoble's coverage of this event has been really spectacular -- the best out there far as I can tell. But not, of course, because of his position in the line... I mean, hey, if Greg Packer can do it...

P.S. The idea of the Woz standing in line for an iPhone makes me very sad for some reason.

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MikeJones — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:22:34 -0000

Watching this on UStream via Kris. In a strange way, its gripping stuff.

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JPersch — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:08:36 -0000

Is that patrick on drudgereport.com's home page?

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Robert Scoble — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:48:35 -0000

Chris: I have a boss and his name is Steve Gillmor. I'm buying him an iPhone. So now you know how to get away with all this.

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Robert Scoble — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:47:52 -0000

Woz is first in line at the Valley Fair store.

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Podesta — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:22:03 -0000

The mayor of Philadelphia is another public figure waiting in line for the iPhone:

http://www.nbc10.com/news/1...

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Chris — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:12:36 -0000

If you had a boss like most people he would have never let you leave for 2 days to do this. JFYI.

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George — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:07:51 -0000

Do not buy that Version, there will be a new and better version of the IPhone presented in Europe.

http://www.newswireless.net...

It also has implementes 3G, the latest and fasted technology in the celluare market.

If you compare the EDGE, which is implemented in the old iPhone, to HSPDPA, which is the faster version of 3G, you get results like these charts.

http://blog.treonauts.com/B...

Currently, I'm online with 3G and can have up to 3,6 Mbit/s as a download speed, as well as a higher upload Speed than EDGE.

So do not buy old stuff, with is out of date on Monday!

Best regards Jörg

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dawn m. armfield — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 10:56:11 -0000

His photographs are stunning. I can imagine this experience -- the people, the geekery, the comraderie, is a once-in-a-lifetime.

I'll live vicariously through the vid feeds.

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Podesta — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 10:55:39 -0000

According to the SF paper, Woz will also be waiting in line for an iPhone -- because he wants to. It is telling that Robert and Fake Paul assume people are being tortured by Steve Jobs at the drop of a hat.