Will Apple iPhone affect the $/baht exchange rate?

Apple iPhone boosts US markets

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...BUT you will have Blanche!

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Best to wait. It will take some time for them to iron out all the bugs and problems, if it starts anything like the launch of the iPod. Besides the price will quickly fall once the novelty and 'must have to be in fashion' factors wear off.

Best to wait. It will take some time for them to iron out all the bugs and problems, if it starts anything like the launch of the iPod. Besides the price will quickly fall once the novelty and 'must have to be in fashion' factors wear off.

And besides that, this year it is only rumoured to be available in the USA (an extremely stupid decision, given the percentage of Americans who use mobile phones!), and available in Asia 'in 2008' -- like the mythical Motorola Q that I have now given up on (and which turned out to be featurwise craptific).

"Apple would be offering the iPhone to end customers in USA through the Cingular networks. Unfortunately, the device is expected to become commercially available in June 2007 only after it's approved by the FCC. Market availability in Europe is expected no sooner than Q4 2007, and as late as early 2008 in Asia. Initial pricing in Cingular networks will be 499$ for the 4GB model and 599$ for the 8GB one - both with a two-year contract".

www.gsmarena.com/apple_iphone_announced_at_macworld-news-244.php (http://www.gsmarena.com/apple_iphone_announced_at_macworld-news-244.php)

Definitely expensive. Lots of good alternatives.

[bkkguy]

having now seen the real product I don't know what the fuss is all about

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Apple is being sued over the name of its new iPhone device.

On Tuesday, Apple revealed its newest gadget - a combination mobile phone, music player and video screen.
The electronics company, which has built an empire around the brands iPod and iTunes, naturally called the device iPhone.

However, Cisco Systems said yesterday that it was suing Apple because it owns the name iPhone.
The company said it had owned the copyright since 2000 and would be taking the case to the US federal court.

Apple responded by saying the lawsuit was "silly" and that CiscoтАЩs trademark registration was "tenuous at best".

Cisco, which supplies computer networks, said it was obliged to protect its trademark

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Definitely expensive. Lots of good alternatives.

Not if you look at the choices carefully -- most are quite flawed, and none have the wow factor of iPhone (soon to be renamed if Cisco has their way...).

The closest would be the Samsung i320 -- it and the Motorola Q are the only ones that are acceptably thin but... Neither has push email, and both suffer from difficult keyboards and lack of 3G (well, Samsung's American version, the BlackJack, is rumoured to have 3g, and the iPhone is only 2.5G...). Both also run Windows Mobile 5 -- which does not inspire confidence (apparently daily rebooting is not uncommon, not to mention the sluggishness). And neither has the amazing set of widgets and applications offered by the iPhone, nor the coolness of a shrunken down MacOS

The latest BlackBerry is okay, and definitely has a usable keyboard, but it's too huge.

I'm using a Nokia E61, which inspires hatred. The push email is great, and it reboots faster than most 'smart' phones, but it is too big, too heavy, and it has a nasty habit of randomly deleting phone numbers (but leaving the name there).

All the other ones with keyboard (Treo, etc.) are just too huge and heavy, and the ones without keyboard are not worth considering (the Apple touch keyboard really works, and it's absolute magic for those of us who need to change language from time to time!). The proximity sensor (turns off the screen when you put the device to your ear) is just cool, and Google Maps will be very handy, although a GPS to with it would be nice!

Definitely expensive. Lots of good alternatives.

Not if you look at the choices carefully -- most are quite flawed, and none have the wow factor of iPhone (soon to be renamed if Cisco has their way...).

The closest would be the Samsung i320 -- it and the Motorola Q are the only ones that are acceptably thin but... Neither has push email, and both suffer from difficult keyboards and lack of 3G (well, Samsung's American version, the BlackJack, is rumoured to have 3g, and the iPhone is only 2.5G...). Both also run Windows Mobile 5 -- which does not inspire confidence (apparently daily rebooting is not uncommon, not to mention the sluggishness). And neither has the amazing set of widgets and applications offered by the iPhone, nor the coolness of a shrunken down MacOS

The latest BlackBerry is okay, and definitely has a usable keyboard, but it's too huge.

I'm using a Nokia E61, which inspires hatred. The push email is great, and it reboots faster than most 'smart' phones, but it is too big, too heavy, and it has a nasty habit of randomly deleting phone numbers (but leaving the name there).

All the other ones with keyboard (Treo, etc.) are just too huge and heavy, and the ones without keyboard are not worth considering (the Apple touch keyboard really works, and it's absolute magic for those of us who need to change language from time to time!). The proximity sensor (turns off the screen when you put the device to your ear) is just cool, and Google Maps will be very handy, although a GPS to with it would be nice!