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Gamblers -- The Betting Odds On The iPhone

Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 7:10 am
by Apoptosis
Once the highly-anticipated iPhone hits shelves June 29th, months of waiting will cease and the phone of the future will become available. Although the release is days away, electronic consumers are becoming more keyed up than children at Christmas for the most technologically advanced cellular telephone to date. However, as history shows, new technologies suffer from bugs, defects and unrealistic expectations. As enthusiasm for the revolutionary phone rises, skepticism is also mounting. With that said, analysts at BetUS.com, the largest and most respected sportsbook on the web, posted odds on the iPhone. "This phone has everything but the kitchen sink,â€

Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:24 am
by dicecca112
There are mass reports of the battery life being less than the promised 8 hours -10/1
If I was a betting man that is what I would put a wager on

Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 1:46 pm
by vicaphit
8 hour battery life for a phone? thats rediculous! so you have to charge it 3 times a day to have it working continuously?

Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 3:08 pm
by Apoptosis
The Apple iPhone Delivers Up to Eight Hours of Talk Time! My Palm Treo 680's battery is rated for 4 hours of talk time for comparison sake. So, for a smart phone/pda or whatever you want to call it this is really good.

Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 4:39 pm
by Dragon_Cooler
what ever to phones with just a dial pad and send/end. geeez

I think everyone needs to get

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It can talk world wide and it free of monthly charges :)

Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 4:47 pm
by skier
eight hours is good for an MP3 player(mine gets 8 or so) but my phone, i leave that thing on for weeks on end, and i only have to charge it like once a week if not less(but its only a tracfone), is it rated 8 hrs using it(listening to music or watchng movies), or just having it on?

Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 9:47 pm
by vicaphit
I had an old bag phone in by car for emergencies...we got 10 minutes per month, and the handset was just like a regular phone, cord and everything...

it was AWESOME!

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 12:50 pm
by pcrobot
The odds of me getting an iPhone anytime soon are about 1,000,000/1. It does look pretty wicked... :mrgreen: