Re: TSA restricts lithium batteries on airplanes
- From: C J Campbell <christophercampbell@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2008 00:17:23 -0800
On 2007-12-31 16:05:40 -0800, ASAAR <caught@xxxxxx> said:
On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 08:20:05 -0800, Christopher Campbell wrote:
Unlike some early iPods, virtually all cameras and cell phones are
designed so that their batteries can be easily removed. Anywhere.
Unless, of course, you have an iPhone, which is hardly a cheapie cell
phone.
Aack! They've reverted to playing that trick again? Not
surprising, but I thought that Apple was cleaning up their act. I
guess that that's what happens when you play in the mud with AT&T.
If I can easily pop a new battery in my cheapie cell phone, why
would an iPhone that costs in excess of 30x more lack that feature?
(rhetorically asking, of course)
Apple claims that having a removable battery, along with its cradle and cover, would have made the iPhone thicker and heavier. They are right; there is no way that the iPhone could have a removable battery cover and keep its current size. In general, given a choice between making the iPhone smaller and lighter and giving it more features such as GPS, 3G, removable battery, better camera, etc., Apple chose to make it smaller and lighter with longer battery life.
I know that the cynical view is that Apple was somehow scheming to enrich itself by omitting these features, but I tend to think that Apple genuinely thought it made a better product overall. I also think that a lot of the AT&T mudslinging originates with low-level marketing types at Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile. Give me a break -- none of these companies are really much different than AT&T. The anti-AT&T hype comes across as mere sour grapes.
Not, you understand, that I think the iPhone is flawless. I would have tolerated a little more weight for 3G and the bigger battery it requires. I dislike the SMS text messaging system; every other phone uses MMS. You simply cannot take a picture with the iPhone and send it as a text message. This is an inherent limitation of SMS.
Neither do I like not being able to transfer files to an iPhone the way you can to an iPod. The Calendar has no task manager. The metal case scratches too easily.
Granted, Apple could fix most of these problems with software updates and, in fact, some of them seem to be in the process of being addressed. New features, including MMS, a task manager for Calendar, or file transfer could easily be added to the iPhone. A GPS module has been demonstrated, which means a 3G module is also possible.
In any event, Apple will probably introduce a 3G iPhone this year.
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World Famous Flight Instructor
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