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I think the iPod Touch is a sleeper product here. First gen was pretty much just an iPod. Apple added a speaker, then a mic and now front/rear cameras and facet
by cubicle67 15y ago
I think the iPod Touch is a sleeper product here. First gen was pretty much just an iPod. Apple added a speaker, then a mic and now front/rear cameras and facetime. The current $200, own outright, no contract iPod is already a feature packed video phone (y'know, from the future) with one catch: it requires wireless connectivity, something that's only going to become more ubiquitous.
All Apple needs to do is switch off video on facetime, find a way to add voip style phone numbers (like Skype et al) and then sell it as $200 phone, no plan required.
- pagekalisedown 15y agoyup, I'm already doing exactly that. I use my iPod Touch (4th gen) as a phone with a voip app and a voip subscription. I'm always near wifi except when I'm in my car, and I have a pay-as-you-go cell for those times.
- younata 15y agoIf you're in your car (which implies you're driving, since it's YOUR car), you shouldn't be using a phone.
- cubicle67 15y agonot sure about the rules where you or pagekalisedown are, but in Western Australia (rules vary state by state) it's legal to phone whilst driving provided you're using a hands free kit
- younata 15y agoI wasn't going for the legality of the issue, I was going for it's overall more dangerous to drive while using the phone.
- Kylekramer 15y agoAnd burn their very profitable relationships with carriers? I already do this with my iPod, but there is no way Apple is about to make it easy to make calls with an iPod when they make so much more off of iPhones.