the madness begins in 17 days. the commercials are blaring. geekie fanboys are salivating. walt mossberg of the wall street journal is gloating that he already has one. that $600 in your pocket is slowly burning a hole through your pants as it attempts to leap out, slap you, and force you to exchange it for a sleek, new iphone.
but wait…there have to be alternatives, right? can’t i have a neat interface, music, internet, and sexiness without forking over a car note?
yup. well, sort of. here are some iphone alternatives.
sprint upstage
price: $99 with 2-year
details: small phone packs a unique punch with dual sides, one for music, one for the phone
nokia n95
price: $750
details: although extremely expensive, you can be the cool kid on the block with this carrier-independent device. it sports a 5 megapixel camera (you read that right), gps, expandable slot for music, and dual-sliding action.
t-mobile wing
prince: $299 with 2-year
details: . a cousin of the sidekick, this phone has a full qwerty keyboard, windows mobile 6, and comes with a stylus to navigate through your music, pictures, video, etc.
(via chicagotribune)
updated 6.12: thanks to ‘wing owner’ for the clarification.
Wing Owner
THATS NOT THE WING and it’s not a “cousin” of the sidekick they have nothing to do with each other, it doesnt have a rotating screen, and it has a totally different interface…. it comes with windows mobile 6… http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/356866.jpg
June 12, 2007 at 12:30 pm
Fredric
wing owner…
thanks for clarification. updated the pic. i’m still going to call it the sidekick’s cousin only because they share the same carrier. maybe it’s the older, more mature cousin considering it’s windows OS.
June 12, 2007 at 12:38 pm
Wing Owner
Yeah man, it’s cool, just wanted to let you know, it has NOTHING to do with the sidekick :p
June 12, 2007 at 12:40 pm
Wing Owner
and if u really want a good alternative to the iphone … here
http://reviews.cnet.com/HTC_Touch/4660-6452_7-6740492.html
June 12, 2007 at 12:42 pm
Fredric
that’s whats up. thanks.
cnet only gave it a 6.3, though. for those interested in the non-video review of the htc touch, check here
June 12, 2007 at 12:58 pm
Wing Owner 2
Um, Fredric… The link you provided is to the HTC Touch… Not the Wing
June 12, 2007 at 1:11 pm
Fredric
wing owner 2…
yup, sorry i didn’t make that clear in my comment. i was responding to wing owner’s comment.
for a cnet review of the t-mobile wing, also by htc, check here
June 12, 2007 at 1:51 pm
Not even a cousin
Wing is no cousin to sidekick. Maybe a cousin to iPhone. If you look online “Slide 2 Unlock” and “Wisbar Advance” make the Wing look like an iPhone, then again, with great power, comes great responsibility, and the power of the Wing makes it responsible for all the iPhone disses, WITH REASON.
June 12, 2007 at 9:45 pm
bygbaby
I have not seen a good alternative or anything that makes the tech geek in my salivate like the iPhone. I think the competition will really be once it is finally on the streets.
Although I want an iPhone really bad, I am starting to have issues with their marketing campaign.
Bygbaby
June 12, 2007 at 10:40 pm
Fredric
the original picture i had up that seems to be creating a little raucous is here.
i had originally google image’d ‘t-mobile wing’ and this pic came up. i finally read the article (from 2005 btw) and just saw that the words ‘the German wing of T-mobile unveiled…’
d’oh!
June 13, 2007 at 9:21 am
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June 20, 2007 at 12:55 pm
AB
What about the Treo? I has more features than the iphone…And a lower price tag!
June 20, 2007 at 3:05 pm
Fredric
i left it out mainly b/c it is being touted as a smartphone than a uber media device. does the treo come with that much memory or allow a big enough card to hold 100 songs?
June 20, 2007 at 3:21 pm