[Touch HD General] mackaby007:
The iphone is ranked where? No 3 in the world? Why??!!

Agreed.

Initially I thought the iphone's success was based on sheer hype. How wrong was I! Best device I've ever owned. They are currently the 3rd most successful phone manufactures in the world!! Apple?? Don't they make computers? Yeah so does Microsoft, but while all other makers O/S's, make/made their mistakes and focused on function and feature but neglected creativity, Apple watched and hatched a plan that could not fail. Watch, learn, improve! Mix in some award winning designs...worthy of peoples hard earnt money and you have yourself a device which is easily out-featured by many other phones on the market, but does what it does without the user needing to be a technical guru to get the best out of their device..like with WM devices.

Anyway, I've had a few requests for info on the iphone so I decided to list it here for anyone interested. No i don't work for them. Wouldn't mind though..they sure are creative.

Here are some Web sites that will explain and help you unlock the potential of an iPhone 2G or 3G.

http://blog.iphone-dev.org/

The hackers who brought us Quickpwn and Jailbreaking as well as Sim Unlocking the ipjone

http://modmyi.com/forums/

Reminiscent of xda developers but on a much smaller scale, yet the dedication of members and developers alike are equally profession and get results no matter what

http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/forumdisplay.php?f=456

Good source of information from other users and lots of apps to download

http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/reviews/entry/switcheasy-capsuleneo-for-iphone-3g/

Best protective case I've seen for a phone and it looks good!!

http://planet-iphones.com/

very good site for all things iphone

http://www.universal-sim.org/

Will allow you to unlock your iphone to ANY network.

There are many more I'm sure, but I just glean what I need to get the job done. The first 2 sites mentioned are a MUST for me.

You will learn that the iphone is not only capable but delivers very well and far more easy to manage sending/receiving MMS's and recording and encoding Video to a quality far superior to any HTC device before it.

You will learn that while Apple should have made much more of an effort with the seemingly useless 2MPx camera in the iphone, when in good lighting conditions, the iphone takes superb pictures with a very well balanced proportion of the many settings allowed by a 3r party developer of an app called 'Snapture'.

OK no wireless bluetooth headphones, but many can live without that.

Seeing is believing. The iphone is not something to be described it is what technology is moving toward...the seemingly perfect integration of the best known/working technologies from various areas of communications/data useages and best in-class-iPod 2G integration into a thin strong but still attractive casing.

Most developer minded WM users will find it hard to make the transition to Apple. I had been to lazy to give any other competitors in Smartphones Manufacturing the time of day, because xda developers gave me the confidence that their support is better than any manufacturers technical support.

But on venturing out of usual WM confines, I've seen that the WM platform was lacking in many areas which have over the years become more important than a full featured spec sheet (which is so feature rich that I would have to force myself to find use for each feature), if that makes any sense?!!>

Anyway all I will say is this.

If you are a WM fan, stick to what makes you happy...same applies to AppleFan boys. But if like me your a fan of technology and technical progress, you'll do well to get yourself an iphone or even better a 3G version (has more long term potential..only because of HSDPA and A-GPS). Then jailbreak it (software to break the chains of Apple's controlling grip on the O/S and other restrictions).

Update to the latest firmware and quickpwn and sim unlock iphone.

Now you can not only get all the benefits at the AppleStore running v2.0+ software, but benefit from all the the other software solutions provided by a multitude of some brilliant developers who deserve some serious credit from Apple for taking their creation to a whole new level! It was through jailbreaking that the first FPS 3D game was able to be ported to the iphone, leading the way for 2.0 software the following year.

Enough already...I'm converted already. I always let the new integrated meta technologies woe me when it has been done almost seemlessly, as in the iphone.

For those who may wander why so much discussion in a non-iphone site, let alone thread, I too was interested in the HTC Touch HD, hence my reason for reading this thread. But through reading and intelligent discourse (not on my behalf :)) I have come to realise that the iphone is definately still my first choice and as such my interest in the HD is no more.

Thanks! Hope I didn't offend anyone. :)