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12-31-2007

This will never amount to anything. Phone part requires FCC approval, Meizu has no history with them so FCC will play hard to get. Chances are less than say 1% they will have something FCC will be willing to approve in 2008. The other issue is OS. iPhone and iPodT are based on OS X, Meizu's only option is MS mobile an outdated horrible clunker from Redmont that will never provide anything remotely close to OS features, functionality and efficiency. Also the essential part of iPhone and iPod/T is their touch interface, I know of no company in Europe or States that could implement anything close to it. Same with intelligent text entry. Took Apple long time to get it usable (remember Newton?). Meizu's and generally Asian software skills are still in software Stone Age and will remain so for a few decades at least. So don't count on this approaching iPhone, this will be another mp3 player, somewhat different format with a crude button like "touch" interface at best.

If you don't believe me try their current mp3 player Meizu-M6, the original s/w stunk really bad, the current is serviceable but nothing approaching the elegance and integration of even the original iPod. Those people weren't even able to write their own video conversion s/w, they give you extremely crummy public domain utility instead. And you want them to compete with iPhone?

12-31-2007	#10 (permalink)
Unregistered Posts: n/a	you guys are joking, right? This will never amount to anything. Phone part requires FCC approval, Meizu has no history with them so FCC will play hard to get. Chances are less than say 1% they will have something FCC will be willing to approve in 2008. The other issue is OS. iPhone and iPodT are based on OS X, Meizu's only option is MS mobile an outdated horrible clunker from Redmont that will never provide anything remotely close to OS features, functionality and efficiency. Also the essential part of iPhone and iPod/T is their touch interface, I know of no company in Europe or States that could implement anything close to it. Same with intelligent text entry. Took Apple long time to get it usable (remember Newton?). Meizu's and generally Asian software skills are still in software Stone Age and will remain so for a few decades at least. So don't count on this approaching iPhone, this will be another mp3 player, somewhat different format with a crude button like "touch" interface at best. If you don't believe me try their current mp3 player Meizu-M6, the original s/w stunk really bad, the current is serviceable but nothing approaching the elegance and integration of even the original iPod. Those people weren't even able to write their own video conversion s/w, they give you extremely crummy public domain utility instead. And you want them to compete with iPhone?