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Round 2: Features
Real beauty is on the inside
Apple iPhone
What do the iPhone and iPod Touch offer under the hood? Here, we examine the features in each device and decide if one offers more. Remember, we're excluding the iPod Touch's lack of calling features from this comparison.
| Player | Kent | Donald | Tom | Total |
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Apple iPhone |
5 Since my major iPhone gripes concern its missing "phone" features (like no 3G), I'd only say that the 8GB of memory is too low. Yet its camera, e-mail, and microphone put it ahead this round. The Bluetooth is also nice, even if it lacks a stereo profile. |
4 Even without the phone, features such as POP e-mail, a camera, weather & stock widgets, a built-in speaker, Bluetooth, and EDGE really make the iPhone a superior device. Plus, the hacks developed for the iPhone are awesome. |
4 I'm hopeful that one day Apple allows more applications on the iPhone, but for now, YouTube, Google Maps, Wi-Fi, e-mail, a camera, and, of course, an iPod make this a pretty compelling device. |
13 |
Apple iPod Touch |
4 Sure, its 16GB memory is small for a multimedia device, but with Wi-Fi and the Safari Web browser the iPod Touch compares very well against other digital music players. But when compared with the iPhone, it lacks some cool offerings. |
3 If we had never heard of the iPhone, the iPod Touch would seem like it fell out of a wormhole from the future. Unfortunately, in our post-iPhone reality, the iPod Touch just feels like a cheaper derivative of its cooler, older brother. |
3 Even without the phone, the iPod Touch falls short of what could have been a delightful little computer. The lack of Google Maps, an e-mail client, or a camera is disappointing. |
10 |
Winner: Apple iPhone
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