Al, Afraid I do disagree with you there. I have now had the iPhone for 5 months and would gladly lose an arm instead of being without it.....It would still be easy to operate with one hand anyway!.
Having had various windows mobile phones for 5 years I NEVER was able to use them seriously on the internet. Either too slow or just plain didn't work and too, too fiddly using that damned stylus which was completely useless. With the iPhone, everything is just so easy and intuitive. Even if you just take the phone itself it has SIMPLE BIG buttons and not too many of them, just the ones you need...Dial, Hands free, Mute and End which is enough. The ability to instantly dial any number that you find on the internet or on the iPhone anywhere is invaluable and the GPS locator is brilliant when integrated with applications that give you local banks, supermarkets, shops and restaurants etc. Some 2, nearly 3 years after it was launched it still has no match with any other phone. Android comes close, but is a work in progress, Windows Mobile is just past it and even the rumored V7 looks a makeshift stop gap. No, Apple has hit the right spot dead on and I am considering the purchase of an iPad when it becomes available as there will be lots of modifications and add-ons when it is mainstream. Look upon it as a revamped portable television and you get what it is all about. OK, it isn't a phone...yet, but the iPhone suffices. Look at it as a personal information display device and you will get where it is placed. I have been meaning to get into some iPhone app development but don't seem to have the time. Yes, I don't like the stranglehold that Apple have on the Apps or the way you develop things but that may change. Now, with a MacBook pro at home, an iPhone and maybe an iPad I'm turning into a geek.....all I need now is a Harley Davidson and my lifestyle will be set out for me. Don't knock it before you have tried it I say and admit when you have developed a distorted and biased opinion based upon nothing other than prejudice. Dave C -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Allen Sent: 28 January 2010 12:28 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NF] The iPad? For all you bleeding fanboys I bet loads of sheep will buy it like the ipod (crap) and iphone (prefer a windows phone) Al -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Smith Sent: 28 January 2010 13:27 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NF] The iPad? For all you bleeding fanboys If it's like many Apple products, it will be much better by the third release. I love the idea of reading magazines and newspapers in color, so I'm interested but I'll wait for some revisions to come along. [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/80dece19df364bf6802c034958d5b...@develop ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
