Re: [CGUYS] It's an app world, and it could swallow all computing

2010-03-31 Thread mike
I don't know, I've liked the look of the devour much more than the droid even though the latter has a better screen and faster CPU. Personally after seeing moto's front end for android I think I'd put the standard android home screen or slidescreen instead of moto's blur. Another point I apprecia

Re: [CGUYS] It's an app world, and it could swallow all computing

2010-03-31 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 9:28 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall < popoz...@earthlink.net> wrote: > I will be sticking with Verizon because of the service area where I live. > Wirefly is selling the Droid for Verizon on verizon's service. Just an end around the normal marketplace price. > > I have been l

Re: [CGUYS] It's an app world, and it could swallow all computing

2010-03-31 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
I will be sticking with Verizon because of the service area where I live. I have been looking at the Droid. My son absolutely wants the Droid. (Will be twenty in May more phone that I think he really needs.) Right now they have a 2 for one offer, but you have to have a contract coming up to u

Re: [CGUYS] It's an app world, and it could swallow all computing

2010-03-31 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
If you really want the Droid the best deal I've found is through the free Borders Books Reward card. The Borders Card has an associated club- Borders Rewards Perks that offers a Droid for $50 for upgrading current subscribers and $20 for new subs through Wirefly. I've been holding off to see how

Re: [CGUYS] It's an app world, and it could swallow all computing

2010-03-31 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 7:04 PM, mike wrote: > I don't think this is a shocking development as the usefulness of these > devices becomes greater.  I rarely talk on my android phone, I'd say 90% of > my time is on apps/sms etc. Sure. These devices are portable computers with built-in phones. D

Re: [CGUYS] It's an app world, and it could swallow all computing

2010-03-31 Thread Stewart Marshall
OK you have my curiosity piqued. Which Android phone do you have? It is time for me tog et a new phone and I am patiently waiting to see which one I should get. It is going to be a smart phone and Verizon is giving me some pretty sweet deals. I am hoping the buy one get one free lasts till

Re: [CGUYS] It's an app world, and it could swallow all computing

2010-03-31 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 6:41 PM, tjpa wrote: > "He points to recent statistics prepared by Morgan Stanley tech analyst Mary > Meeker showing that typical cellphone users now spend 30% of their > 40-minutes-a-day average on data, and iPhone users spend 55% of their > 60-minute average on non-talki

Re: [CGUYS] It's an app world, and it could swallow all computing

2010-03-31 Thread mike
I don't think this is a shocking development as the usefulness of these devices becomes greater. I rarely talk on my android phone, I'd say 90% of my time is on apps/sms etc. On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 3:41 PM, tjpa wrote: > This is a good illustration of the point I was trying to make. The times

[CGUYS] It's an app world, and it could swallow all computing

2010-03-31 Thread tjpa
This is a good illustration of the point I was trying to make. The times they are a changing... "The sea change here is that people are gradually moving away from spending time with TV and computers to their mobile devices and that mobile time is increasingly less about talking and all abou

[CGUYS] domain value

2010-03-31 Thread gerald slawecki
>i own a domain site ppiusa.com, that i no longer use. someone seems to be >interested in purchasing it, and has asked how much i want for it. how do i >go about determining value? anyone have a feeling for value? i did not >consider it to be a particularly special domain. i missed ppi.com

Re: [CGUYS] Wozniak solves two iPhone problems

2010-03-31 Thread mike
Brilliant! Isn't this the guy who carries more than most people make in a year in cash everywhere he goes too? On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 3:57 AM, Chris Dunford wrote: > Woz has found a single solution to iPhone's lack of multitasking AND its > short battery life: > > "Yeah. I just have two iPhone

[CGUYS] Wozniak solves two iPhone problems

2010-03-31 Thread Chris Dunford
Woz has found a single solution to iPhone's lack of multitasking AND its short battery life: "Yeah. I just have two iPhones, so if the battery runs down on the first one, I can use the other. And if I'm talking on one, I can use the other one to look something up. You would not believe how much