Re: [CGUYS] Apple drops OS X awards

2010-05-11 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
That is fine but don't tell me what I want. I know what I need!!! Plus Apple has already marginalized me by not going to the carrier I need in this area. They have made some cagy business moves but that also means some of us just wont bite. Stewart At 09:24 AM 5/11/2010, you wrote: On M

Re: [CGUYS] Apple drops OS X awards

2010-05-11 Thread tjpa
"The QWERTY design is based on a layout designed by Christopher Latham Sholes in 1874 for the Sholes and Glidden typewriter ..." Dang if it was good enough in 1874 it should be good enough today. I don't know why anyone would want to innovate. Personally I like this one... http://upload.wik

Re: [CGUYS] Apple drops OS X awards

2010-05-11 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 10:24 AM, tjpa wrote: > I keep reading reports of people who insisted they needed a physical > keyboard, discovering that a virtual keyboard works fine. I keep reading reports claiming that folks prefer real keyboards over virtual ones, and that a good real keyboard res

Re: [CGUYS] Apple drops OS X awards

2010-05-11 Thread tjpa
On May 10, 2010, at 8:23 PM, Mike Henderson wrote: The nexus was cutting edge for about ten minutes It is indeed a wonderful time to be a consumer of app phones. With change being so rapid I expect that 10-minute old phones will be selling a very good prices. Panicky vendors want to unload

Re: [CGUYS] Apple drops OS X awards

2010-05-11 Thread tjpa
On May 10, 2010, at 8:30 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: Actually I have looked at it and I want a phone with a physical keypad! I keep reading reports of people who insisted they needed a physical keyboard, discovering that a virtual keyboard works fine. I have also read that the App

Re: [CGUYS] Apple drops OS X awards

2010-05-10 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 5:40 PM, tjp wrote: > The real Steve says you are all wet (but what does he know?). So, what do you mean by "The real Steve"? As far as this list is concerned, am I not a "real" Steve? Do I not have enough airplanes to constitute a real Steve in your estimation? Besi

Re: [CGUYS] Apple drops OS X awards

2010-05-10 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Actually I have looked at it and I want a phone with a physical keypad! I also looked at the Droid and found it a touch heavy for me. Presently I have a Palm Pre. Stewart At 07:23 PM 5/10/2010, you wrote: Actually that 4g phone is better than the nexus in most every respect. The nexus wa

Re: [CGUYS] Apple drops OS X awards

2010-05-10 Thread Mike Henderson
Actually that 4g phone is better than the nexus in most every respect. The nexus was cutting edge for about ten minutes, then HTC started releasing better phones..the 4G, the incredible. Might want take a look at Verizon's version of the newest HTC. Sent from my iPod On May 10, 2010, at 5:13 PM,

Re: [CGUYS] Apple drops OS X awards

2010-05-10 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
It was just announced today the Sprint/Nextel will not support the Goggle Nexus One phone but will back a lesser model the HTC EVO that runs android software. So Googles marketing plan on a phone for networks may not work out well. But their software seems to be a big hit. Stewart At 04:4

Re: [CGUYS] Apple drops OS X awards

2010-05-10 Thread tjp
The real Steve says you are all wet (but what does he know?). "Steve Jobs says Apple isn't de-emphasizing the Mac" http://www.macnn.com/articles/10/04/29/e.mail.speculated.on.the.companys.mobile.focus/ On May 10, 2010, at 11:21 AM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: Apple is dropping any software awar

[CGUYS] Apple drops OS X awards

2010-05-10 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
Apple is dropping any software awards for their desktop and laptop computers. Since 1997, Apple has handed out awards for the best new software developed for all their various platforms at the annual World Wide Developers Conference. Apple is now discontinuing awards for all except their wirele