I've got to ask because suddenly I realized maybe I'm confused. Do all
the Blackberry models run on the same system we hear about in the news
that goes down every now and then -- or are the new ones running on
regular, say, Verizon, phone systems?
I started wondering what Verizon is selling, or maybe re-selling.
Don Ferguson wrote:
> OK, but I'm in Colorado!! Bill was probably thinking a bit farther
> west.... That's where it broke down for me, but I get it now that you
> explained it (except for the whole Colorado/Utah thingy).
>
> Nobody has raised the really important question: "Why on earth, Don,
> would you, an 11-year Palm user, and especially after your brief and
> tortured experience with Pocket PC a couple of years ago, even consider
> another platform, especially now that you have the 755p which is by far
> the best Treo ever made?"
>
> The answer would have to be, really, "I dunno? Maybe I'm bored? Maybe
> because the sales girl at the T-Mobile store is cute?"
>
> Or maybe: "Because as an I/T consultant I'm technologically masochistic
> and like experimenting on myself with new technology?"
>
> Probably not going to happen, but I see the Blackberry's evolution as a
> much bigger threat to Palm that WinMob or Apple.
>
> Cheers,
> Don
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of J
> Messeder
> Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 2:54 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Treo] Temptation
>
> Alli wrote:
>
>> So what is it we said that you combined? I'm trying to come up with
>>
> what
>
>> LDS could mean, but with every attempt my mind falls further and
>>
> further
>
>> into the gutter. I'm sure you had no idea the letter l could start so
>> many thoughts!
>>
>>
> Here's to breaking a long-standing rule about explaining jokes, but
> since it was strung out a bit ...
>
> Alli: Don't you think "just trying out" a Pearl would be a little like
> cheating on your spouse/significant other?
> Bill: The LDS is big out there; there's no reason he can't have both.
> Craig: To summarize, I think that your typical user would be satisfied
> by the Pearl, but power users would find it limiting. So, Don, which of
> those do you fancy yourself?
> Colin: He's lusted after it in his mind. It's as bad as buying it (so
> say some).
> Don: Difficult . . . to resist . . . temptation!!
> Alli <eye roll>
> J Messeder: But the thought of a power-LDSer -- now there's something to
>
> contemplate.
> Don: Sorry to be dense, but what's a "power LDS-er"??
> J Messeder: I was just combining something Alli said with something
> Colin said with something Bill said.
> The other Don: someone who has programmed a speed dial directly to Salt
> Lake
> Alli:I'm trying to come up with what LDS could mean, but with every
> attempt my mind falls ...
>
> OK, That's all the hints you get.
>
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> Yahoo! Groups Links
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(News commentator Eric Severied in a radio essay on the 25th
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