Since when does the battery only last a year? I'm sure there's slight degradation over a year, just as with any battery, but I doubt you would have to replace it. Also, although in other iPods you can't just pop in a new battery like you would a Treo, you still can replace the battery, it just takes a little more work, but there are plenty of kits available and I think Apple also has a service to do this for you. The iPhone doesn't have a lot of things the Treo does, especially a good base of third party software and a community of developers (although dwindling) that still making this software. Also it has a real keyboard, which the iPhone doesn't. But it does have some things going for it, and to me issues like a replacable battery are way down on the list of disadvantages. Anyway, at this point I consider Apple a much more competent company. Palm's giving up the Foleo is both good and bad. It is good in that it shows that they are able to admit mistakes (kind of), cut their losses and move on with their real best priority in mind. But it also indicates that they are still making these big mistakes in the first place. Apple, of course also makes mistakes and they seem to be pretty responsive about them. This price drop is one big example. They took 33% off the price of this iPhone, and if their patten holds up, next year we will see probably 16GB and 32GB iPhones for $350 and $450.
I still won't go near them until they open up to developers more and at least have models that can do HSDPA, but even then I'm loath to switch to AT&T, so may have to wait another 4+ years (if ever) until they offer it on other carriers. Then again, who knows, Apple may just change that exclusive deal with AT&T too if they think it is preventing them from gaining more customers. Heck, they now have this deal with Starbucks for Wifi access, but really isn't this a deal with Tmobile? I mean that's where Starbucks gets the Wifi, right? So who knows! Levi > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Don Ferguson > Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 1:23 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [Treo] iPhone price cut > > Hmmmmmmm. Why would they do that? Trouble in Apple-land? I saw the > PC > Mag guy saying that the iPhone is a great device -- not a great phone > and not a great PDA, but a great device!! And a battery that isn't > user > replaceable and only lasts a year? > > Hmmmmmmm. > > Cheers, > Don > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Craig Froehle > Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 9:29 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Treo] iPhone price cut > > Half as pissed...Apple announced today that everyone who bought one at > the higher price gets $100 back. > > On 9/6/07, Scandals & Animals <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Apple announced a $200 price cut for the 8gb iPhone yesterday. > Imagine how > > pissed the people who bought right away must be. > > > > > > -- > > So this is how liberty dies...to the applause of Sean Hannity, Rush > > Limbaugh, and Glenn Beck. > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > -- > http://www.GearBits.com -- Tech. Culture. Ideas. Opinions. > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
