You can take my hardware keyboard from me when you pry it out of my cold, dead hands.
On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 2:46 PM, john.messeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Speaking as a guy, which at last check I appeared to qualify, the > iPhone's keyboard was almost easier to use than the Treo's. If I make > the switch, I'll miss writing on the screen, which is how I get to write > short notes without looking, which is cool when one is driving and the > eyes are better employed for avoiding beligerent trees. > Other'n that, you got it about right. > > On 05/06/2008 at 1430 -0400 > > "Harold M. Goldner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > The iPhone and the Treo are not comparable units. The iPhone is an mp3 > player with a phone grafted on. I hear incessant complaints (mostly from > men) about the keyboard, and the AT&T system does not have real 3G for data. > Yeah, it has wifi, but if you are used to synchronizing a device with > contacts, tasks, appointments, memos and documents, the iPhone will not meet > your needs. > > > > The Treo 'can' play mp3's (if you don't mind stuttering). It can play and > show multimedia files, but it's mostly a smartphone with data capabilities > and voice capabilities, and a keyboard which cannot be beat. > > > > It's not even apples and oranges. It's frute and vegetables, and that > might be a stretch. > > > > Harold > > > > --- Original Message--- > > To: [email protected] > > From: "john.messeder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: 5/06/2008 12:26PM > > Subject: Re: Moving away from Palm soon (Was: Re: [Treo] Sync via BT on > Vista Ultimate) > > > > > >>> Simply, the iPhone is an iPod (I already have a 160Gb Classic) with a > >>> phone attached (well, OK, built-in). <snip> > >>> > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > /"Thirty-five million deaths leave an empty place at only one family > table." / > (News commentator Eric Sevareid in a radio essay on the 25th anniversary > of the start of World War Two. 8/31/64) > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- http://www.GearBits.com -- Tech. Culture. Ideas. Opinions.
