I was thinking with the release price of near $800. Still $200/each is easier to eat when I need that many and as often (I am horribly hard on phones). That is what I was saying, if the clones had wifi I would have bought one already (let alone the 5 I would like have).
On 10/3/07, Travis Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Pick up 4 for the price of one? I paid $354 for a brand new, 4GB iPhone on > ebay... including shipping. > > And WiFi is a huge reason to have the iPhone, if you ask me. > > Travis > Microserv > > Jeromie Reeves wrote: > Has anyone picked up a Cect P168, Cect 599, or any of the other > iClones? I am thinking I would rather get 4 of the clones for the > same price as 1 iPhone (and not be locked into AT&T whom does not work > out here). So far the only missing feature I want on the clones is > wifi > > > On 10/2/07, Brad Belton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Have to agree the iPhone is just plain cool. Sure makes my Sprint HTC Mogul > look like a clunky, dumpy brick by comparison! lol > > I've been a Sprint wireless subscriber since their inception. Just can't > bring myself to jump ship...even for the iPhone. <sigh> > > Best, > > > Brad > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Travis Johnson > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 9:27 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] iPhone > > Tom, > > It's just plain cool. I had a Palm Treo 650 before. We use SMS more than > anything else... it's how we talk to our techs and installers, it's how > we get alerts, it's how I talk to my family (wife and kids), etc. so > that part was very critical for me... and the Treo was the only phone > before that made it very easy to send and receive messages... one button > and you were into the most recent list of SMS talkers, one click on > their name and you had the full conversation since it began. The iPhone > is the same way. I send and receive about 1500-2000 text messages per > month on my phone, so that was #1 priority. > > The next issue was having a web browser that was actually usable... by > usable I mean something that you would WANT to use to check news, alert > systems, etc. while sitting at lunch, etc. It works very, very well for > that. > > It has a built in camera that is better than the Treo, but not awesome. > It's a camera built in to a phone, what do you expect? I think it's > rated at 2MP. No current GPS support. > > Battery life so far is very impressive (considering WiFi is left on all > the time). I am getting about 2 full days of use per charge. > > The keyboard is a little strange to get used to, but then it's pretty > good. It does auto correction on the mis-typed words, and seems to work > pretty well. > > It's also a full-blown iPod... same connector (so everything iPod works) > and a very nice, easy to use interface. > > The idea, as Steve Jobs mentioned, is that I now have 1 device that has > everything I need all in one. Is it a laptop replacement? No. Is it a > techie's dream phone for hacking, SSH, etc... probably not. But it's > small and thin enough that it fits in my front pocket on my Levi's, and > keeps me 100% connected to my network and the Net. > > Travis > Microserv > > Tom DeReggi wrote: > > > I'm interested in more feedback. > > Cool for you as the CEO? or cool as a future phone for your techs? > I was considering getting one, for the awesome screen, but was > concerned about its missing features. > Am I correct that it will not support GPS or Camera? > > > > You can listen to your music > > Do you really want to be doing that, wasting your battery life? > How is the battery life? > And not hearing the phone ring, because of it? > Or does the ringer overide the music, to enable hearing it? > > Can you load an SSH client on it, like Putty? > > We know the full screen is clearly a winner. > But how is the keypad? > > I really like the large keys on the slideout keyboards, on alternative > palmtop WindowCe style phones. > > Tom DeReggi > RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc > IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Travis Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "WISPA General List" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 1:01 PM > Subject: [WISPA] iPhone > > > > > Hi, > > About a week ago I decided to buy an iPhone off ebay (brand new) to > play with... I wasn't planning on keeping it as my phone, but wanted > to play to see what all the hype was about. We don't have AT&T > service in our area, so once the phone arrived I had to "hack" it to > use Edge Wireless (a subsidiary of AT&T/Cingular in our area, but not > with iPhone support). After several hours, I got everything > working... and I have to say I am keeping the phone! > > This is the coolest phone I have ever seen. The web browser is > actually usable. You can listen to your music, look at pictures, > check your email, etc. all on a beautiful touch screen. Everything is > so easy to use and very responsive. It really is quite the phone > compared with everything else I have looked at. 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