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<blockquote data-quote="Whizbang Dustyboots" data-source="post: 4405360" data-attributes="member: 11760"><p>That list is just funny, and I say that as someone who's been using a smartphone for years.</p><p></p><p></p><p>No, it's not. It's comparable to what it costs to use a smartphone. The iPhone 3G is not meant to replace someone's free-with-contract Razr.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Uh, you can't? Google Maps gives me turn-by-turn directions, unless there's some sneaky way this is being redefined. And there are already navigation apps that do more, and according to Apple, even more impressive ones on the way.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Smartphones are meant to be the laptop-lite in your pocket, not part of a suite of electronic crap you're carrying around like some Road Warrior extra.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Irritating, but it's coming.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Predictive typing IS a spell checker.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Deceptive to blend these two together. Smart phones with good cameras tend to run a lot more than this phone does.</p><p></p><p>What these hands-off complaints about the iPhone don't ever take into consideration is that while the iPhone actually does a great deal of what Blackberries and Treos do (now that the best-in-show Apps Store is open), it does it a LOT better. The e-mail client is vastly better than the one on the Treo, the chat is slightly better (Treos always had a good client), adding new applications (which crash no more than Treo ones do, and Palm takes months or years between patches, whereas 2.1 is going live before too long) is painless and the variety of even these first-gen apps is impressive and the quality is quite high.</p><p></p><p>Given what developers are saying about the relative power of the iPhone, we're going to see it discussed as a platform competing with the DS as much as with the Blackberry.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: Snark removed. If the OP is the blog owner, there are some usability tweaks needed that are pretty much a must for that site, IMO.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Whizbang Dustyboots, post: 4405360, member: 11760"] That list is just funny, and I say that as someone who's been using a smartphone for years. No, it's not. It's comparable to what it costs to use a smartphone. The iPhone 3G is not meant to replace someone's free-with-contract Razr. Uh, you can't? Google Maps gives me turn-by-turn directions, unless there's some sneaky way this is being redefined. And there are already navigation apps that do more, and according to Apple, even more impressive ones on the way. Smartphones are meant to be the laptop-lite in your pocket, not part of a suite of electronic crap you're carrying around like some Road Warrior extra. Irritating, but it's coming. Predictive typing IS a spell checker. Deceptive to blend these two together. Smart phones with good cameras tend to run a lot more than this phone does. What these hands-off complaints about the iPhone don't ever take into consideration is that while the iPhone actually does a great deal of what Blackberries and Treos do (now that the best-in-show Apps Store is open), it does it a LOT better. The e-mail client is vastly better than the one on the Treo, the chat is slightly better (Treos always had a good client), adding new applications (which crash no more than Treo ones do, and Palm takes months or years between patches, whereas 2.1 is going live before too long) is painless and the variety of even these first-gen apps is impressive and the quality is quite high. Given what developers are saying about the relative power of the iPhone, we're going to see it discussed as a platform competing with the DS as much as with the Blackberry. EDIT: Snark removed. If the OP is the blog owner, there are some usability tweaks needed that are pretty much a must for that site, IMO. [/QUOTE]
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