Comments on: Apple: http://melissablogs.com/2009/01/16/apple/ Information Pollination Thu, 24 May 2012 03:47:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: TX CHL Instructor http://melissablogs.com/2009/01/16/apple/comment-page-1/#comment-12654 TX CHL Instructor Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:24:09 +0000 http://www.melissaclouthier.com/?p=12306#comment-12654 The iPhone is kinda neat (I have one of the original), but not neat enough to stand in line for, much less camp out overnight. When I heard on the news that Apple fanbois were doing just that, I decided NOT to upgrade to the 3G version. I have a friend who got the new Google-phone, and really likes it. I will probably consider it when the time comes to change phones, which will probably be about the time the non-replaceable battery in my iPhone gives out. There are LOTS of different alternatives out there, and with the increasing competition, I hope that somebody eventually gets it right. For now, though, all of the data plans are overpriced, and the business of locking in a carrier sucks. I am seriously considering getting an unlocked Nokia N-series. But things just keep getting better, and for now, the iPhone is adequate, if just barely. Cut & Paste, anybody? How about search of calendar entries? It's almost enough to drive me back to carrying a dumb-phone and my old Palm. The iPhone is kinda neat (I have one of the original), but not neat enough to stand in line for, much less camp out overnight. When I heard on the news that Apple fanbois were doing just that, I decided NOT to upgrade to the 3G version.

I have a friend who got the new Google-phone, and really likes it. I will probably consider it when the time comes to change phones, which will probably be about the time the non-replaceable battery in my iPhone gives out.

There are LOTS of different alternatives out there, and with the increasing competition, I hope that somebody eventually gets it right. For now, though, all of the data plans are overpriced, and the business of locking in a carrier sucks. I am seriously considering getting an unlocked Nokia N-series.

But things just keep getting better, and for now, the iPhone is adequate, if just barely.

Cut & Paste, anybody? How about search of calendar entries? It’s almost enough to drive me back to carrying a dumb-phone and my old Palm.

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