Defecting to the dark side...the iPhone.

[hotatlboi]

First: you are now a PC user.
What they sell as a mac since some time IS a PC.

Second: you are using a PC.

Third: totally ignorant rant. What the fuck has a service to do with the OS? Nobody was fucking talking about an OS here.

A Mac is a PC as far as the hardware yes, but the primary distinction is the OS.

Free? I thought you pay for it?

I believe she was referring to what you said, that you get it for free.

If you don't have a clue what you are talking about ... please don't.

I know more about computers than most people. I have a CS degree. I still use a Mac and an iphone. It's a misconception that Macs are just for technically illiterate people.

 

[just_mills]

And, you put up those example pics so fast ... I'm impressed!

It's a nifty bit of kit..

 

[mbamike]

I had Cingular (now AT&T) several years ago. I hated that network. I switched to Verizon and am very satisfied with the network.

My current phone is a Blackberry Pearl. I get my emails, text, and Internet with no issues except the screen is a little too small. The phone was free when I upgraded nearly two years ago and it is my first Blackberry.

I am thinking of using my upcoming upgrade to purchase either the Blackberry Storm2 or the Motorola Droid. The Storm2 out performs the Droid on emailing, but the Droid has a faster Internet OS. So, it depends on what is important to you.

For me, I am leaning toward the Droid because of the faster Internet OS and it comes with Google Maps for free. I will need to pay $9.99/month extra for the Navigator if I go with the Storm2.

Also, the Droid is the competitor for the iPhone and Verizon is heavily marketing what the Droid can do/do better than the iPhone.

So, to get a great network and to have all the functionality of the iPhone, you may want to consider the Droid. The cheapest Droid I have found is online at the Dell Mobility Store for about $120 with a two year contract.

 

[Corny]

A Mac is a PC as far as the hardware yes, but the primary distinction is the OS.

A PC is a hardware platform. The OS is software ..

I know more about computers than most people. I have a CS degree. I still use a Mac and an iphone. It's a misconception that Macs are just for technically illiterate people.

I didn't say that. It's also a misconception that macs never fail. But I didn't even say that. I didn't even discuss any of the usual reality distortion field induced insanities that the mac fanbois crap all over the world whether they want to hear it or not.

I simply was amazed that people pay that much for such a service. And I got an OS rant in a thread about a phone.
Lifestyle much? Yeah .. soon it's a religion and you can all worship Steve Jobs golden balls every sunday in mass.

 

[blackbeltninja]

Does it not worry all of you guys that you feel the need to get internet/email/facebook/random crap like 24/7 and choose phones - ironically designed for real time interaction with real people - which can provide this? Am I the only one who is quite happy to be out of contact for a few hours each day and out, you know, interacting face to face with real people in the real world?

All any vaguely-committed terrorist needs to do to cause complete and total choas is figure out a way to break the internet for a day. Then he can watch the lot of you degenerate into an entertainment-starved mob murdering each other just so you can film it and Tweet about it when the network finally comes up again later.

-d-

 

[SilverWolf]

Does it not worry all of you guys that you feel the need to get internet/email/facebook/random crap like 24/7 and choose phones - ironically designed for real time interaction with real people - which can provide this? Am I the only one who is quite happy to be out of contact for a few hours each day and out, you know, interacting face to face with real people in the real world?

All any vaguely-committed terrorist needs to do to cause complete and total choas is figure out a way to break the internet for a day. Then he can watch the lot of you degenerate into an entertainment-starved mob murdering each other just so you can film it and Tweet about it when the network finally comes up again later.

-d-

Having internet/email/facebook available 24/7 is different than compulsively checking your email/posting on your facebook and tweeting. And if terrorists actually had the capability to bring down the internet I for one will be far more worried about what a country with the money and advanced technology like Japan could do us!

The movie Live Free or Die Hard comes to mind when I think of that scenario

 

[hotatlboi]

A PC is a hardware platform. The OS is software

No duh.

However in popular culture, PC typically = Windows PC. i.e. a computer running the Windows operating system.

I didn't say that. It's also a misconception that macs never fail.

Sure, and I don't see anyone claiming they never fail in this thread. However, in my experience they fail less than other computers. I used one Mac laptop for over 6 years. Most Windows laptops I've had crapped out far sooner than that. Macs are more expensive, but both the hardware and software is very reliable imo.

I didn't even discuss any of the usual reality distortion field induced insanities that the mac fanbois crap all over the world whether they want to hear it or not.

I will admit that uber Mac fanbois (like Sheep, lol) are a little bit out there. I use a Mac because it works for me. However, I'm not so delusional as to think that it would be the best choice for everyone.

 

[StlKj]

Mac, PC, Linux--who cares? Trans asked about the phone.

I've had numerous phones over the years. I currently have the iphone 3Gs. I virtually never have dropped calls, and in places where other cell phones have had dead spots over the years, my iphone doesn't. I love all the great apps I find useful all the time. I love the video player and using itunes. I love the design and it's simplicity. I love this phone. Pretty much anything I want to do on the phone, it's not only capable of doing, but it also often does it better than any other phone I've owned. I even have a first gen iphone that a buddy gave me as a hand-me-down after a year of heavy use, and all this time later it works just fine as a multimedia player--the battery still holds out longer than one might expect (a common concern since once the battery dies, it has to be returned to be replaced).

So, to recap, I love my phone.

 

[blackbeltninja]

Having internet/email/facebook available 24/7 is different than compulsively checking your email/posting on your facebook and tweeting.

Agreed. I suppose rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it, but it concerns me that corporates advertise built-in immediate linkage to Facebook and youtube and stuff on their handsets, and it annoys me when people seem to think it makes their phone more useful. 3 years ago these things were just starting out; suddenly our worlds would end if we couldn't get into them within 30 seconds or by needing to press more than 5 different buttons.

When I was an undergrad in the mid 90s, the steps and surrounds of UCT's iconic Jamieson Hall were a meeting place and things happened there on The Plaza. Performances, interaction, political and social rallies and stuff. It was the heart and soul of the University and always buzzing at lunchtime. These days, it's full of kids texting and tweeting and listening to iPods and interacting with everyone who is nowhere near them and it's eerily silent.

The movie Live Free or Die Hard comes to mind when I think of that scenario

Great flick.

-d-

 

[chatolandia]

I like technology, it makes life easier for a lot of things...


It can be bad, but I think the good outweighs the bad


I am trying to keep my crappy (OK, FUCKING CRAPPY) cell phone for a few more months in hope that the iPhone people get out of AT&T next year, or that one of the newer competitors (aka Droid, et al) proves to be as good, if not better, than the iPhone.

I know that there are a ton of people that are anti-iPhone, but the many apps and the huge growth of that market alone proves that the concept is very successful.


here's hoping

 

[burst]

i've never had any troubles from att :\ i was with centennial here (it's just the best coverage, but their cellphones are so 90's lol the new phone they have is the blackberry curve IMAGINE THAT!!!!!)

And att here dropped the prices for pda's and iphone, everything unlimited (text, calls, internet etc.) for $30 to $80... $30 to have some restrictions of calls, messages & internet and $80 if you want the iphone completely unlimited

That made a lot of people from t-mobile change to att since here t-mobile was charging almost $120 for unlimited plan on iphone and other pda's and t-mobile here is just TOTALLY WORTHLESS!! unless you live close to the capital and some metropolitan areas.

 

[Reika]

I don't like iPhones, not because of service or all the cool stuff you can do on them, i just don't want to be mugged. Anything that has an "i" infront of it, or white headphones atm seems to be an advert for getting mugged. (lol, my MP3 player has no buttons anymore, i have to use the headphone jack to turn it on XD)

I love my LG KS360, it's small, it has loads of decent apps and i can load webpages without too much trouble.

As to informationa about service providers, i wouldn't know, not american =)

 

[mbamike]

Does it not worry all of you guys that you feel the need to get internet/email/facebook/random crap like 24/7 and choose phones - ironically designed for real time interaction with real people - which can provide this? Am I the only one who is quite happy to be out of contact for a few hours each day and out, you know, interacting face to face with real people in the real world?-d-

In a word, NO.

I can do without all the social network attachments (facebook, twitter, etc.), but getting emails as quickly as possible, being able to respond quickly, and getting on the internet to lookup some information are all important. As the old cliche' states, time is money.

 

[blackbeltninja]

In a word, NO.

I can do without all the social network attachments (facebook, twitter, etc.), but getting emails as quickly as possible, being able to respond quickly, and getting on the internet to lookup some information are all important. As the old cliche' states, time is money.

I think you'll find that very few people on their death-beds wish they'd spent more time at work.

Emails - if a response from you is really that critical you'll get a call, which is why you got a cellphone in the first place - so you could get calls when you weren't near a telephone. Likewise with getting stuff off the net - I've yet to be in a situation where needing internet access like RIGHT NOW was life and death, except at work where I have a computer. Everything else can wait, you know?

-d-