Yes, if you plan to do a lot of typing, the iPhone's kind of a pain. Good for websurfing, checking email with short responses, and always having your tunes.
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Vortex - May 08, 2009 6:09:35 am PDT #9936 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
omnis_audis - May 08, 2009 6:27:57 am PDT #9937 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
wait a second!
and maybe check b.org on itMaybe? MAYBE! That's the best part of the iPhone, I'm checking b.org all the time, and can actually keep up in Bitches. ;)
Seriously, the iphone is great. Battery life really depends on what you need. For instance, no bluetooth, turn it off, and save a TON of battery. If you get a lot of calls, and do a lot of email/surfing, the battery will drain. High graphic apps will also drain the battery. If you have sketchy AT&T coverage, it sucks. If you have lots of AT&T coverage, no problem. All in all, I love my iphone (but I'm also an apple whore, so... take that with a grain of salt).
Typo Boy - May 08, 2009 6:34:20 am PDT #9938 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
In terms of kindle text books and saving money. Several students will go in on buying a legit copy with someone who has skills to make copies. Popular textbooks will probably end up in pdf form on the interbunny. Not arguing for it. But once textbooks are in electronic form, I doubt Amazon has a good enough copy protection scheme to stop it from happening.
Jessica - May 08, 2009 6:39:08 am PDT #9939 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Even with Bluetooth and Wifi turned off, I need to charge my iPhone every night or it will be dead in the morning.
With roughly the same internet & gaming usage, my old Treo could easily go for a weekend without being plugged in.
Don't get me wrong - overall I think the iPhone's flaws are outshined by the things it gets right. But there are still many things about it that drive me insane.
Calli - May 08, 2009 6:41:38 am PDT #9940 of 25501
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I'm already on AT&T, since they ate Cingular, and the coverage is pretty good in my area. The iPhone is very shiny, and I've been coveting amyth's for a while now. But a friend of mine mentioned they have "targeting problems". I don't know what that means. (I could ask the friend, I know.) She really liked the G1, but I'm kinda nervous about what sounds like v1.0 of anything.
Jessica - May 08, 2009 6:45:02 am PDT #9941 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
But a friend of mine mentioned they have "targeting problems". I don't know what that means.
I suspect she's talking about the iPhone's annoying tendency to randomly switch between Edge and 3G even while sitting on a desk and not, say, in a moving car.
Calli - May 08, 2009 6:45:51 am PDT #9942 of 25501
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
the iPhone's annoying tendency to randomly switch between Edge and 3G even while sitting on a desk and not, say, in a moving car.
That makes sense. It would be extra annoying if that affected billing.
le nubian - May 08, 2009 6:56:40 am PDT #9943 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I am a Nokia fan and I had the N95 and now have an N85 and I really like it. I do have a bluetooth portable keyboard for when I get the urge to type and type.
Sean K - May 08, 2009 7:14:04 am PDT #9944 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
iPhone!
omnis_audis - May 08, 2009 7:22:18 am PDT #9945 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
I have never had a targeting problem of switching from 3G to edge. (I might mention, I have 1st gen, so there is no 3G on my phone).
Ya, battery could be better. I charge it every night, because, it doesn't matter to me, I'm not talking when I'm sleeping. Unless you forget your charger, like when I was in hospital, and then I was very gentle on usage until someone brought me a docking cable/charger.
But, I'll reiterate what Sean said... iPhone!