Re: [MLUG] Google's New Phone

["Jonathan King" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Actually, there is an iPhone family plan that might help with multiple
phones. My son has an iPod Touch (thanks to an overly generous aunt),
and there is no question that the device is just...seductive.

jking


On 9/30/08, Christian M. Cepel <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> I bought my wife a 8gb iPhone on Friday.   I have to say, it's simply
> magnetic, even with the obvious annoyances like the touch-screen
> keyboard.  I expected it but it didn't make it any easier to swallow
> that my unlimited datapackage with my Blackjack for $20 would not work
> with the new phone and we're gonna have to cough up $30 to cover her
> phone.  I haven't check the policy but I'm fairly certain that, unlike
> my unlimited data package which covered all three phones on our account,
> they'll probably force us to play $30 for each iPhone on the account.
> I'm up for equipment upgrade in 25 days and I don't know what I'm going
> to do.  I want the G1 but there's no way I'm leaving ATT for
> T-what-a-joke-mobile.  I want the keyboard.  I want the ability to
> upgrade the memory and swap multiple batteries.  I consider the 16gb
> static battery restrictions of the iPhone to simply be a joke.
>
> I tell you what's really really pissing me off is that Apple seems to
> have used a different specialized little white USB cable for every
> device they make.  This is a cable that has 4 data conductors and
> ground/common/shield.  It literally makes me sick.
>
> However... that being said... in 25 days, I'll probably buy a 16gb
> iPhone... I don't see that I have any alternatives and I'm not going
> back to a phone with a small screen, no wifi, no touchscreen, no 'real'
> integrated mp3 capability, and the half-assed and expensive expansion
> software availability with
> hit-or-miss-if-your-phone-processor-or-java-or-whatever supports under
> WM6 or PalmOS, or similar.
>
> I don't like not having alternatives.  I don't like the fact that ATT
> turned down the G1.  I don't like the way I feel I'm over a barrel with
> these companies.
>
> Did I mention that ATT doesn't offer any sort of insurance on the
> iPhone?  I could have insured my blackjack, but they never told me (it
> was added after I bought mine), so I did not... I would have in a second.
>
> Mike Miller wrote:
>> It runs the Android OS, based on Linux, so I guess it belongs on this
>> list...
>>
>> Here it is:
>>
>> David Pogue: "A First Look at Google's New Phone"
>> http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/23/a-first-look-at-googles-new-phone/
>>
>> Related stuff...
>>
>> NY Times has a new blog called "bits":
>> http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/
>>
>> NY Times also updated their tech pages:
>> http://www.nytimes.com/technology/
>>
>> There are several articles on those pages about the new Google phone.
>>
>> Mike
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