Re: iPhone Killer for the CDMA crowd - well at least Sprint

In article <ddfr-8D2B0C.06104506072008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, David
Friedman <ddfr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> Which isn't a cell phone and doesn't connect to the web unless you 
> happen to have WiFi access. It's also a little big for the pocket, 
> although not unusably so. What I want is a pocket sized device that 
> combines phone, web appliance, and pda, with the pda used in part for 
> reading and light editing of books--marking things I want to change in 
> my own manuscripts. The iPhone seems pretty good for the first two 
> purposes, although a higher resolution screen and a physical keyboard 
> would be nice, and I was wondering how much of the third could be 
> squeezed into it.

Exactly the Nokia tablet is not a phone. It would not suit my purposes.
I also want to be able to get e-mail where Wi-Fi is not available.
Which means cell data. I want a pocket sized device like you describe
plus one that is an iPod too, so I can dispense carrying that device
around too. I checked out the Sprint device yesterday and it won't meet
my needs. I am sure it will meet the needs of others. It is great there
are choices. The iPhone seems to come the closest for me. But I am
can't say for sure without owning one.

No device is going to be perfect. Any device is going to have some
compromise. My main concern is the touch screen keyboard. Right now I
am leaning towards getting a 3G iPhone. I can buy one and try it during
the 30 days return period to see if it meets my needs. I have no
problem returning purchases that don't. I returned the Newton that I
bought years ago that failed to meet my needs within the 30 day return
period..

These groups seem to be full of kooks who hate the iPhone for no
rational reason, and full of kooks who love it for no rational reason.
I will ignore them and rely on my own judgement.

-- 
Charles