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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 09:35 AM Original message |
Tech media turns on Apple: Will iPhone, Mac suffer? |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
1. not being able to tether as modem clinched it for me |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
2. The tethering issue is the most troublesome, since other ATT subscribers can do it. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 09:48 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I thought this article was bad enough... |
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KeepItReal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
4. If Sprint could ever offer the iPhone, I'd go back to them in a heartbeat |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 10:33 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Pre |
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bamacrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
5. Apple puts stupid restriction on them from all sides. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 05:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. Sometimes their reasoning is sound (standards control*). Sometimes it's not... |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 05:39 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. iPhone 3.0 supports MMS just fine; AT&T doesn't (yet). Same with tethering. (NT) |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
6. It's ironic really |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 05:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Slow? Poor battery life? Try any Windows Mobile device... |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 06:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
25. Those claims aren't supportable |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
7. So what's a good iPhone-like iPhone alternative? |
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ShamelessHussy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 10:41 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. the gPhone is pretty simular and definately worth checking out |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 05:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. I love my google phone. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 06:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
26. The G-phone is pretty "raw" but other Android-based phones are out or coming. |
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BlueIdaho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
8. If Verizon |
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KeepItReal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 10:46 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. They had the chance and passed on the deal. |
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BlueIdaho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 10:49 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I'd bet |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 05:24 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. And AT&T's quality of service has only improved - rollover minutes are nice too. |
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ShamelessHussy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
10. This is news? I remeber reading the death knell for apple since my first MAC in 1990 |
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Crowman1979 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
12. I just wish there was an easier way to find mobile devices compatible with Linux. |
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moggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
15. Does anything have as good a touch screen as the iPhone? |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 05:21 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Go to the store and test-drive the units they have on display. Oh, |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
17. Is the tech media being paid by some other, larger, entity, because that entity |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 05:31 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. If so, they're paying off about half the programmers I know |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
19. Headline should be: Apple makes bad pricepoint/engineering decisions... |
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