Originally Posted by Gogar (Post 3707691)

I'll buy the new one if it has GPS and an iChat app. DONE.

Originally Posted by Wayne at Pelican Parts (Post 3708110)

she never picks it up because she can't hear it - very annoying. ...she never answers the phone. This isn't once and a while either, it's about 80-90% of the time.
-Wayne

Originally Posted by red-beard (Post 3707439)

iPhone 2

What will it need to make you switch?

For me:

2 keyboards. A slide out thumb-board in portrait mode and tilt like keyboard for landscape mode.

Make sure it will connect with Blackberry services, make sure it will work directly with MS active-sync. Open it up for third parties to develop software. Have it come out of the box with the ability to open and manipulate word, excel, power point. It should be able to read PDF files.

Add a thumbwheel for scrolling through messages (like the blackberries) and you will have a device that will appeal to anyone. And yes, if it was like the above and offered GSM, and not locked to a Network, I'd buy one.

Originally Posted by stealthn (Post 3708383)

Real dissappointed they didn't announce the Canadian (red-headed stepchild) launch. I heard sometime this year, but who knows.

Originally Posted by }{arlequin (Post 3720142)

just this morning i synched and it updated itself to the new os which is supposed to give you capability of sending an sms to multiple recipients. haven't figured out yet how it's done. anyone can help?

also, i don't know how to send a pic from phone to phone...

Originally Posted by Wayne at Pelican Parts (Post 3708110)

I've written about this before:

- 3G access
- Voicemail reminder beep
- LOUD ringer

Those are the three reasons why I don't have one now (mainly the bottom two). I need a phone that will work like a phone should work. The iPhone's actual phone part is missing features that are commonplace on other phones (like the Razr, which I don't like, but it's loud, and alerts me when I have mail or a voicemail message).

My wife's iPhone - she never picks it up because she can't hear it - very annoying. She loves it, but I want to run it over with my truck when I call her *all the time* and she never answers the phone. This isn't once and a while either, it's about 80-90% of the time. With her old Razr, she heard it all the time.

-Wayne

Originally Posted by kstarnes (Post 3720160)

Dave: To send a picture, first go to the picture on your iPhone; then click the icon in the lower left corner (a box with an arrow coming out of it) then you will be given a few choices - pick "email photo".

To send an SMS to multiple recipients, goto the SMS/Text app, click the new text message button in the upper, right corner (square w/ a pencil in it) and hit the "+" button to add recipients; keep hitting "+" to add each new person . . .

Best,

Kurt

Originally Posted by Wayne at Pelican Parts (Post 3708110)

I've written about this before:

- 3G access
- Voicemail reminder beep
- LOUD ringer

Those are the three reasons why I don't have one now (mainly the bottom two). I need a phone that will work like a phone should work. The iPhone's actual phone part is missing features that are commonplace on other phones (like the Razr, which I don't like, but it's loud, and alerts me when I have mail or a voicemail message).

My wife's iPhone - she never picks it up because she can't hear it - very annoying. She loves it, but I want to run it over with my truck when I call her *all the time* and she never answers the phone. This isn't once and a while either, it's about 80-90% of the time. With her old Razr, she heard it all the time
-Wayne

Originally Posted by legion (Post 3721801)

Sometimes I think Apple could slap their logo on a turd and sell it for $700.

Originally Posted by }{arlequin (Post 3721721)

thanks kurt! that helps a lot.

as for sending the pic though, how can i send an email pic to another phone instead of someone's email account?

Originally Posted by legion (Post 3721816)

True, but I was thinking more in the last 3-4 years.

Originally Posted by }{arlequin (Post 3721835)

sorry for the barrage of questions but i need more help.

i did something, or maybe not and it just came w/ the os upgrade, but how do i switch off the instant email notifications? i just don't need to be THAT in tune w/ the world.