i-phone or no i-phone ???

9dreizig · 10-09-2007, 09:10 PM

That's the question, now that the price has dropped.. Are they worth the money ?? My treo is shot and time to upgrade.. What do you owners of them think ??
Thanks
Todd

kstar · 10-09-2007, 09:24 PM

Worth it to me, in fact it was worth $599.

Only negative, IMO, is that T's Edge network is slow for web, but fine for email. Wi-Fi web is excellent.

Having an iPod on board and a decent 2MP cam is nice and useful.

Using IMAP email and synching with my Mac's browser, address book and calendar is VERY useful.

Oh yeah, the phone part of it works great and visual voice-mail is not just a novelty.

For me there is nothing on the market that can match it, FWIW.

Best,

Kurt

island911 · 10-09-2007, 09:37 PM

Just buy it. If you decide it's too much $/performance, sell it.

87911jon · 87911jon's Garage

I love mine. Hate AT&T's signal coverage here, I'm not use to calls dropping. The phone is a mini-computer.

HardDrive · 10-10-2007, 07:43 AM

Sister like the phone. HATES at&t (she's in LA).

BRPORSCHE · 10-10-2007, 07:44 AM

Just got my 8gb. You'll love it!

Porsche-O-Phile · Porsche-O-Phile's Garage

No. I'd wait until after MacWorld expo in January when all the updates will be announced.

dd74 · 10-10-2007, 08:54 AM

Can an iphone share Microsoft Word documents? Can one type with it?

Moneyguy1 · 10-10-2007, 09:09 AM

If you require constant distraction and cannot live with silence or solitude, then by all means get one. I have a simple cell phone whose only function is for emergencies when I am on the road. Otherwise, I am happy with "old school" technology.

island911 · 10-10-2007, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by dd74

Can an iphone share Microsoft Word documents? Can one type with it?

No, that would be one of the many Windows Mobile phones. . .but even with real (hardware) keys it's pretty slow. ...not as slow as the iphone screen keys, but slow enough you wouldn't want to write out too much.

Moneyguy makes a good point. Also makes me think about being a kid and finding "short cuts." ..you know, where you need to walk down a straight road, but you find a path off to the side, that takes you to someones back yard, that connects to an alley-way, that then has another path thru another yard, along a fence, thru a hedge, and back out on to the road you were on.

Yeah, technology, like the iphone, is a lot like that. A whole lot of us are suckers for those "short cuts." ...maybe because we like to explore. ..maybe we like to show our friends our cool "short cuts". Maybe some short cuts take you by the Playboy mansion

dd . . . But then the question is; do you show your friend porn on your iPhone?

"look; one handed"

dd74 · 10-10-2007, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by island911

No, that would be one of the many Windows Mobile phones. . .but even with real (hardware) keys it's pretty slow. ...not as slow as the iphone screen keys, but slow enough you wouldn't want to write out too much.

For $400, I think it should be able to type longish manuscripts.

[/QUOTE]Also makes me think about being a kid and finding "short cuts." ..you know, where you need to walk down a straight road, but you find a path off to the side, that takes you to someones back yard, that connects to an alley-way, that then has another path thru another yard, along a fence, thru a hedge, and back out on to the road you were on.[/QUOTE]

Sounds like the plot from Cheever's The Swimmer, except it took place entirely in swimming pools.

Yeah, technology, like the iphone, is a lot like that. A whole lot of us are suckers for those "short cuts." ...maybe because we like to explore. ..maybe we like to show our friends our cool "short cuts". Maybe some short cuts take you by the Playboy mansion

dd . . . But then the question is; do you show your friend porn on your iPhone?

"look; one handed"

[/QUOTE]

Well, the iphone, right off the bat, gets rid of at least three pieces of gear. Secondly, porn-sharing is good for friendships. Third - never needed a shortcut to the Playboy Mansion - I know the quickest way there since I grew up around the corner from it.

Joeaksa · 10-10-2007, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Moneyguy1

If you require constant distraction and cannot live with silence or solitude, then by all means get one. I have a simple cell phone whose only function is for emergencies when I am on the road. Otherwise, I am happy with "old school" technology.

+1

Porsche-O-Phile · Porsche-O-Phile's Garage

+2

Part of the reason I like my 911 so much. Nothing fancy, no DVD players or satellite radio or GPS or computer controlled EFI or any digital crap of any sort on board. Bare-bones, raw mechanical simplicity and electrical circuits I can actually understand.

Some technology is good and some electronic "toys" are fine, but there is such a thing as "too much of a good thing". That's the current state of affairs with our society and electronic doohickeys and gizmos.

'89cab · '89cab's Garage

I've had mine for only a few days. Best $400 I've ever spent. Great toy and great tool.

dd74 · 10-10-2007, 10:35 AM

So...why are you detractors of tech typing on computers and not sending handwritten letters or, at least, smoke signals?

Dan in Pasadena · Dan in Pasadena's Garage

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Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile

+2

Part of the reason I like my 911 so much. Nothing fancy, no DVD players or satellite radio or GPS or computer controlled EFI or any digital crap of any sort on board. Bare-bones, raw mechanical simplicity and electrical circuits I can actually understand.

Some technology is good and some electronic "toys" are fine, but there is such a thing as "too much of a good thing". That's the current state of affairs with our society and electronic doohickeys and gizmos.

Yeah, (hooking up my pants and spitting) the 911 is too durn fancy ass for me. I drive one of them big stone wheels like in the "B.C." comics. Just me and the wheel.

C'mon guys, you're hilarious. If someone wants an iphone why do you have to make a judgement about it like they have a character deficiency? "If you require constant distraction and cannot live with silence and solitude..." Geez, everyone get off their high horse.

By the way, the term "doohickeys" is a sure sign you are a geezer, you "hepcat"....not that there's anything wrong with that

as I am also "of the geez"

kstar · 10-10-2007, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile

+2

Part of the reason I like my 911 so much. Nothing fancy, no DVD players or satellite radio or GPS or computer controlled EFI or any digital crap of any sort on board. Bare-bones, raw mechanical simplicity and electrical circuits I can actually understand.

Some technology is good and some electronic "toys" are fine, but there is such a thing as "too much of a good thing". That's the current state of affairs with our society and electronic doohickeys and gizmos.

I understand what you guys are saying, but I don't include a phone, email and web access as things in my life which are toys, novelties or gimmicks. I don't know about others, but those three applications above are not optional in my job and/or life.

Having music on my phone might approach that definition, but when I jog with music it's nice having the other applications on board . . . if I choose to access them.

If you're a slave to your device, the robots have already won.

Best,

Kurt

stomachmonkey · 10-10-2007, 11:06 AM

I travel, a lot.

My iPhone accesses all of my personal mail accounts, corps webmail, gives me weather for where I'm going, serves as my alarm clock, let's me watch movies of my choice on planes without having to drag out the laptop or portable DVD player, let's me listen to tunes while I sleep, gives me access to maps and driving directions when in unfamiliar territory or I need to find a way out of a traffic jam, etc, etc, etc....

Now imagine if I had to carry a unique device for each one of those tasks. Combined they'd cost a hell of a lot more than one iPhone.

Porsche-O-Phile · Porsche-O-Phile's Garage

Hehe. I'm not saying "Theodore Kaczynski was right" or anything, just there seems to be a bit too much obsession with digital gizmos in our society. The artificial reality of our making is no substitute for the real thing - that's all.

It wasn't all that long ago when the world functioned just fine without mobile phones. Wasn't all that long ago either. . . How quickly we forget and how dependent we become.

stealthn · 10-10-2007, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile

The artificial reality of our making is no substitute for the real thing - that's all.

Whoa, yah lost me there, it's like I had a 70's flashback; something so deep and profound I knew I should remember it, but when the buzz wore off I forgot what it was

If you like the iPhone, think it's gonna meet your needs, get one. Up here we are still waiting because I guess there are more important places to launch after the US than Canada!

And monkey; Steve Jobs says your cheque is in the mail