Comments on: iPhone’s missing features http://paulmwatson.com/journal/2008/06/12/iphones-missing-features/ The journal of Paul M. Watson Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:25:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-beta1 hourly 1 By: Shog9 http://paulmwatson.com/journal/2008/06/12/iphones-missing-features/comment-page-1/#comment-6890 Shog9 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 04:48:17 +0000 http://paulmwatson.com/journal/2008/06/12/iphones-missing-features/#comment-6890 You're... kidding, right? You take your laptop with you camping? <br>Ok, so do i... But, uh, the battery on that goes dead a whole lot faster than the phones do. Carrying a backpack full of laptop and laptop batteries instead of a cell phone battery tucked in a pocket is... not a good trade-off. <br><br>And sure, this is probably a terrible use for an iPhone. But then again, if you really *did* want to check email and browse the web while sitting on the banks of the upper Arkansas River with a beer and a fishing rod, it'd sure be a fair bit less unwieldy than a laptop... You’re… kidding, right? You take your laptop with you camping?
Ok, so do i… But, uh, the battery on that goes dead a whole lot faster than the phones do. Carrying a backpack full of laptop and laptop batteries instead of a cell phone battery tucked in a pocket is… not a good trade-off.

And sure, this is probably a terrible use for an iPhone. But then again, if you really *did* want to check email and browse the web while sitting on the banks of the upper Arkansas River with a beer and a fishing rod, it’d sure be a fair bit less unwieldy than a laptop…

]]> By: Shog9 http://paulmwatson.com/journal/2008/06/12/iphones-missing-features/comment-page-1/#comment-11549 Shog9 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 04:48:17 +0000 http://paulmwatson.com/journal/2008/06/12/iphones-missing-features/#comment-11549 You're... kidding, right? You take your laptop with you camping? <br>Ok, so do i... But, uh, the battery on that goes dead a whole lot faster than the phones do. Carrying a backpack full of laptop and laptop batteries instead of a cell phone battery tucked in a pocket is... not a good trade-off. <br><br>And sure, this is probably a terrible use for an iPhone. But then again, if you really *did* want to check email and browse the web while sitting on the banks of the upper Arkansas River with a beer and a fishing rod, it'd sure be a fair bit less unwieldy than a laptop... You’re… kidding, right? You take your laptop with you camping?
Ok, so do i… But, uh, the battery on that goes dead a whole lot faster than the phones do. Carrying a backpack full of laptop and laptop batteries instead of a cell phone battery tucked in a pocket is… not a good trade-off.

And sure, this is probably a terrible use for an iPhone. But then again, if you really *did* want to check email and browse the web while sitting on the banks of the upper Arkansas River with a beer and a fishing rod, it’d sure be a fair bit less unwieldy than a laptop…

]]> By: Shog9 http://paulmwatson.com/journal/2008/06/12/iphones-missing-features/comment-page-1/#comment-13393 Shog9 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 04:48:17 +0000 http://paulmwatson.com/journal/2008/06/12/iphones-missing-features/#comment-13393 You're... kidding, right? You take your laptop with you camping? <br>Ok, so do i... But, uh, the battery on that goes dead a whole lot faster than the phones do. Carrying a backpack full of laptop and laptop batteries instead of a cell phone battery tucked in a pocket is... not a good trade-off. <br><br>And sure, this is probably a terrible use for an iPhone. But then again, if you really *did* want to check email and browse the web while sitting on the banks of the upper Arkansas River with a beer and a fishing rod, it'd sure be a fair bit less unwieldy than a laptop... You’re… kidding, right? You take your laptop with you camping?
Ok, so do i… But, uh, the battery on that goes dead a whole lot faster than the phones do. Carrying a backpack full of laptop and laptop batteries instead of a cell phone battery tucked in a pocket is… not a good trade-off.

And sure, this is probably a terrible use for an iPhone. But then again, if you really *did* want to check email and browse the web while sitting on the banks of the upper Arkansas River with a beer and a fishing rod, it’d sure be a fair bit less unwieldy than a laptop…

]]> By: paulmwatson http://paulmwatson.com/journal/2008/06/12/iphones-missing-features/comment-page-1/#comment-6892 paulmwatson Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:40:38 +0000 http://paulmwatson.com/journal/2008/06/12/iphones-missing-features/#comment-6892 Dead on, Aidan. Dead on, Aidan.

]]> By: paulmwatson http://paulmwatson.com/journal/2008/06/12/iphones-missing-features/comment-page-1/#comment-11551 paulmwatson Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:40:38 +0000 http://paulmwatson.com/journal/2008/06/12/iphones-missing-features/#comment-11551 Dead on, Aidan. Dead on, Aidan.

]]> By: paulmwatson http://paulmwatson.com/journal/2008/06/12/iphones-missing-features/comment-page-1/#comment-13395 paulmwatson Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:40:38 +0000 http://paulmwatson.com/journal/2008/06/12/iphones-missing-features/#comment-13395 Dead on, Aidan. Dead on, Aidan.

]]> By: aidanf http://paulmwatson.com/journal/2008/06/12/iphones-missing-features/comment-page-1/#comment-6891 aidanf Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:47:25 +0000 http://paulmwatson.com/journal/2008/06/12/iphones-missing-features/#comment-6891 You're right - most people don't care about these kind of features. It's a geek thing. <br><br>The classic example is the Slashdot reaction when the first ipod was released. <br><br>"No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame. "<br><br><a href="http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/23/1816257&tid=107">http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/...</a> You’re right - most people don’t care about these kind of features. It’s a geek thing.

The classic example is the Slashdot reaction when the first ipod was released.

“No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame. “

http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/...

]]> By: aidanf http://paulmwatson.com/journal/2008/06/12/iphones-missing-features/comment-page-1/#comment-11550 aidanf Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:47:25 +0000 http://paulmwatson.com/journal/2008/06/12/iphones-missing-features/#comment-11550 You're right - most people don't care about these kind of features. It's a geek thing. <br><br>The classic example is the Slashdot reaction when the first ipod was released. <br><br>"No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame. "<br><br><a href="http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/23/1816257&tid=107">http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/...</a> You’re right - most people don’t care about these kind of features. It’s a geek thing.

The classic example is the Slashdot reaction when the first ipod was released.

“No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame. “

http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/...

]]> By: aidanf http://paulmwatson.com/journal/2008/06/12/iphones-missing-features/comment-page-1/#comment-13394 aidanf Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:47:25 +0000 http://paulmwatson.com/journal/2008/06/12/iphones-missing-features/#comment-13394 You're right - most people don't care about these kind of features. It's a geek thing. <br><br>The classic example is the Slashdot reaction when the first ipod was released. <br><br>"No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame. "<br><br><a href="http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/23/1816257&tid=107">http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/...</a> You’re right - most people don’t care about these kind of features. It’s a geek thing.

The classic example is the Slashdot reaction when the first ipod was released.

“No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame. “

http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/...

]]> By: paulmwatson http://paulmwatson.com/journal/2008/06/12/iphones-missing-features/comment-page-1/#comment-6889 paulmwatson Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:15:10 +0000 http://paulmwatson.com/journal/2008/06/12/iphones-missing-features/#comment-6889 Power users travel with laptops. The iPhone charger is a small USB cable. Plug it into your laptop and its charged. Even the wall charger is easy to carry around. About the size of a spare battery for other phones. Power users travel with laptops. The iPhone charger is a small USB cable. Plug it into your laptop and its charged. Even the wall charger is easy to carry around. About the size of a spare battery for other phones.

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