SOCIAL: "smart phones?"

[Bob Seymour]

I've never had a "smart" phone before and I think the iPhone is
fantastic.  I find it elegantly and intuitively designed and very
reliable, the apps are great, but there are at least 3 specific things
that it's sorely lacking that people looking into purchasing an iPhone
should be aware of:
  - No cut and paste from within or between applications
  - No flash support for the web browser (LOTS of websites are unusable
on the iPhone because of this) 
  - No search capabilities for email
There are throngs of iPhonefolk (iPholk?) hankering for the first 2, I
haven't heard much about the third but I've desired it on many many
occasions.  I expect that these will be taken care of in future software
updates but there's no word from Apple as to when this will be. 

As for Jen's question about costs, I'm currently paying $90/month which
breaks down like this:
  $40 - 450 anytime minutes w/rollover plus 5000 night/weekend minutes
(nights are 9pm to 6am)
  $30 - Unlimited data  
  $5  - 200 text messages
  ~$15 - Tax, fees, bla, bla, bla, etc.
Also, if your call is to another AT&T'er, no minutes are subtracted;
they call this "mobile to mobile" usage. This may be standard for other
companies but since a lot of my friends/folks are AT&T, this is pretty
handy.  

On Thu, 2008-12-04 at 10:54 -0800, Jennifer Seuferer wrote:
> Karen, thanks for bring this topic up because I too want to get a new
> phone.
> The thing that stops me from getting an iPhone is I keep hearing that
> the plans are a lot more expensive then the Verizon plan I have now.
> If I was to get a blackberry my monthly fee would go up $30 for the
> data package, which would take me to about $100. That includes 900
> anytime minutes and 1000 text. Can anyone say how the iPhone compairs
> to that? It looked to me that the package that would bring me to about
> $100 would only be 450 anytime minutes and would include no texts.
>  
> Jennifer
> 
> 
> On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 9:15 AM, Karen Nemsick <knemsick at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> 
>         Hi All,
>         
>         It seems time for me to get a new phone.  My current, very
>         very old phone, that doesn't even text or have call waiting,
>         is dying a slow death.  So, I'm looking for new technology.  A
>         phone that lets me check email, and maybe even internet, and
>         maybe even GPS!  Is that too much for a gal to ask?  I am an
>         admitted Luddite when it comes to cell phone technology, so
>         I'm looking to the list for help.  Any recommendations?
>         
>         Karen
>         
>         
>         
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