SOCIAL: "smart phones?"

[Eric Arons]

other downers that bum me out but not enough to stop me from iPhoning:
no photo messages (sending or receiving - though you can receive pics as
e-mail attachments)
no video camera

On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 3:01 PM, Bob Seymour <bobsey at cfmc.com> wrote:

>  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
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Social mailing list
> Social at lists.deeptrouble.com
> http://lists.deeptrouble.com/listinfo.cgi/social-deeptrouble.com
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Social mailing listSocial at lists.deeptrouble.comhttp://lists.deeptrouble.com/listinfo.cgi/social-deeptrouble.com
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Social mailing list
> Social at lists.deeptrouble.com
> http://lists.deeptrouble.com/listinfo.cgi/social-deeptrouble.com
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.deeptrouble.com/pipermail/social-deeptrouble.com/attachments/20081204/a1c98b56/attachment-0002.htm>