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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I recently received an iphone from work
(one of my few perqs). <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I’m not a very techy wired type
person—I dislike texting, twitter, etc. (I like to experience what I’m
doing rather than document it or look for something better), for the most part I
listen to vinyl and CDs, not mp3s, and I will probably always have a paper
address book as well as an electronic one—however, it was VERY handy the
other day to be able to Google for the number and location of a store while I
was out and about, and then call said store with a single finger press of the
Google map. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Pros: 1. above-mentioned convenience of
web to phone<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>2. camera (first one I’ve had) creates
good looking pics.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>3. pretty display<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>4. you can buy a very durable rubber cover
(should make the phone fairly resilient in the face of frequent dropping)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>5. lots of email and music features that
will hopefully work at some point (see problems I list under cons)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Cons: 1. The phone fidelity on speaker is
lousy, particularly if you are not in a quiet place. I haven’t tried it
with the headphones yet because my boss can’t find them (he gave me the
phone he bought for himself and didn’t want because of the audio quality—he’s
on the phone all day and this one just didn’t cut it for him). We’ll
see whether the headphones improve the audio significantly and whether the mic
works ok. It will be quite inconvenient, though, to always have to pull them
out to make a call.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>2. I haven’t had great coverage. I
couldn’t bring up the web at SFO the other day, and the phone service is
spotty at best at my home (as was Sprint/Nextel).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>3. WiFi reception seems to be wonky. It
says it has a strong signal at home, but then won’t connect to ITunes because
there’s no WiFi. Thus I haven’t been able to download my address
book from my PC, which can only be done thru ITunes somehow. So this important
feature is completely unavailable to me. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>4. I’m still not competent with the
touchpad. Sometimes I have to try 3 or 4 times before the touch is registered.
I don’t know whether that is an angle of pressure issue or what. It could
just be me…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>5. I still haven’t figured out how
to set up smtp, so I can’t send any mail. The settings I use on my
computers aren’t working, and I haven’t had time to try to figure
out why.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>6. Not all web tools are available when
browsing on this device. I tried to listen to a radio station online and wasn’t
able to. Could be a safari issue, not sure. Would be nice if another browser
were an option since a lot of websites don’t support safari.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I’m not sure whether to call ATT or
Apple for support on the problems I mentioned… but will get to that at
some point.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Erin<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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social-bounces@lists.deeptrouble.com
[mailto:social-bounces@lists.deeptrouble.com] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>palak joshi<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Sunday, October 19, 2008
4:01 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Social Social<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> SOCIAL: phone upgrade</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>dear social, <br>
i know its election time and i am keeping myself uptodate with everything!
however i also need a new phone:because of various logical and illlogical
reasons like: <br>
<br>
i am eligible for an upgrade, i cant hear very clearly, my phone takes
its own random breaks, it sometimes saves numbers and sometimes does not :(<br>
<br>
iphone is an attractive gadget ..but in these tough economic times and with the
rate at which i drop my phones..i am not sure if it works for me! but i am
still thinking..<br>
at&tis my carrier.so if you can take a moment and tell me which phones you
have and whether or not you are happy or not will help me make a good decision!
<br>
palak<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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