To discuss smart phones IMO is to discuss the Apple iPhone and anything else is just a wannabe.
Until the release of the iphone, I used throughout my professional years the standard Motorola flip phone which served its purpose well, specifically to dial and receive calls. I thought my son and all of his friends were nuts when they went so ga-ga about the iphone. I just couldn't understand why anyone would want to have a phone that would do anything beyond placing and receiving calls. Was I mistaken. I am presently on my 3rd iPhone iteration. How amazing this device is, a computer which is internet accessible that can also place and receive calls. This phone only continues to get better. My son is an Apple Developer and writes .api and is hoping to release his own app in the next few months with the release of OS4.
If there is a downside to the iphone and other smart phones for that matter, it is the size of the keyboard. Even in landscape mode the keyboard is such that with my finger size i am always hitting the key next to the one I want and am needing to make corrections.
Well there is a solution to this and that is the new iPad. The key board is much larger and works well for me. Now if Steve Jobs puts an iPhone in the iPad, then he's onto something big.
Any one else have thoughts about smartphones. My wife uses a Blackberry through her work. All I can say is that you need toothpicks for fingers because the keys are so small I cannot even see them let alone type with them
Until the release of the iphone, I used throughout my professional years the standard Motorola flip phone which served its purpose well, specifically to dial and receive calls. I thought my son and all of his friends were nuts when they went so ga-ga about the iphone. I just couldn't understand why anyone would want to have a phone that would do anything beyond placing and receiving calls. Was I mistaken. I am presently on my 3rd iPhone iteration. How amazing this device is, a computer which is internet accessible that can also place and receive calls. This phone only continues to get better. My son is an Apple Developer and writes .api and is hoping to release his own app in the next few months with the release of OS4.
If there is a downside to the iphone and other smart phones for that matter, it is the size of the keyboard. Even in landscape mode the keyboard is such that with my finger size i am always hitting the key next to the one I want and am needing to make corrections.
Well there is a solution to this and that is the new iPad. The key board is much larger and works well for me. Now if Steve Jobs puts an iPhone in the iPad, then he's onto something big.
Any one else have thoughts about smartphones. My wife uses a Blackberry through her work. All I can say is that you need toothpicks for fingers because the keys are so small I cannot even see them let alone type with them