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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 07/02/2007 : 17:55:22

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by jerlim
 Personally, I am a big fan of Ned Ludd.

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Nautiduck
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Response Posted - 07/02/2007 : 18:12:11

Frank G, your ideal phone sounds like the same one I would like. It is incredible that no one makes a simple cell phone with a big number pad. I think they'd sell a truckload of them! We did find one model at Verizon. It was intended for kids and had #1, #2 and #3 buttons -- all real big. I guess you program it to call Home plus two other numbers like Mom and Dad. I guess if I tried I could use it:

#1 - Admiral
#2 - Daughter
#3 - West Marine

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Turk
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Response Posted - 07/02/2007 : 20:04:25

I picked my Iphone up last friday (OK, OK ya ya I did wait in line!) and I am truly impressed! I use my cell phone, my laptop and my ford pickup as my office as I am constantly on the move in my business. I have a GPS, a PDA , IPod, various notebooks, my architectural and site plan drawing, my contacts list and loads of other documents. What will the Iphone do for me? Eliminate most all of this stuff. So while some here think the Iphone will complicate your life, the Iphone for me will simplify mine.

With the rumored applications coming it will soon do even more. I've owned it 3 days now and I'm still finding new and interesting ways to use it in my life.

Sailing uses? Internet weather! Weather radar! Wind speed! Boat ads (my favorite!) technical information, this website! WHILE ON THE BOAT! No WI-FI at our doc, but now I can be connected.

Sunday my wife and I traveled up to the Apple store in Cleveland and I bought her one also.

I've owned many cell phones and have been with 5 different carriers and by far, this device is 10x ahead of anything on the market. Apple is an innovative hardware designer that writes wonderful easy to use software. Mark my words - I believe they may buy AT&T.

Posted from . . well ah . . . my Iphone!

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JJM
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Response Posted - 07/02/2007 : 20:04:56

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">I actually just got a new smart phone last week from Sprint. A Treo 700WX, free after rebates<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Justin - how did you get that deal? Out here they are still showing online for $299.00 after Instant Savings and Rebate - did you get a special deal somehow?

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roberoo
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Response Posted - 07/02/2007 : 21:32:50

I use a Blackberry and tether it to my MACBOOK Pro. I run XP and vista with a Linux session on the MacBook . I use parallel I hardly ever use the MAC OS. I can do everything with a neat and small package. MAC Hardware is great, but I am not a fan of the OS.

My Two Cents.

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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 07/03/2007 : 06:51:10

Turk, I think you have much better eyes than I do (at 62)...

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Justin
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Response Posted - 07/03/2007 : 07:14:29

John, I got the Treo for $199.99 instantly and then I found a $100 MIR, $75 MIR, and I also had an additional $50 instant credit code. So, if the rebates go through like they have for most people, I will actually come out $25 ahead!

Frank G, I agree there are a lot of people that would probably love just a real basic easy to use phone. They probably would sell very well. My parents have one of the cheaper phones, but it is still loaded with camera/video and lots of capabilities they don't use/need and it just complicates the phone.

The iPhone does look like a sweet gadget. If the Treo wasn't such a deal and the iPhone wasn't so expensive, I'd like to have one. That huge screen looks awesome.

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Ericson33
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Response Posted - 07/03/2007 : 13:00:35

I am now on the 5th day of using my Iphone, I wasn't bragging about it, I think that its the most compact way of taking everything with you.

1. Cell Phone
2. Ipod Music - I have no stereo in our boat
3. Full 320x240 video player - 4year old loves to watch movies on the go.
4. Internet
5. Weather
6. Online Maps, or charts
7. PDF Viewer - Very Important to my line of work
8. Countdown Timer - Racing
9. Camera

10. the most important - I can zoom into web pages that I had no chance in looking at in the past with my W810. I still feel that there are some drawbacks to the phone, but in time all of these will be worked out.

There is now a good open source for the software so it will not be long until the gadgets start coming in for the device. I like it...... Now, I do use a Exchange server for work, and I have had no problems with our IT guys helping me get on the net, and get my emails at work. I do use a different STMP Server to send mail, but I can get all 4 email accounts now on one device.

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Gloss
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Response Posted - 07/03/2007 : 13:39:28

so how much is the monthly fee for the I phone?

My idea for a simple phone could be called the "Golden Phone" for those of us nearing our golden years, where simple is better.

I have another idea for a vibrating phone, but decorum prohibits my giving details. It's for when you want your significant other to think of you and

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