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From: John Navas on 30 May 2010 21:57 On Sun, 30 May 2010 17:58:21 -0500, Dennis Ferguson <dcferguson(a)pacbell.net> wrote in <slrni05rc8.5k.dcferguson(a)akit-ferguson.com>: >On 2010-05-30, nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: >> android phones are just catching up to iphones and the at&t exclusivity >> is going to end, probably sooner than people think. > >How soon do people think AT&T exclusivity is going to end? When the 5 year exclusivity deal runs out; i.e., don't hold your breath. -- Best regards, John If the iPhone is really so impressive, why do iFans keep making excuses for it?
From: nospam on 30 May 2010 22:00 In article <qk5606pj9p1mdonvbj3tf685vbjrbk4jep(a)4ax.com>, John Navas <jnspam1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote: > >You can get fold-up and roll-up keyboards, as well as mini-keyboards, > >etc., even a laser projected keyboard (although that wouldn't really be > >any better than the on-screen keyboard). > > Those alternatives are too crappy for me to take seriously. > Nothing less than a real keyboard will do. real keyboards work, but the point is that an external keyboard is not needed for what it's designed to do. > >> >> Why would anyone rationally buy an iPad when (say) the Acer > >> >> Aspire One can be had for only $200 (Newegg Memorial Day sale)? > >> > > >> >You'd buy the iPad just to escape Windoze hell. :-) > >> > >> What hell? Works for me. > > > >Viruses, malware, and buggy, bloated and over-priced software, ... > > No viruses or malware here, operation solid and stable, excellent > application software. you're the exception. there's plenty of malware out there, including some on android.
From: John Navas on 30 May 2010 22:01 On Sun, 30 May 2010 16:12:15 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl(a)cruzio.com> wrote in <9kp506te8ttcicf2kn68t2imio55r4noe3(a)4ax.com>: >On Sun, 30 May 2010 14:50:02 -0700, John Navas ><jnspam1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote: >>Newton was canceled because Apple got it completely wrong. > >There was more wrong than the product. Newton was originally an >internal research product, which produced quite a bit of Apple >technology in its 8 years of operation. Only when the board decided >to turn it into a marketable product, did the problems surface. > >Apple had to chose between two completely different designs (Junior >and Senior) for the Newton. They picked the wrong one. With all due respect, there was no right one. >When you use an Apple iPhone or the handwriting recognition in OS/X, >please remember that it's roots are in the Apple Newton. When you use any Apple product, please remember that its roots are in the Xerox Alto. Or shall we go back to Turing? ;) -- Best regards, John If the iPhone is really so impressive, why do iFans keep making excuses for it?
From: John Navas on 30 May 2010 22:02 On Mon, 31 May 2010 13:11:28 +1200, your.name(a)isp.com (Your Name) wrote in <your.name-3105101311280001(a)203-109-168-210.dial.dyn.ihug.co.nz>: >In article <0bn5065qj41ptfcpi6utakj7v2h5kpont4(a)4ax.com>, John Navas ><jnspam1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote: > >> On Mon, 31 May 2010 09:02:27 +1200, "Your Name" <your.name(a)isp.com> >> wrote in <htuke8$2e9$1(a)lust.ihug.co.nz>: >> >> >Apple rarely gets it completely wrong, and when they (supposedly) do it's >> >really a matter of mis-timing, e.g. the Newton was cancelled just as >> >everybody else started jumping on the PDA bandwagon. >> >> Newton was canceled because Apple got it completely wrong. > >Yep, Apple got it wrong ... that explains why so many other companies >jumped on the bandwagon only a couple of years later. :-\ > >The only things Apple got wrong with the Newton was the price and >releasing it before it was really ready (resulting in problems with the >handwriting recognition for many people). What actually eventually succeeded was netbooks, which had nothing to do with things Apple. -- Best regards, John If the iPhone is really so impressive, why do iFans keep making excuses for it?
From: nospam on 30 May 2010 22:02
In article <jp5606trll5fq9nnaarjk4jtihq96vkiu6(a)4ax.com>, John Navas <jnspam1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote: > >> android phones are just catching up to iphones and the at&t exclusivity > >> is going to end, probably sooner than people think. > > > >How soon do people think AT&T exclusivity is going to end? > > When the 5 year exclusivity deal runs out; that's my point. people think it's five years, but the length of the contract has *never* been made public. anyone who quotes a specific length is guessing. > i.e., don't hold your breath. i.e., you're wrong (again). |