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From: nospam on 20 Jul 2010 13:01
In article <hZOdnfSyntA3TtjRnZ2dnUVZ7oidnZ2d(a)bt.com>, Bob
<bob(a)invalid.invalid> wrote:

> This is the 615th boring post in a long line of boring posts and I
> couldn't care less who has the worst phone on the market. Several of the
> places I go to work are not in 3g covered areas, where I live is not in
> a 3g area, I have no need of a smartphone as it would be totally
> unsuitable for work, the same applies to a netbook. I have 2 mobile
> phones, different area coverage, for that strange thing called "VOICE"
> and text and can quite easily manage with that. If people wish to
> continue this boring thread can they start a new newsgroup and migrate
> there.

or you could not read what you consider to be boring.
From: John Navas on 20 Jul 2010 13:08
On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:49:45 +0100, in
<hZOdnfSyntA3TtjRnZ2dnUVZ7oidnZ2d(a)bt.com>, Bob <bob(a)invalid.invalid>
wrote:

>This is the 615th boring post in a long line of boring posts and I
>couldn't care less who has the worst phone on the market. Several of the
>places I go to work are not in 3g covered areas, where I live is not in
>a 3g area, I have no need of a smartphone as it would be totally
>unsuitable for work, the same applies to a netbook. I have 2 mobile
>phones, different area coverage, for that strange thing called "VOICE"
>and text and can quite easily manage with that. If people wish to
>continue this boring thread can they start a new newsgroup and migrate
>there.

Probably makes mores sense for you to unsubscribe and start a new
dumbphone newsgroup since you're so uninterested in what constitutes
news here.

--
John

"Assumption is the mother of all screw ups."
[Wethern�s Law of Suspended Judgement]
From: Bob on 20 Jul 2010 13:24
On 20/07/2010 18:08, John Navas wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:49:45 +0100, in
> <hZOdnfSyntA3TtjRnZ2dnUVZ7oidnZ2d(a)bt.com>, Bob<bob(a)invalid.invalid>
> wrote:
>
>> This is the 615th boring post in a long line of boring posts and I
>> couldn't care less who has the worst phone on the market. Several of the
>> places I go to work are not in 3g covered areas, where I live is not in
>> a 3g area, I have no need of a smartphone as it would be totally
>> unsuitable for work, the same applies to a netbook. I have 2 mobile
>> phones, different area coverage, for that strange thing called "VOICE"
>> and text and can quite easily manage with that. If people wish to
>> continue this boring thread can they start a new newsgroup and migrate
>> there.
>
> Probably makes mores sense for you to unsubscribe and start a new
> dumbphone newsgroup since you're so uninterested in what constitutes
> news here.
>
You are probably correct, for once in your life, as I have not the
slightest interest in US cellular networks and I am finding
alt.internet.wireless has almost become a shadow of what it once was and
probably needs to be laid to rest.
From: Bob on 20 Jul 2010 13:26
On 20/07/2010 18:01, nospam wrote:

> or you could not read what you consider to be boring.
Surprisingly I can read.
From: George Kerby on 20 Jul 2010 13:38
And the masturbation continues...


On 7/20/10 10:45 AM, in article 51hb46p07b1b113oqstirpm8t99nm68rdc(a)4ax.com,
"John Navas" <spamfilter1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote:

> Companies not receptive to Jobs' jabs
>
> All smart phones aren't prone to iPhone 4's reception problems, Motorola
> and others say
>
> The biggest smart phone makers � Motorola, Research in Motion, HTC,
> Nokia and Samsung � are crying foul over assertions by Apple Inc. Chief
> Executive Steve Jobs that their devices also have antenna issues.
>
> On Friday, Jobs said the rival phones have similar problems that have
> beset its iPhone 4. In a video demonstration, Jobs detailed how the
> competitors' phones also were prone to reception problems when held a
> certain way.
>
> "Apple's attempt to draw RIM into Apple's self-made debacle is
> unacceptable," the BlackBerry maker said in a statement. "Apple's claims
> about RIM products appear to be deliberate attempts to distort the
> public's understanding of an antenna design issue and to deflect
> attention from Apple's difficult situation."
>
> On Sunday, Sanjay Jha, co-CEO of Schaumburg-based Motorola, said tests
> by his company revealed that when touching the sensitive spot on the
> iPhone 4's edge, the signal weakens far more than what occurs with other
> smart phones.
>
> ...
>
>
> Ken Dulaney, an analyst with IT research company Gartner Inc., said it's
> understandable that Apple competitors would be upset and not want to be
> dragged into the controversy. Complaints would have surfaced within the
> first weeks of shipment if issues similar to the iPhone 4's were found
> in other companies' devices, he said. "We didn't hear that."
>
> RIM said in the statement that it avoided antenna designs found in the
> iPhone 4 in its own products and pointed out that none of its
> BlackBerrys need a case to assure optimal reception.
>
> MORE:
> <http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/ct-talk-iphone-antenna-motorola-07
> 20-20100719,0,3537644.story>

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