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From: Mike Rosenberg on 28 Jan 2010 13:04 Davoud <star(a)sky.net> wrote: > Per R�nne: > > > No need for an iPod Touch when you have already got an iPhone:-). > > Mike Rosenberg: > > I have a client who has both, and I haven't figured out why. > > Possibly for the same reason my wife and I each have both an iPhone and > an iPod Touch. Because we _want_ one of each. > > It never occurred to me that we might need a reason beyond that, any > more than we feel the need to justify having six Macs in regular > (meaning daily) use in our home. (They are 15 and 17" MB Pros; two > Intel iMacs, including a new 27" 8GB/2TB; one PowerBook G4; and one > nicely equipped Dual G5.) I didn't mean to cause trouble, I'm just curious since the iPhone does everything the iPod touch does and more. I'd be interested to know how you decide which one to use or take with you. Meanwhile, the client I mentioned lives alone in a house that's quite luxurious but not particularly large and has three aluminum iMacs, two Mac Book Pros, a MacBook Air, the aforementioned iPhone and touch, and a Kindle. I'll be shocked if he's not my first client to buy an iPad. -- My latest dance performance <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_9pudbFisE> Mac and geek T-shirts & gifts <http://designsbymike.net/shop/mac.cgi> Prius shirts/bumper stickers <http://designsbymike.net/shop/prius.cgi>
From: Davoud on 28 Jan 2010 14:05 Davoud: > > Possibly for the same reason my wife and I each have both an iPhone and > > an iPod Touch. Because we _want_ one of each. Mike Rosenberg: > I didn't mean to cause trouble, I'm just curious since the iPhone does > everything the iPod touch does and more. I'd be interested to know how > you decide which one to use or take with you. Quick trip to the store or shopping: iPhone only because some kind of mobile phone has somehow become a necessity. Leisurely trip to a not-fancy restaurant/diner for breakfast or lunch: iPhone _and_ iPod Touch. I can do what I want with my iPod, especially do crosswords and read Kindle books and other material, use my astronomy software to do some research or planning, study technical documentation in PDF format (GoodReader) without discharging the iPhone battery. The iPod Touch will frequently be replaced by the iPad in future. Davoud -- I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that you will say in your entire life. usenet *at* davidillig dawt cawm
From: Warren Oates on 28 Jan 2010 14:28 In article <tom_stiller-34DBC1.06523528012010(a)news.individual.net>, Tom Stiller <tom_stiller(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > It was, after all, just an announcement event for the iPad. http://www.linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/2010012703135NWRLAP -- Very old woody beets will never cook tender. -- Fannie Farmer
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Per_R=F8nne?= on 28 Jan 2010 14:48 Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > In article <000ce271$0$2251$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>, > JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot(a)vaxination.ca> wrote: > > I heard no mention of SMS. Just wondering if a "data only" subscription > > would still give one access to SMS capabilities on a GSM network. > > SMS works on a different paradigm than the data plan. That's why you can > get SMS on a regular cell phone, without any smartphone features. You > don't need 3G or even EDGE for SMS. I don't even think the data plan will support sms, unless it goes through the internet. The iPas is not a phone at it will not have a phone number. Look at the 3G iPad as a laptop with a 3G stick plugged into one of the usb ports. Of course without the annoying keyboard - annoying when not sitting at a proper table. -- Per Erik R�nne http://www.RQNNE.dk Errare humanum est, sed in errore perseverare turpe
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Per_R=F8nne?= on 28 Jan 2010 14:48
Warren Oates <warren.oates(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Spend the extra money, get an Air thing, at least it's a real computer. It's a bad choice when reading a good novel in bed ... or watching an episode of Rome ... -- Per Erik R�nne http://www.RQNNE.dk Errare humanum est, sed in errore perseverare turpe |