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From: Ian Gregory on 6 Jun 2010 06:34
On 2010-06-06, Davoud <star(a)sky.net> wrote:
> jwolf:
>> > What are the pro's and cons of each device?
>
> Ian Gregory:
>> For a Mac user I would have thought the dominant factor would be the
>> compatibility between the iPhone and the Mac....
>
> The majority of iPhone owners are Windows users. The iPhone is no more
> compatible with the Mac than it is with Windows.

That may be largely true. For example, Apple describes MobileMe as "The
easy way to keep your iPhone, iPad, Mac, and PC in sync". They also
release iTunes and Safari for Windows. Still, there are other factors
that make the iPhone more compatible with a Mac than with a PC running
Windows - a degree of UI familarity for example.

But none of that is particulary relevent to my point since I was
referring primarily to compatibility issues between a non-Apple
smartphone and a Mac, not between an iPhone and a Windows PC.

Ian

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From: Mike Rosenberg on 6 Jun 2010 11:14
John <jwolf6589(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:

> The BB is much smaller than iPhone, has a built in keyboard and has
> other advantages over the iPhone, but these are the two that stick out.

Advantages? You just said that the BB has much less screen space than
the iPhone and the screen is smaller yet because there's a keyboard
permanently taking up valuable territory.

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From: George Kerby on 6 Jun 2010 13:56



On 6/5/10 9:05 PM, in article
dorayme-2AE74B.12052806062010(a)news.albasani.net, "dorayme"
<dorayme(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote:

> In article <huelkb$vbf$2(a)news.eternal-september.org>,
> Wes Groleau <Groleau+news(a)FreeShell.org> wrote:
>
>> On 06-05-2010 18:00, Ian Gregory wrote:
>>> users who wouldn't be seen dead using a Mac (I know some of them), I
>>
>> When I'm dead, I won't be seen using a Mac, either.
>
> Talking death and iPhones, I understand that the young factory
> slaves in China where they are made, are jumping off stairs and
> building in suicide acts because of the the cruel, demeaning
> soul-destroying nature of their work and conditions. I don't know
> if any less folk die making Blackberrys?

About the same. Difference is, they are 'offing' each other...

From: Mike Rosenberg on 6 Jun 2010 15:52
John <jwolf6589(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:

> > Advantages? You just said that the BB has much less screen space than
> > the iPhone and the screen is smaller yet because there's a keyboard
> > permanently taking up valuable territory.
>
> Mike do you dislike keyboards?

In life in general? No. On a telephone, though, yes.

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From: Steven Fisher on 6 Jun 2010 17:23
In article <jwolf6589-82E4CC.17052605062010(a)nntp.charter.net>,
John <jwolf6589(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:

> The BB is much smaller than iPhone, has a built in keyboard and has
> other advantages over the iPhone, but these are the two that stick out.

Unless you need to feel keys click (okay, squish) under you, the
iPhone's virtual keyboard is actually better in real world use. When you
need to enter a number, it turns into a number pad. The symbols on the
keys are easy to read, and the modes are less fussy.

The major drawback of the Blackberry (compared to ANY other platform) is
the OS. Unless you're looking for something to tie to a corporate email
system, you shouldn't even consider it.


Steve
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