Why my next phone isn't an iPhone

re: Why my next phone isn't an iPhone

Andrew Smith — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 22:13:05 GMT

The man from MSFT he says no to an iphone! Shock horror hold the front page. Next you'll be telling us you won't have a MacBook Pro because it doesn't run Office 2007 and let me guess you are not going to have an Apple TV.

Let me guess you are going to still use Vista and not try Lepoard, you are going to use a Windows Mobile phone and you are going to stick with a Zune and Media Center.

Wow ... no blinkers here then ...

re: Why my next phone isn't an iPhone

stevecla01 — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 22:26:00 GMT

sigh...sorry to have to tell you Andrew but I have a MacBook Pro and 3 iPod's. That kinda blows your argument there and returns me to my points which are not Apple specific. For example, I've tried an LG Prada (which isn't Windows Mobile) and though I guess you're not a frequent reader of my blog you'd have noticed I tried an HTC Touch (which is Windows Mobile) and rejected that for poor texting too.

Sorry to have to tell you but this isn't an Apple vs MSFT post so I have to ask who's wearing the blinkers here?

Oh and my MacBook Pro runs Office 2007 very well under both Parallels and Bootcamp :)

re: Why my next phone isn't an iPhone

alasdair — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 23:02:50 GMT

I don't think you're a 514 man really steve, as you say very corporate and very bland because of it, ideal for fleet handsets but I think you will be unhappy with a form factor without the wow factor. ( I hope that doesn't make it sound like I think you're too shallow :) )

Sounds like the Orange E650 / HTC Vox - S710 might be a fit. although a bit larger than some compact handsets it is still a handy size and has the advantage of a keypad for the texting you crave and QWERTY for email editing you need.

sure the E650 has been around for a while but it's a great all rounder.

Mind you my handset of choice is my touch I can graffiti a text pretty quickly - it's not so good when subterfuge is called for but I like it, and it runs my TomTom just fine.

re: Why my next phone isn't an iPhone

stevecla01 — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 23:27:22 GMT

thanks for the input Alasdair - much appreciated. Think I'm gonna sit tight for a while and see what pops out pre-Xmas

re: Why my next phone isn't an iPhone

John Hodgson — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 06:27:32 GMT

Check out the new HP IPAQ range; I am waiting or the 610 series. Smart Phone form factor and keypad but appears to be a PocketPC OS which would be WM6 Pro.

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