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[Tony Spencer <tony AT tonyspencer.com>]

If I didnt' travel a lot I would agree that its not worth the money  
but when you have a 4 hour layover in Gatwick or your flight is  
cancelled and you are losing precious work hours it is invaluable to  
have a smartphone.

On Jan 10, 2007, at 9:34 AM, Michael Williams wrote:

> I'm a Mac user and fanboy, and I think the iPhone looks/seems really
> cool, but I have a couple of major hurdles to get over:
>
> 1)  Let's be honest here:  face grease.  Maybe I'm just a big
> greaseball (what do you mean I *shouldn't* bathe in a replenishing mix
> of butter and light sweet crude?) but I am constantly having to wipe
> off the screen on my current phone.  The iPhone is *all* *screen*.
> That thing would look terrible after a week of being shoved up against
> my face.
>
> 2) $500?  I can't describe, on a family-friendly list, the things that
> phone would have to do to be worth $500.  However, I have never been
> much enchanted by the whole concept of smartphones and PDAs and such,
> so maybe that's a great price, I dunno.  It just seems, like... wow.
> If I want one, should I sell a kidney on Ebay *now* to avoid the rush?
>  Like I say, though, I may just be misinformed, and am totally open to
> being told that, no, really, that's a *steal*.
>
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