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  • From: Tony Spencer <tony AT tonyspencer.com>
  • To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] iPhone?
  • Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 09:40:16 -0500

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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Michael G. Williams
michael AT metalab.unc.edu
robustmcmanlypants AT nc.rr.com
http://www.robustmcmanlypants.org/blog/
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