I'm a long time Mac owner, doing pro music, design, and film and I certainly prefer the Apple experience over the rest. But I've never bought an iPod and I still always have one PC for PC reasons (like .NET web development). So I'm nobody's idea of a purist.
They did a great job of knocking out regular phones and even smartphones, but they didn't quite kill the Pocket PC platform now did they. I have an HTC Apache (Verizon XV6700) and I like having the slideout QWERTY tray (nice sized keys). I don't think I'd like typing on a touchscreen. You can't possibly touch type without tactile feedback. And they couldn't *pay* me to switch to Cingular, regardless of the plan/price problems with Verizon. I only have problems with delivering text messages and such with Cingular users.
The iPhone is neat. But I'm not going to go farther than that. We waited a long time for this, but it's kind of expensive for a power toy for regular users. Those of us on the high end of the gadget spectrum will prolly stick with our current toys. And I really wanted it to blow me away so I could go buy one. :/
I'm debating this now too. Unless I bail to Cingular for the 8125. I've been with VZW since they were AirTouch Cellular. Can't decide until I compare plans a bit more and we see for sure what VZW cripples on this. You guys have all been great about posting the pros and cons of both sides though, thanks. :)
Hard to know what to believe. Any chance your rep was lying to you to try to close the deal on the i730?
Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
"I love my little computing companion but I often find myself missing a full sized keyboard. I have been looking at several of these portable and flexible keyboards, but I can't seem to make up my mind about which I should buy. I don't want the keyboard to be overly expensive, but I want it to be good quality. Also, how difficult is it to type on these keyboards? Thanks!"
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certainly prefer the Apple experience over the rest. But I've never
bought an iPod and I still always have one PC for PC reasons (like
.NET web development). So I'm nobody's idea of a purist.
They did a great job of knocking out regular phones and even smartphones, but they didn't quite kill the Pocket PC platform now did they. I have an HTC Apache (Verizon XV6700) and I like having the slideout QWERTY tray (nice sized keys). I don't think I'd like typing on a touchscreen. You can't possibly touch type without tactile feedback. And they couldn't *pay* me to switch to Cingular, regardless of the plan/price problems with Verizon. I only have problems with delivering text messages and such with Cingular users.
The iPhone is neat. But I'm not going to go farther than that. We waited a long time for this, but it's kind of expensive for a power toy for regular users. Those of us on the high end of the gadget spectrum will prolly stick with our current toys. And I really wanted it to blow me away so I could go buy one. :/