| Rod Speed 2007-06-28, 10:33 pm |
| tony < spacemarine@mailinat
or.com> wrote
> Rod Speed <rod.speed....@gmail.com> wrote
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> huh? whats w/ the smackdown, jack?
Just what you deserve, jill.
> further, if someone in my carpool is talking about a url,
> what tool should i "hit" to save their words into a favorite?
The voice recorder, child.
And anyone with a clue gets urls from emails anyway, even
if they are talking to the individual that is talking about it.
> i am very intrigued by this tool.
Its clearly too hard for someone as stupid as you.
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> oh? so your chums will email you a link, even
> when theyre sitting right next to you in the car,
Yep, or in their house or my house too.
> w/o a computer?
They send it when they are next at a computer.
> so they actually load their cell's email program, somehow forward a url
> in it, and you check that in your cell, click it, and added it as a favorite
Yep.
> -- all instead of speaking?
Nope, while discussing it actually.
> wow. very organized system you have in place. impressive.
Leaves manually typing in urls for dead.
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> two devices, yes. but two devices that each do one thing really well.
Plenty of phones that do the phone function really well and the media player too.
> thus, no farting.
Corse it is on the two separate devices alone.
> if i could one device to do them both -- again, really well -- i would.
And that is precisely what so many do right now. Not just two either,
most of they have a camera as well and many a pda etc etc etc too.
> and it so would you, by your own admission (to you, the nokia
> N performs these taks very well. to others...perhaps not).
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> why settle for decent?
Because most dont want to fart around with multiple physical devices.
> i dont mind paying for better than decent. see ipod success.
Its XXXXed for loading the ipod compared with the media
player in a properly implemented phone/media player.
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> actually, apparently most are "stupid" enough
Nope.
> -- i think the number of cell + primary-mp3 (non-stupid,
> by your rules) users are much smaller than you think;
Nope.
> and certainly do not qualify for the 'most' designator.
Wrong, as always.
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> based on apples track record, its a safe bet.
Nope, look at the Newton some time.
> they arent going to reinvent a new ipod UI for the iphone.
They dont have any choice on that, it doesnt have any physical buttons.
> and it certainly hasnt been mentioned in the early reviews if they had.
Yes it has, it doesnt have any physical buttons.
> so im going to stick w/that assertion.
You can stick to anything you like, changes nothing.
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> if youre right, then this will all just be an unpleasant memory
> years from now.....a silly fad that lasted, what, 6 mos? yep.
Yep, just like with the Newton that didnt even manage that long.
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