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TomH123 · 08-29-08, 09:27 AM

You're reaching a bit on a couple of your counter points.

1. the iphone is no more expensive to own than any windows mobile phone. in fact in some cases, it may be cheaper. my iphone cost hundreds of dollars less than the htc tytn II i purchased when it came out. it was also less expensive than the hp phones, and the eten i had a while back. and when i initially purchased the first iphone, my unlimited data plan went down $15. how is that more expensive?

The Tilt only costs $200 so I'm curious how many hundreds less you paid. Not sure what data plan you were using before but the iPhone uses the same data plan that the Tilt is supposed to use at $30/mon (I'm getting away with the $20 plan on my Tilt). So on the data plan it's a wash.

2. the iphone has a beautiful and FAST version of google maps installed from the factory. a version of google maps that windows mobile will never be able to reproduce, no matter how many hours the devs spend trying to make the wm interface like that of the apple. the new firmware allows for your current location to be centered on the map. eventually the iphone will have a true gps app, im sure. but for now im not complaining. maps on the iphone is amazing, and you must try it out. integration with other apps, contacts and the ui is just amazing.

Google maps seems pretty fast on my Tilt but I'll conceed that point since I haven't seen what "faster: might look like. As for the new firmware allowing for your current location to be centered on the map, are you just referring to the fact that it finally has a built-in GPS that allows for that? I wouldn't consider that a firmware issue but any GPS enabled phone has that capability and has for quite a while.

4. no cut and paste no cut and paste. this is not a reason to want to lynch the iphoneiacs and their devices. cut and paste wil be here before you know it.

But it is a drawback. iPhoneiacs critisize WM for a lot less.

5.the camera for the iphone is great. this is no canon slr. its a phone for god sakes. you have the ability to take a relatively high res shot (with one hand) and fire it out to your flickr account or an email all in seconds. try doing that without a stylus and in less than a minute on a wm device.

No phone is a Cannon slr so in my opinion they're all pretty much useless. I'd rather not have a camera and pay less.

6.ok, no stereo bluetooth. big deal. i dont use bluetooth headsets, nor do i use bluetooth headphones. when i do use the iphone for music i have a nice set of earbuds. call me old fashioned.

Oh, well... if you don't use Bluetooth then you're right, it's no big deal. Just like the fact that I don't care for the iPhone UI so that's not an important factor either.

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TomH123 Aximsite Prospect Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	You're reaching a bit on a couple of your counter points. 1. the iphone is no more expensive to own than any windows mobile phone. in fact in some cases, it may be cheaper. my iphone cost hundreds of dollars less than the htc tytn II i purchased when it came out. it was also less expensive than the hp phones, and the eten i had a while back. and when i initially purchased the first iphone, my unlimited data plan went down $15. how is that more expensive? The Tilt only costs $200 so I'm curious how many hundreds less you paid. Not sure what data plan you were using before but the iPhone uses the same data plan that the Tilt is supposed to use at $30/mon (I'm getting away with the $20 plan on my Tilt). So on the data plan it's a wash. 2. the iphone has a beautiful and FAST version of google maps installed from the factory. a version of google maps that windows mobile will never be able to reproduce, no matter how many hours the devs spend trying to make the wm interface like that of the apple. the new firmware allows for your current location to be centered on the map. eventually the iphone will have a true gps app, im sure. but for now im not complaining. maps on the iphone is amazing, and you must try it out. integration with other apps, contacts and the ui is just amazing. Google maps seems pretty fast on my Tilt but I'll conceed that point since I haven't seen what "faster: might look like. As for the new firmware allowing for your current location to be centered on the map, are you just referring to the fact that it finally has a built-in GPS that allows for that? I wouldn't consider that a firmware issue but any GPS enabled phone has that capability and has for quite a while. 4. no cut and paste no cut and paste. this is not a reason to want to lynch the iphoneiacs and their devices. cut and paste wil be here before you know it. But it is a drawback. iPhoneiacs critisize WM for a lot less. 5.the camera for the iphone is great. this is no canon slr. its a phone for god sakes. you have the ability to take a relatively high res shot (with one hand) and fire it out to your flickr account or an email all in seconds. try doing that without a stylus and in less than a minute on a wm device. No phone is a Cannon slr so in my opinion they're all pretty much useless. I'd rather not have a camera and pay less. 6.ok, no stereo bluetooth. big deal. i dont use bluetooth headsets, nor do i use bluetooth headphones. when i do use the iphone for music i have a nice set of earbuds. call me old fashioned. Oh, well... if you don't use Bluetooth then you're right, it's no big deal. Just like the fact that I don't care for the iPhone UI so that's not an important factor either.