Comments on: Perils of the iPhone

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:23:07 +0000

I think the iPhone is a nice device, but the fact is that anyone with any mobile device (phone or PDA) who has a data plan, can find the birth date of Simons.

It's not so much the software as the hardware that makes it impressive. Personally I'd be more interested in it if it were running Android or OpenMoko, but even then it's pretty pricey.

Short version: Look, it’s ot just the Iphone, it’s the network it connects to… along with every other computer technology, anymore.

"The network is the computer", maybe we'll see that day after all.

By: William Teach

William Teach — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:34:14 +0000

Just wait till the iPhone has 3G, and people can look stuff up that much faster!

By: se7en

se7en — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 17:29:04 +0000

First of all... It's Erica Sadun... (http://ericasadun.com/)

And the LA Times is an abysmal source of journalism.

By: Bithead

Bithead — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:45:47 +0000

Rodney;

Pick up my writeback from my place, linked above.
Short version: Look, it's ot just the Iphone, it's the network it connects to... along with every other computer technology, anymore.

By: rodney dill

rodney dill — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:12:38 +0000

I guess what I’m saying is that the iPhone hype is getting a little annoying.

True, I use SMS Google on a pretty basic Samsung phone to find addresses and phone numbers of businesses, at only the cost of a text message. Where I work everyone also has access to the internet and is pretty much on all the time so looking up information there is easier than even a phone. I do have friends that will surf the web at lunch on their iPhone and iPod Touch, respectively, but then I'm used to hanging out with some uber geeks.

By: LaurenceB

LaurenceB — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 15:40:20 +0000

I think the iPhone is a nice device, but the fact is that anyone with any mobile device (phone or PDA) who has a data plan, can find the birth date of Simons. The iPhone Safari (webkit) browser is a little more convenient than most, but even old-style WML browsers can find Simons birth date, assuming the user knows where to point the browser to. (And of course there are native downloaded applications also - J2ME, Brew, Symbian, Windows Mobile, Palm, etc. that search wikipedia and so on.)

I guess what I'm saying is that the iPhone hype is getting a little annoying.

By: John Burgess

John Burgess — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 15:22:31 +0000

Dave: ...and lives on the Left Coast.

By: Dave Schuler

Dave Schuler — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 14:51:30 +0000

The only thing smugger than an Apple user is an Apple user who drives a Prius.

By: rodney dill

rodney dill — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 14:00:06 +0000

The opposite side is that there are a lot of socially rude people out there that insist they are right (often over trivial things), and brow beat you to the point that its not worth arguing with them unless you have the facts.

(No I don't have an iPhone, and I don't intend to get one any time soon)

By: The Internet effect | BitsBlog

The Internet effect | BitsBlog — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:55:56 +0000

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