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Posted by Chester on September 9, 2007, 2:09 am
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Wow... now >that< is a constructive contribution to a newsgroup topic, even
provided a couple chuckles here 'n there -- well said!
> At 08 Sep 2007 17:35:59 -0700 lorraineperkinson@msn.com wrote:
>
>> Well, for what it's worth, I just got back from Europe after two
>> months and my iPhone worked like a charm.
>
> Being that the iPhone has only been available for 70 days now, and
> you used it in Europe for 60, you've probably logged more roaming on
> one than anyone else on the planet!
>
> Given the iPhone's inability (at that time) to use a local prepaid
> SIM and Cingular's international roaming rates I feel for you deeply!
>
>
>> I was able to make phone
>> calls to all Countries (except Japan) without even needing to know
>> the Country Code since the iPhone does that for you.
>
>
> How does the iPhone know you're calling, say, Germany, if you don't
> know the country code for Germany? A drop down menu? (If you meant
> you didn't need to know the international DIALING code for the
> country you were IN, like the "011" we use in the US, that's actually
> a GSM feature, not an iPhone one.)
>
>> The Safari Browser
>> worked like a mini laptop. I was able to receive and send emails
>> together with attachments, go to web sites, text and use my calendar.
>
>
>> The world clock allowed me to know the time changes throughout the
>> world when contacting people, I was able to keep track of my stock
>> portfolio and know the world markets. The weather feature was
>> fantastic AND accurate. The Google Map site is totally awesome. It
>> not only provided directions but also helped me select restaurants
> in
>> every City I was in. I didn't have an iPod previously so this was a
>> nice feature for me. The camera was something I thought I would not
>> use but actually helped business wise in sending pictures of co-
>> workers back to the office so they could associate a face with whom
>> they were working with and it was Apple made it so simple to add the
>> pictures as a email attachment.
>
> To be fair, any number of smartphones do all of those things as well...
>
> Many of the people "amazed" at what the iPhone can do simply never
> used a high-end PDA or smartphone before, be it Windows Mobile, RIM,
> or Symbian.
>
>> I can't say enough about the iPhone.
>
> Apparently you can't. Your poat is reading a wee bit too much like a
> sales brochure! ;-)
>
>> It's not a gaget, but a business
>> tool that really works!
>
> No, it isn't. It's a pretty nifty multimedia phone with some PDA
> features and an excellent web browser "that really works!"
>
> A "business tool" would include a way to edit documents rather than
> just view them, incorporate an enterprise-level "push" e-mail solution,
>
> and allow you to save e-mail attachments.
>
>
> IIRC, Cingular charges $30/MB for data roaming in Europe. I hope you
> didn't use Google Maps too often. ;-)
>
>
> --
>
> "I don't need my cell phone to play video games or take pictures
> or double as a Walkie-Talkie; I just need it to work. Thanks for
> all the bells and whistles, but I could communicate better with
> ACTUAL bells and whistles." -Bill Maher 9/25/2003
>
>
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