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Re: iPhone’s missing features

Shog9 — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:48:17 -0000

You're... kidding, right? You take your laptop with you camping?
Ok, so do i... But, uh, the battery on that goes dead a whole lot faster than the phones do. Carrying a backpack full of laptop and laptop batteries instead of a cell phone battery tucked in a pocket is... not a good trade-off.

And sure, this is probably a terrible use for an iPhone. But then again, if you really *did* want to check email and browse the web while sitting on the banks of the upper Arkansas River with a beer and a fishing rod, it'd sure be a fair bit less unwieldy than a laptop...

Re: iPhone’s missing features

paulmwatson — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:40:38 -0000

Dead on, Aidan.

Re: iPhone’s missing features

aidanf — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:47:25 -0000

You're right - most people don't care about these kind of features. It's a geek thing.

The classic example is the Slashdot reaction when the first ipod was released.

"No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame. "

http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/...

Re: iPhone’s missing features

paulmwatson — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:15:10 -0000

Power users travel with laptops. The iPhone charger is a small USB cable. Plug it into your laptop and its charged. Even the wall charger is easy to carry around. About the size of a spare battery for other phones.

Re: iPhone’s missing features

Shog9 — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:08:15 -0000

Regarding the battery thing: if you're traveling, using your phone heavily, and won't be within reach of a charger for the duration... then having a spare battery is essential.

I'm not convinced the iPhone is a good match for that demographic anyway though; personally, i like cheap & rugged.