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Originally Posted by breakmyfootoff
Good god man! We have established many many times what it can not do! I can only conclude that you're in a deep state of denial at this point. Since you seem to have selectively blocked out most of the previous posts you have read let me list those things for you AGAIN!
1 Multitasking. You can talk about backgrounder all you want, it does not give the iphone multitasking abilities. This is something that you THINK it can do which is incorrect. I've seen it in action and you have admitted yourself that you have not used it. Backgrounder only works for a limited selection of apps and doesnt even work consistently with those.
2. Spare battery? Nope
3. Tethering and MMS? Yes, but only if you want to run the risk of having your service canceled by ATT and owing them the remainder.
4. Multiple UI's? Nope
5. Flash Support? Nope. Wanna preview hotel rooms at the Mandalay Bay using their virtual walkthrough, too bad iphone users, just one of the millions of sites that require flash player to interact with or even view the site. Have fun with your watered down internet experience.
6. WVGA screen? Nope, HVGA = Lose
7. Choice of carriers? Nope. Apple will just stick with pretty much the worst service provider with the crappiest coverage. It should be ok though, they can rely on advertising and lack of consumer intelligence to sell units.
For future reference I can link you back to this post when you once again ask for confirmation of the things the iphone can not do. At least the iphone does have the app store in its favor. Who couldnt use 65,000 useless apps like fart noise makers and magic 8 ball's lol.
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1. Somewhat annoying, yes. But it does keep multiple tabs open in Safari at one time which is the biggest thing, IMO. It really is an exaggerated issue by WM users. All of that multitasking on PPCs slows it down as well as kills the battery. You can argue it all you want, but those savvy with PPCs know exactly how to get to their Task Manager quickly to kill apps. That was almost as annoying as not having multitasking.
2.
http://www.mophie.com/juice-pack-air...a-ip3g-blk.htm And there are many other options out there as well. (Please dont come back with 'well that makes it all bulky!'. It can also be used as a case, and plenty of extended life batteries for PPCs are huge as well.)
3. MMS already out, tethering just a matter of time.And I might add, the MMS integration into Text conversations is very sweet.
4. Lol. When it is as seemless as the iPhone is, you don't give a rats a$$ for multiple UIs.
5. I can't preview hotel rooms! Brutal! How many PPCs don't have Flash? I don't really miss it much.
6. Lol again, how many PPCs have WVGA screens? Very few. The iPhone's screen looks incredible. It's big, crisp, and some of the apps look phenomenal.
7. You have a point. But everyone hates different carriers for different reasons. I hated Sprint because their phones were ****. And their customer service was t-e-r-r-i-b-l-e. I'm not a fan of AT&T by any means but have had good luck with them so far. Keeping fingers crossed.
Let's jump on over to what sucks about PPCs...
1. Buggy. You're lucky if you don't have to soft reset your phone once a week let alone once a day. Don't even try to lie, I was using different variations of them for six years before I switched.
2. Apps. Windows might catch up down the road. We'll see.
3. Just not as fun. Plain and simple. Both platforms offer relatively the same things, just one is a blast to play around with and one was relatively boring.
WM devices are great. I really enjoyed the HTC 8125, Treo 700WX, and HTC Touch Pro. Defintely, the customization factor is cool.
That said, the iPhone is so smooth and so appealing. I have a blast on this thing. It has it's limitations like every cell phone does, but for what you get, it can not be beat. And that of course is my humble opinion.
Note: I have the $59.99 minute plan with $30 data and $20 SMS, and I get 900 anytime minutes combined with ATT's version of 'fave 5' which gives you 10 numbers you can call as much as you want.. $109.99. $10 more than Sprint's Unlimited plan. And I paid $99 for an iPhone 3G.