Why is iPhone not considered a smartphone?

[shaggylive]

the definition of a smart phone is sync capabilities, meaning to a pc. in the winmo world smartphones did not have a touchscreen, but had some type of qwerty kb. A touchscreen was a requirement for a PocketPC (winmo pro). there were other API differences as well between the standard and pro versions.

basically the iphone is a hybrid slightly de-evolved version of m$ had been doing for years. really the main difference between blackberry and iphone is buttons and java.

which reminds me, are we going to start referring to bb's as the Oracle?
what remains to be seen is just how far wm7 leaned to the 'phone' side. (notice the lack of that word in ppc.)

[shaggylive]

Originally Posted by NIKKG

Why do people on this site state the iPhone is not a “real smartphone” but WinMo, Android supposedly are?

To me, this is not only a smartphone, its like a laptop replacement. My laptop just collects dust now, I don’t see what’s the point of turning on a laptop when I can do almost everything right on my iphone with that beautiful hi-def screen.

silly me not reading the entire first post..
can the iphone communicate with any serial port?
the iphone is completely proprietary where the others (mainly only HTC the last few years) are made to work with and quickly adapt to any hardware specs desired, all that's needed is a driver. with apple there are no 'drivers' rather the o/s kernel needs updated or the hardware must conform to the existing instruction sets.

[orangekid]

Originally Posted by shaggylive

can the iphone communicate with any serial port?

you still use a serial port?

[shaggylive]

Originally Posted by orangekid

you still use a serial port?

all the time to program equipment, mostly PBX's. I think I may have used my apache a few times to setup those old cisco dsl modems.

[orangekid]

Originally Posted by shaggylive

all the time to program equipment, mostly PBX's. I think I may have used my apache a few times to setup those old cisco dsl modems.

lol, wow.

Yeah USB handles all my needs.

[BooDaddy]

Originally Posted by orangekid

lol, wow.

Yeah USB handles all my needs.

Well USB is serial :P

[mlin]

Lol. Werd.

EVO on Tapatalk

[shaggylive]

the 'old' serial port is still needed for some xbox mod's

[schettj]

Well, anyone who used a computer before 1996 had plenty of experience connecting modems (you know, those whacky things that connect your computer to your phone) scanners, printers, and whatnot via serial cables. Heck, you could even connect your TeleVideo terminal that way, so you could, you know, interact with your computer.

Ah, good times.

So, no, I and anyone else over 35 might not noyersayin'

[orangekid]

Originally Posted by schettj

Well, anyone who used a computer before 1996 had plenty of experience connecting modems (you know, those whacky things that connect your computer to your phone) scanners, printers, and whatnot via serial cables. Heck, you could even connect your TeleVideo terminal that way, so you could, you know, interact with your computer.

Ah, good times.

So, no, I and anyone else over 35 might not noyersayin'

yeah, the first computer I got had a 14.4 modem and I thought I was big pimpin. But it wasn't long after I was on a 56k then went to college and they had a T1 and it was cable after that.

I still remember that crazy modem connecting static "dong dong" more static sound when it was connecting

good times indeed.