Re: [NTLK] iPhone

From: Jean-Pierre (jpj_at_wanadoo.nl)
Date: Tue Aug 20 2002 - 13:52:41 EDT


Yes, but smartphones are a different thing

Have a look at

www.02.co.uk/xda

And, speaking of Apple and phones:

http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp?page=gis&Redir=template%3DSE_apple%26B%3Die

20-8-2002 1:19:14, Jim Witte <jswitte_at_bloomington.in.us> wrote:

> From the NYTimes article: "Mr. Jobs continues to be coy. He insists that
>he still dislikes the idea of the conventional personal digital
>assistant, saying that the devices are too hard to use and offer little
>real utility. But a telephone with personal digital assistant features
>is another matter"
>
> He's write. "Conventional personal digital assitants" are too hard to
>use and don't offer any real utility. But I don't know if a telephone
>is going to be it. It sounds interesting in concept, but the main thing
>about cell phones these days is that they're *small*. Im my mind, small
>doesn't really work in a PDA - not if you want to do anything with it
>like you can with the Newton. (Unless Apple has a holographic
>projection system up it's collective sleeve - like that one that 26th
>century guy on the episode of "Enterprise" did.. <futurist>Anybody here
>know how to make laser beams bounce off each other?</>)
>
>Jim
>
>
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