Re: [NTLK] Is iPod Touch the Newtons future?

Gisela,
All I can say about the gloves is that you need to try them.

As for your other rant, I need to clarify one point. The i7100
BlackBerry (Nextel) that I use does allow the user to "Delete Quoted
Text" when replying to an email message. It is a menu item available
from the thumbwheel. It also allows the user to select and copy
portions of text, but I rarely use this feature unless I'm copying
from an email to put into my address book.

As a matter of practice, I typically include quoted text when replying
to messages, even from a notebook or desktop computer (except for
things like the list signature I've removed from the quote below). My
desire is to preserve the context of the conversation. While I
appreciate how you've given me the benefit of the doubt, when using my
BB for email, I tend to be lazy. :)

So for my purposes, there is very little difference in how I would
reply to email messages from an iPhone or my BlackBerry. In both
cases, neither matches how I use my Newton for email. They're just all
different, as is how I use my computer when composing and replying to
email messages.

best,

ken

On Jan 18, 2009, at 3:49 PM, G. Isten wrote:

>> IGlove by Marmot
>>
>> Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone with Nextel Direct Connect
>
> Yes, Ken, I did have a look at those gloves... they strike me as
> pretty large, and the capacitance tips are rather wide, and limited
> to thumb and index. I have a feeling that's no solution either --
> I'd never manage to hit the intended spot with those, I'm afraid.
>
> But I'd like to add another anti-iPhone rant -- and I wonder if it
> also applies to your BlackBerry and L.W. Brown's device (that's an
> iPhone, too, right?).
>
> The information Ken provided in his posting is < 20 chars long. But
> do me a favour and look at the rest of Ken's posting [tried quoting
> it here but it was rightly rejected by the list software].
>
> See what I mean? Neither Ken nor L.W. Brown deleted unnecessary
> lines. Lots of text for nothing, miles and miles of chains of stuff
> dragging along...
>
> I don't think Ken or L.W. Brown were just too lazy to delete these
> lines.
>
> The problem with the iPhone is this: you can't select a stretch of
> text (and delete it). If there is a way to achieve this, I haven't
> found it yet. Does Apple expect users to backspace one character at
> a time?! *groan*
>
> Nah, this can't be the Newton's or anyone else's future. This is WAY
> below average.
>
> Gisela

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