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Old July 14th, 2008, 11:07 PM
anonymousNetUser
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Default iPhone negativity

Larry wrote:
> Oxford <apony@pasture.com> wrote in news:apony-F4FE62.21100913072008
> @news.qwest.net:
>
>> you can always ask me, I don't hold any bias either way.
>>
>> what is your question...


Don't know where you got this list of questions... They're not ones I
care about.

> Will it play Flash movies?


Don't care.


> Will it play embedded RealVideo from BBC?


Don't care.

> Will it play Divx movies?


Don't care.

> Can I change the battery if it goes dead during the day, like my sellphone?


Doesn't matter. The phone was a gift. Got a car charger and a extra
cable to charge it from my computer at work. Don't need to change the
battery.

> Does it have an external memory card slot so I can swap movies and music
> around at my whim?


I don't listen to music. If I want music, I'll go to a concert or a nice
show. And I can't watch movies at work without getting fired.

> Can I cut text and pictures out of a webpage and save them to its word
> processor or notepad and store them on its memory for later?


Aren't webpages copyrighted works? If so, to cut and paste stuff from
them is plagiarism at best and copyright infringement or theft at worst.

> Can I cut text out of a webpage and email it as an attachment to my
> girlfriend's computer?


No girlfriend. Wife's gone. RIP Dearest.

> Can I send my girlfriend an SMS on Verizon to have sex with her at lunch?


Please, a little decency... I eat at lunch. There's a time and place for
other activities.

> Can I install Skype for Mobile or Skype for sellphones so I can chat with
> my friends on Skype in Siberia, or will I still have to carry my
> Playstation PSP to call them? What about other VoIP systems like Gizmo?


Don't have a clue what this stuff is.

> Will it record video of my kids waterskiiing for the first time?


Kids bought me a video tape for that. And they are way past the "kids"
stage. All married--unfortunately none have given me any grandkids.

> Can I download music, movies, ebooks, PDF files from usenet or peer-2-peer
> and play them from the memory?


I buy books and read them at my leisure. Why would I want to read them
on this tiny screen?

> Can I watch international TV on a stand-alone player in full screen mode?


That's what I've got cable for.

> ....valid questions....eh?


No.

I'm middle-aged. I just want a phone that makes calls (mostly for
emergency use, heaven forbid I have an accident or heart attack or
something), and has a few toys to show off to my friends. The Maps thing
is nice, but just about everything is too small to read. How the heck do
you make the text size larger?
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