Paul Thurrott - "You need an iPhone"

On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:30:30 -0600, David Moyer <meetme@world.com>
wrote:

>a very good read from one the most hardcore Windows Users on the planet.
>
>Paul Thurrott -- June 10, 2008
>
>"I cannot stress this enough: You need to get an iPhone. Sooner rather
>than later. With Apple dropping the entry price on this innovative
>device to just $200, while fixing all of the major issues I described in
>How Apple Can Fix the iPhone in 2008, there are precious few reasons to
>ignore this seismic shift in mobile and cloud computing. I've said it
>before and I'll say it again: The iPhone is a dramatically important
>computing platform and one you should not ignore. Trust me, once you've
>used an iPhone, that Blackberry or Windows Mobile device you're settling
>on now will seem like ancient Soviet-era technology by comparison."
>
>much more here....
>
>http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase...3g_preview.asp
>
>http://www.apple.com/iphone/

"What bothers me most about that Thurrot site is he posts short "sound
bite" comments with no critical analysis, and hides behind the fact
that
the site does not accept comments. I can see why, since nearly every
one
of his posts would be refuted by relevant facts. Still, the solution
should be for Thurrot to clean up his reporting, not disallow
comments. "
http://groups.google.com/group/comp....3?dmode=source

"Seems that Mr. Thurrot doesn't understand a lot of stuff: "
http://groups.google.com/group/comp....f?dmode=source

Among many others.

It seems that Paul Thurott's opinion is worthless and
uninformed...unless he says something positive about an Apple product.
Then he becomes a beacon of truth and righteousness cutting through
the night. And the Maccies wonder why we are so amused by them. 8)

David Moyer wrote:
> a very good read from one the most hardcore Windows Users on the
> planet.
>
> Paul Thurrott -- June 10, 2008
>
> "I cannot stress this enough: You need to get an iPhone. Sooner rather
> than later. With Apple dropping the entry price on this innovative
> device to just $200, while fixing all of the major issues I described
> in How Apple Can Fix the iPhone in 2008, there are precious few
> reasons to ignore this seismic shift in mobile and cloud computing.
> I've said it before and I'll say it again: The iPhone is a
> dramatically important computing platform and one you should not
> ignore. Trust me, once you've used an iPhone, that Blackberry or
> Windows Mobile device you're settling on now will seem like ancient
> Soviet-era technology by comparison."
>
> much more here....
>
> http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase...3g_preview.asp
>
> http://www.apple.com/iphone/
>
Sorry, but until they incorporate a phone book system, a calendar a task
manager, and a to do list which can synchronize with MS Outlook, moving it a
little more away from being a glorified toy and more towards business use,
much as I want one, I won't have one. I don't even begin to understand how
you can compare it to a Blackberry. The iPhone is still a device designed
for the non-professional user.

ed wrote:

> it will? i ported over from verizon to at&t and tried out an iphone
> for a few weeks, and just ported back over to verizon and a htc touch
> (xv6900 on verizon) this weekend, and i'm digging it so far. maybe if
> some extra super news about the new iphone comes out in the next few
> weeks i'll port back over, but i'm really digging the customizability,
> flexibility, and speed of this phone. :D

The XV6800 is what set the bar for Apple's iPhone revision in terms of
features, other than the iPhone's lack of a slide-out keyboard, lack of
a memory card slot, and lack of a user-replaceable battery, the new
iPhone is a worthy competitor.

In article <484ff03a$0$5003$607ed4bc@cv.net>,
"Carl" <crothman@NOSPAMoptonline.net> wrote:

> David Moyer wrote:
> > a very good read from one the most hardcore Windows Users on the
> > planet.
> >
> > Paul Thurrott -- June 10, 2008
> >
> > "I cannot stress this enough: You need to get an iPhone. Sooner rather
> > than later. With Apple dropping the entry price on this innovative
> > device to just $200, while fixing all of the major issues I described
> > in How Apple Can Fix the iPhone in 2008, there are precious few
> > reasons to ignore this seismic shift in mobile and cloud computing.
> > I've said it before and I'll say it again: The iPhone is a
> > dramatically important computing platform and one you should not
> > ignore. Trust me, once you've used an iPhone, that Blackberry or
> > Windows Mobile device you're settling on now will seem like ancient
> > Soviet-era technology by comparison."
> >
> > much more here....
> >
> > http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase...3g_preview.asp
> >
> > http://www.apple.com/iphone/
> >
> Sorry, but until they incorporate a phone book system, a calendar a task
> manager, and a to do list which can synchronize with MS Outlook,

Coming in early July. Of this year. It was announced at the beginning of
this week.

If you'd done just a smidgen of homework....

On Jun 11, 2:10*pm, Steve Hix <se...@NOSPAMspeakeasy.netINVALID>
wrote:
> In article <484ff03a$0$5003$607ed...@cv.net>,
>
>
>
>
>
> *"Carl" <croth...@NOSPAMoptonline.net> wrote:
> > David Moyer wrote:
> > > a very good read from one the most hardcore Windows Users on the
> > > planet.
>
> > > Paul Thurrott -- June 10, 2008
>
> > > "I cannot stress this enough: You need to get an iPhone. Sooner rather
> > > than later. With Apple dropping the entry price on this innovative
> > > device to just $200, while fixing all of the major issues I described
> > > in How Apple Can Fix the iPhone in 2008, there are precious few
> > > reasons to ignore this seismic shift in mobile and cloud computing.
> > > I've said it before and I'll say it again: The iPhone is a
> > > dramatically important computing platform and one you should not
> > > ignore. Trust me, once you've used an iPhone, that Blackberry or
> > > Windows Mobile device you're settling on now will seem like ancient
> > > Soviet-era technology by comparison."
>
> > > much more here....
>
> > >http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase...3g_preview.asp
>
> > >http://www.apple.com/iphone/
>
> > Sorry, but until they incorporate a phone book system, a calendar a task
> > manager, and a to do list which can synchronize with MS Outlook,
>
> Coming in early July. Of this year. It was announced at the beginning of
> this week.
>
> If you'd done just a smidgen of homework....- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Basically the only way the iPhone can succeed is when they force it to
work with all the Windows business tools! Without MSFT, Apple
wouldn't exit. Without stealing all of Xerox's intellectual property,
Apple wouldn't exist.

Carl wrote:
> David Moyer wrote:
>> a very good read from one the most hardcore Windows Users on the
>> planet.
>>
>> Paul Thurrott -- June 10, 2008
>>
>> "I cannot stress this enough: You need to get an iPhone. Sooner rather
>> than later. With Apple dropping the entry price on this innovative
>> device to just $200, while fixing all of the major issues I described
>> in How Apple Can Fix the iPhone in 2008, there are precious few
>> reasons to ignore this seismic shift in mobile and cloud computing.
>> I've said it before and I'll say it again: The iPhone is a
>> dramatically important computing platform and one you should not
>> ignore. Trust me, once you've used an iPhone, that Blackberry or
>> Windows Mobile device you're settling on now will seem like ancient
>> Soviet-era technology by comparison."
>>
>> much more here....
>>
>> http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase...3g_preview.asp
>>
>> http://www.apple.com/iphone/
>>
> Sorry, but until they incorporate a phone book system, a calendar a task
> manager, and a to do list which can synchronize with MS Outlook, moving it a
> little more away from being a glorified toy and more towards business use,
> much as I want one, I won't have one. I don't even begin to understand how
> you can compare it to a Blackberry. The iPhone is still a device designed
> for the non-professional user.

I guess you haven't read about the Apple support for Microsoft
Exchange servers upcoming in version 2.0?

Steve

Ron wrote:

> On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:19:24 -0400, News <News@Group.name> wrote:
>
>
>>Yebbut, what about the lack of APPS? Still NO APPS.
>
>
>
> Guess you didnt see the announcement of the iPhone App store


If you call those "APPS", there is no reasoning with you....

In article <8npv445qhl87jklfapj0javn5k4to070g2@4ax.com>,
Mayor of R'lyeh <mayor.of.rlyeh@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:30:30 -0600, David Moyer <meetme@world.com>
> wrote:
>
> >a very good read from one the most hardcore Windows Users on the planet.
> >
> >Paul Thurrott -- June 10, 2008
> >
> >"I cannot stress this enough: You need to get an iPhone. Sooner rather
> >than later. With Apple dropping the entry price on this innovative
> >device to just $200, while fixing all of the major issues I described in
> >How Apple Can Fix the iPhone in 2008, there are precious few reasons to
> >ignore this seismic shift in mobile and cloud computing. I've said it
> >before and I'll say it again: The iPhone is a dramatically important
> >computing platform and one you should not ignore. Trust me, once you've
> >used an iPhone, that Blackberry or Windows Mobile device you're settling
> >on now will seem like ancient Soviet-era technology by comparison."
> >
> >much more here....
> >
> >http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase...3g_preview.asp
> >
> >http://www.apple.com/iphone/
>
> "What bothers me most about that Thurrot site is he posts short "sound
> bite" comments with no critical analysis, and hides behind the fact
> that
> the site does not accept comments. I can see why, since nearly every
> one
> of his posts would be refuted by relevant facts. Still, the solution
> should be for Thurrot to clean up his reporting, not disallow
> comments. "
> http://groups.google.com/group/comp....9cee4d6a3?dmod
> e=source
>
> "Seems that Mr. Thurrot doesn't understand a lot of stuff: "
> http://groups.google.com/group/comp....a6948ceef?dmod
> e=source
>
> Among many others.
>
> It seems that Paul Thurott's opinion is worthless and
> uninformed...unless he says something positive about an Apple product.
> Then he becomes a beacon of truth and righteousness cutting through
> the night. And the Maccies wonder why we are so amused by them. 8)
>
>
>

You are apparently unfamiliar with the concept of "statement against
interest"...

--
"The iPhone doesn't have a speaker phone" -- "I checked very carefully" --
"I checked Apple's web pages" -- Edwin on the iPhone
"It is Mac OS X, not BSD.' -- 'From Mac OS to BSD Unix." -- "It's BSD Unix with Apple's APIs and GUI on top of it' -- 'nothing but BSD Unix' (Edwin on Mac OS X)
'[The IBM PC] could boot multiple OS, such as DOS, C/PM, GEM, etc.' --
'I claimed nothing about GEM other than it was available software for the
IBM PC. (Edwin on GEM)
'Solaris is just a marketing rename of Sun OS.' -- 'Sun OS is not included
on the timeline of Solaris because it's a different OS.' (Edwin on Sun)

On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:23:20 -0400, News <News@Group.name> wrote:

>
>
>Ron wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:19:24 -0400, News <News@Group.name> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Yebbut, what about the lack of APPS? Still NO APPS.
>>
>>
>>
>> Guess you didnt see the announcement of the iPhone App store
>
>
>If you call those "APPS", there is no reasoning with you....


If it doesnt mirror some trivial Palm app that locks up any Treo,
there's no reasoning with You.

In article
<8326096e-f43c-4dd7-b2b3-c78d11a424f4@e39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,
MuahMan <muahman@gmail.com> wrote:

> Without stealing all of Xerox's intellectual property, Apple wouldn't exist.

Prove it, or Lurky will make you prove it.