From: George Kerby on



On 5/16/10 5:02 PM, in article 4bf06b7f$0$1673$742ec2ed(a)news.sonic.net, "Ray
Fischer" <rfischer(a)sonic.net> wrote:

> Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> Ray Fischer writes:
>>
>>> So what?
>>
>> Some people want CPU power to spare, and long-lasting battery charges.
>
> Some people want flash animations and videos.
>
Some people, like you, want socialism and free lunches, as well.

From: (PeteCresswell) on
Per SMS:
>Android needs to get its act together. If you've used a Droid and an
>iPhone, there's just no comparison with the user interface. The Droid
>has more features and more advanced hardware but it's clunky and not
>nearly as intuitive as the iPhone. It's more for geeks than the mass
>market right now.

I've been playing with my new iTouch for the past week or so -
coming from a Palm TX and a 60-gig iPod "Classic".

Sheesh!.... everything they say about Apple being the shiznit
UI-wise is true IMHO.

The UI on this thing is soooooo intuitive and soooo functional.

No question in my mind that the Palm is still better for
tightly-focused functionality like Calendaring and Contacts....
but now that I've gotten a taste of the iTouch's integration of
Contacts, Skype, Mapping, and so-forth I have stopped looking
back.
--
PeteCresswell
From: (PeteCresswell) on
Per Ray Fischer:
>Apple has already done that. They blocked Google's iPhone app that
>would have allowed free phone calls.

Skype's working for me. Are it's days numbered?
--
PeteCresswell
From: Mxsmanic on
Ray Fischer writes:

> Which means that you believe that you decide what other people need.

No, just alluding to the statistics. Flash is overwhelmingly used for media
players, as compared to all other applications.

> Your experience trumps reality for everybody else.

I don't use Flash at all. It adds overhead and reduces security.
From: Mxsmanic on
nospam writes:

> it's exactly true, and microsoft is still paying the penalties.

The penalties to which you refer have nothing to do with Apple's failure to
improve market share. Apple has always been its own worst enemy.