[Cialug] OT: Best phone for the geek

[Bryan Baker]

Apple is releasing an official SDK in 2 days (last word I heard this  
AM). It's been delayed a bit from a previous February promise, but is  
currently supposed to happen on the 6th. That will probably end the  
dearth of games (and other add-ons).

I haven't taken the iPhone (or iPod touch) plunge yet either, mostly  
due to cost - I currently have a pretty bare bones phone and no data  
plan, so adding on the extra $20 / mo (I'm already an AT&T customer)  
would be tough on top of the $400 initial cost.

Now that they have somewhat bigger "HD's" they're more attractive as  
well, I figure if I hold out long enough, there'll be one w/ both Edge  
& 3G now that the 3g chips aren't as battery hungry.

On Mar 4, 2008, at 2:31 PM, Tim Wilson wrote:
> My wife has an iPhone and loves it.  The only complaints that she's  
> had is no installable games (have to go to a web site to play a  
> game), and MMS doesn't seem to exist.  If she receives an MMS, it  
> tells her to go to a web site, and there isn't a link to click.  She  
> can't send an MMS either, which kinda defeats the purpose of a  
> camera phone.  I thought I heard that Apple was working on the "no  
> installable games" part (it may already be resolved, I'm not sure).
>
> Another interesting tidbit is she had some serious problems with  
> hers a few weeks ago.  She was afraid she'd have to shell out cash  
> to buy a new one.  Apple tech support looked at it, and said  
> basically it's hosed, and gave her a new one.  I don't think there's  
> warranties on other cell phones, just insurance.  And that usually  
> requires a deductible.  Since most of the stuff is synced back to  
> iTunes, when she plugged in the new phone, everything was  
> transferred again.  The one thing that didn't get synced was the  
> pictures she had taken with the phone.
>
> So why didn't I get one?  Mainly I was waiting for the bugs to get  
> worked out of it.  It is much better now than it was day one.  I  
> still think I'm gonna wait for a while.  Gotta save up the $$$  
> again.  But for now, I'm pretty happy with my V3xx.

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