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Jul 11, 2007 | 6:43 am
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Jul 11, 2007 | 7:22 am
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Perhaps it is because some people want to advise their friends to not believe the hype. The iPhone might be a nice toy for some, but not for all of us.
Jul 11, 2007 | 7:53 am
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Jul 11, 2007 | 11:26 am
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The cultural phenomena (is it to early to proclaim it one?) of Apple hype is quite amazing. Talk about developing loyalty.
They are a nice counterpoint to gushing "it's the best phone ever I can do X, Y and Z" and they forget to mention there are 20 phones around that can do X, Y, and Z or tell us why the iPhone is better at X, Y and Z
They are a nice counterpoint to gushing "it's the best phone ever I can do X, Y and Z" and they forget to mention there are 20 phones around that can do X, Y, and Z or tell us why the iPhone is better at X, Y and Z
Jul 11, 2007 | 11:32 am
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OK, here's a couple novel uses of iPhone.
1) I was at a Red Robin and we saw a photo on the wall from an old Marilyn Monroe movie set. Couldn't think of the movie. Logged on to IMDB and found the title, year, etc. Became a conversation topic during lunch (old movies of hers).
2) Bought some items from sears.com. Received email message with bar codes that needed to be scanned to claim the items at the store. Instead of printing the receipts (I was not at home when the emails arrived) I just took the iPhone and made the emails larger and scanned the barcode right off the screen.
Now that's creative!
1) I was at a Red Robin and we saw a photo on the wall from an old Marilyn Monroe movie set. Couldn't think of the movie. Logged on to IMDB and found the title, year, etc. Became a conversation topic during lunch (old movies of hers).
2) Bought some items from sears.com. Received email message with bar codes that needed to be scanned to claim the items at the store. Instead of printing the receipts (I was not at home when the emails arrived) I just took the iPhone and made the emails larger and scanned the barcode right off the screen.
Now that's creative!
Jul 11, 2007 | 11:47 am
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Well, compared to my previous sonyericsson and blackberry devices, the UI to access websites like IMDB is quite a bit easier to navigate and read on iPhone. And I'm not sure you could do the bar code embedded in an email on those tiny screens. Being able to magnify the image made things simple.
Jul 11, 2007 | 11:49 am
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Jul 11, 2007 | 12:03 pm
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Which brings an interesting idea... wonder if the gate readers (and the airlines) would scan online check in boarding passes right from the iPhone.
Jul 11, 2007 | 12:10 pm
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So, I've got my little SonyEricsson w810i or s710 and I can read my IMAP email (as text only) -- in what way would I have been able to convert the barcode information from a text only message and scan it?
In my example, no add-ins were needed, the device does what I needed out of the box.
Jul 11, 2007 | 12:16 pm
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It's amazing what the iPhone can do.
Just yesterday I ran out of refills for my Swiffer floor mop, so I stuck the iPhone to the bottom of the mop and hey presto! It managed to sweep up all the dust from my floor.
And last week I saw a bug on the wall, and the amazing iPhone was able to splat it with just ONE hit.
I don't know how I ever lived without my iPhone. It really has changed my life. No other phone I've ever owned has been able to clean the floor AND kill bugs.
Just yesterday I ran out of refills for my Swiffer floor mop, so I stuck the iPhone to the bottom of the mop and hey presto! It managed to sweep up all the dust from my floor.
And last week I saw a bug on the wall, and the amazing iPhone was able to splat it with just ONE hit.
I don't know how I ever lived without my iPhone. It really has changed my life. No other phone I've ever owned has been able to clean the floor AND kill bugs.
Jul 11, 2007 | 12:17 pm
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I'm not sure I follow this reference (perhaps you can provide a sample link).
So, I've got my little SonyEricsson w810i or s710 and I can read my IMAP email (as text only) -- in what way would I have been able to convert the barcode information from a text only message and scan it?
In my example, no add-ins were needed, the device does what I needed out of the box.
So, I've got my little SonyEricsson w810i or s710 and I can read my IMAP email (as text only) -- in what way would I have been able to convert the barcode information from a text only message and scan it?
In my example, no add-ins were needed, the device does what I needed out of the box.
As for the email side of it - every phone I've owned since 2001 has been able to retrieve mail from an IMAP server and display picture attachments, either embedded as an HTML mail, or in an image viewer. Out of the box.