As nearly as I can tell, the computer industry has the worst case of Not Invented Here I've ever seen If you think the computer industry is bad in this respect, you know very little of other industries. They all have this problem whether you are talking about cars, appliances, pens, firearms, or whatever.
It never has before in the entire history of the United States. You're just grasping at straws as to why the government should waste a zillion dollars so some idiot can say "beep... beep... - I'm a spaceman!"
I totally disagree because non-enforcement always means selective enforcement. Even for the cases you citethere are cases where people with unpopular opinions have been silenced or punished by selective enforcement of the law.
1. ActiveSync or something to sync to our mailserver so the user can get contacts, calendar and mail. 2. IPSec VPN ability - maybe Cisco will get a client in this? 3. Open Office documents (Excel, Word) 4. Open PDF docs. 1. It already syncs with Outlook. Although I'm guessing you want it to pull these directly from Exchange. Still, you can put Outlook contacts onto iPhone. 2. I have no idea. 3. Already opens Word/Excel files. 4. Already opens PDF.
I heard there was a bug related to PDF, but not sure about that as I haven't tried it yet. I would expect a bug fix software update for several issues soon.
Sorry to hear that there isn't good cell service out in the sticks, but I can't really say I'm surprised.
I live on long island and bought an iPhone for myself and another for my daughter. Activation was quick and easy. Most or the cases I've heard about where people had problems with activation are either people with no coverage and/or people with lousy credit.
If you don't pay your bills can you really blame AT&T for not extending credit to you?
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It depends on what you are trying to do. I bought two iPhones last night - one for me and one for my daughter. I am typing this reply on the iPhone right now.
I can easily call someone with one hand (using my thumb to touch the display). I am using two hands to type this message though. Also, the software keyboard on the iPhone is easier in my opinion to type on than the keyboard on my old Treo 600.
I'm not saying the device is perfect, but it does live up to the hype.
Not only that, but most of these failures happened on John Sculley's watch and also they don't list Apple's first and most spectacular failure: the Apple///. So, the article just proves that the author didn't do adequate research and is an ignorant fucktard.
"it's cingular who are shocking"; can you clarify what that sentence actually means? It means he is an ignorant fucktard with no grasp of basic english grammar.
FWIW this is common with nearly all GSM phones with decent switches. Yes, if you can figure out how to make this feature work which on all but one of the GSM phones I have owned I could not figure out how to do this. And i am not alone. Most people I know don't know how to use this feature on their phones either. And most of the people I know are software engineers (as am I).
I have to second this one. Everyone was worried that it would take 30 minutes in the store to activate the phone. This way, you can do it at home. It also has some benefits in that it gets people used to using iTunes with the phone which obviously benefits Apple.
This is a very slick product. Some people don't like slick and I can appreciate that, but I love slick.
I don't understand the part about users "only wanting the iPod functionality of the iPhone". Why not just buy an iPod then? iPhone has a much larger screen and a better experience for video than a video iPod. It also has cover flow which the video iPod doesn't have. And less storage:-(
Ultimately I guess my point is that with touchscreens you end up 'treasuring' the phone too much, always careful etc. GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE WHO KEEPS THEIR KEYS IN THEIR POCKET! Yeah, that would be a problem except that the pants I wear have more than one pocket. So, it turns out not to be such a problem at all. Oh, and also this problem has to do with every device, not just iPhone.
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It never has before in the entire history of the United States. You're just grasping at straws as to why the government should waste a zillion dollars so some idiot can say "beep... beep... - I'm a spaceman!"
No, the real question is why does anyone think space exploration should be a duty of the federal government.
There is always a first time.
I totally disagree because non-enforcement always means selective enforcement. Even for the cases you citethere are cases where people with unpopular opinions have been silenced or punished by selective enforcement of the law.
Wrong: The majority of terrorist attacks around the world have been car bombs including the first WTC bombing.
Just because a law couldn't be enforced before doesn't mean it should stay that way forever.
Just because a business model worked before doesn't mean that it will always continue to work (think RIAA).
Time doesn't stand still.
If the law is to onerous, then work on changing it. Frankly, I'm hoping that these cameras will mean an end to vandalism and littering.
How is that going to protect him against being shot in the face by a terrorist at point blank range?
I usually try to do that before I get to work.
I believe that you can read such documents via Safari if they are on the web (as PDFs commonly are.)
I believe the latin name for this condition is "assus hattus".
2. IPSec VPN ability - maybe Cisco will get a client in this?
3. Open Office documents (Excel, Word)
4. Open PDF docs. 1. It already syncs with Outlook. Although I'm guessing you want it to pull these directly from Exchange. Still, you can put Outlook contacts onto iPhone.
2. I have no idea.
3. Already opens Word/Excel files.
4. Already opens PDF.
I heard there was a bug related to PDF, but not sure about that as I haven't tried it yet. I would expect a bug fix software update for several issues soon.
Sorry to hear that there isn't good cell service out in the sticks, but I can't really say I'm surprised.
I live on long island and bought an iPhone for myself and another for my daughter. Activation was quick and easy. Most or the cases I've heard about where people had problems with activation are either people with no coverage and/or people with lousy credit.
If you don't pay your bills can you really blame AT&T for not extending credit to you?
It depends on what you are trying to do. I bought two iPhones last night - one for me and one for my daughter. I am typing this reply on the iPhone right now.
I can easily call someone with one hand (using my thumb to touch the display). I am using two hands to type this message though. Also, the software keyboard on the iPhone is easier in my opinion to type on than the keyboard on my old Treo 600.
I'm not saying the device is perfect, but it does live up to the hype.
The supreme court removed the restriction of retailers from pointing firearms at your head to encourage you to buy.
Apple has a video on their site where they show how to use the iPhone including this feature. And yeah, its very discoverable.
Not only that, but most of these failures happened on John Sculley's watch and also they don't list Apple's first and most spectacular failure: the Apple ///. So, the article just proves that the author didn't do adequate research and is an ignorant fucktard.
No. Quit asking!
I have to second this one. Everyone was worried that it would take 30 minutes in the store to activate the phone. This way, you can do it at home. It also has some benefits in that it gets people used to using iTunes with the phone which obviously benefits Apple. This is a very slick product. Some people don't like slick and I can appreciate that, but I love slick.
The article you refer to is also pure speculation on what might happen in the future. No one is camping for iPhone yet.
First, Apple isn't creating a standard around Safari. The standard was already there. Second, J2ME is crap.