On Jun 26, 7:23 am, s...@sig.for.address (Victor Eijkhout) wrote:
> Meg <meaga...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > the gadget -- which triples as a cell phone, iPod media player and a
> > wireless Web device -
>
> Is everyone these days a chatter or downloader? Doesn't anyone produce
> anymore?
>

a BIG AMEN to this! The only true current "geek" phones seem to be the
Blackberry and Treo, but
most of the phones I see these days are stuffed with Hollywood-style
crapware that want you
to buy buy buy. I have an old-unlocked Nokia 3100-b and a USB cable
for it, and I can load any kind of
phone Java-app I want on it. It even has an optional *detatchable
camera* (how come NO other phones
seem to have this?! That would be great for situations where you are
not allowed to bring a camera
phone, but you can still have a camera available otherwise.). *sigh*,
but this is just part of the trend
of the comp. industry in general. Comapnies seem to want people to be
"forever newbies", and
do nothing but consume and spend, and would love computers to become
yet another dumbed down
medium like television. :|



> In other words, is anything known about note taking applications or even
> stuff like Pocket Quicken on the iPhone? I really need a replacement for
> my Newton.
>