Notan <notan@ddressthatcanbespammed> wrote:
> Tim Streater wrote:
>> In article <5fi6f2F3cdivaU1@mid.individual.net>,
>> "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Brian <brianL@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On 9 Jul 2007, marc318@hotmail.com (Marc) wrote:
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>>>> Verizon is so-o-o-o-o-o-o-o screwed.
>>> Fantasy.
>>>
>>> The vast bulk of phone users want dirt cheap phones, you watch.
>>>
>>> The iphone is too big for anyone who doesnt want to browse the web
>>> and do email.
>>
>> It seems to be about the same size as my PDA, which sits fine in my
>> pocket. Thing is, I don't need to spend that much on a phone. I got a
>> £50 pay as you go from Tesco and that does fine. No web shit, no
>> camera, no nothing. Just a freaking phone.

> There exists a huge number of people that prefer a *great* phone that *only* makes phone calls,

Bet there aint when the extras are free.

> over a *fairly good* phone that does a smattering of *everything*.

Usual mindless binary stuff. There's plenty of great phones that make
and receive phone calls well and do quite a bit of other stuff as well.

Only a fool carts around a bag full of devices for the stuff that doesnt get done much,
but which is handy at times, even if its just when some fool has run into your car etc.