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Mark Crispin <MRC@CAC.Washington.EDU> wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Nov 2007, David Friedman wrote:
> >> iPhone is not "the best Internet access device." As an Internet access
> >> device, it is slightly better than most consumer phones; but quite
> >> inadequate compared to other mobile devices on the market. The Nokia 800
> >> kicks iPhone butt in this regard.
> > But isn't a phone.
>
> It is an Internet access device. And it talks Bluetooth, so it can be
> used with any network's phone, not just AT&T and S-L-O-W EDGE. And it has
> Wi-Fi.
>
> > And weighs about four times as much as the iPhone.
>
> iPhone 135g
> N800 206g
>
> In what system of arithmetic is 206 four times 135?
I looked it up on Amazon.com and it gave "Weight: 1.32 pounds" under
"technical details" (not under "shipping weight"). That's about four
times the iPhone's weight.
Checking another source it gives 7.3 oz, which is about your figure.
>
> -- Mark --
>
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