"4phun" <vic.healey@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Larry if you are going to tote all that crap around, why don't you
> just carry a desktop PC in a box to the Waffle house to impress those
> toothless waitresses? That is a big difference from dropping an
> oversized credit card device with a decent clear screen into your
> pocket or clipping it to your belt like an iPhone.

I love the Apple Fanboy definition of a "brick"- any device even slightly
larger than the Apple device they own.

The Nokia is 5.6"x3"x0.7"- certainly larger than the iPhone's
4.5"x2.4"x0.5", but not ridiculously so.

Besides, to quote those Capital One commercials, "what's in YOUR wallet?" if
you think 4.5x2.4 is "credit card sized?" I've always suspected you've
never seen an N800 in person- now I'm doubting if you've ever seen a credit
card either.

This reminds me of the fanboys on CSMA who poo-pooed the MS Zune as being a
"brick" because it was slightly larger (4.4x2.4x0.6) than a comparable iPod
(4.1x2.4x0.4.) Ironically, of course, the freakishly giantic brick-like
Zune is roughly the same height and width as an iPhone...

Personally, I LIKE "bricks"- large screens, audible speakers, and reasonably
useful controls are worth the tradeoff in size. My WinMo phone is too
small- it's smaller than your iPhone in every dimension (except depth) and
it suffers for it in screen real estate- it has a 2.8" screen vs. the
iPhone's quasi-3.5" (I say "quasi" since the iPhone is a "widescreen" 3x2
aspect screen, it's area is slightly smaller than, say, the 3.5" 4x3 screen
on my old Dell Axim, so a straight diagonal size comparison isn't 100%
accurate. The iPhone's screen is just a few millimeters wider than a 2.8"
4x3, but significantly taller.)

> Y0u can not get a Nokia 800 into a normal shirt pocket can y0u, Larry?


Sure, if he uses David Byrne's tailor...

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