RBM wrote:
> "Carl" <crothman@NOSPAMoptonline.net> wrote in message
> news:485eadf1$0$11595$607ed4bc@cv.net...
>> The Bob wrote:
>>> 4phun <vic.healey@gmail.com> amazed us all with the following in
>>> news:6a43bdf5-57c9-4d55-82c0-ca8c11c88c56@26g2000hsk.googlegroups.com:
>>>
>>>> Can you feel the pain of using the 2008 Sprint Instinct Apple
>>>> wannabee?
>>>>
>>>> No WiFi or WiMax, what was Sprint thinking? Do they really have a
>>>> signal everywhere?
>>>
>>> More places than AT&T.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Clearly cellphone-quality photos!
>>>
>>> Equivalent to the iPhone.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> No internal storage: 2-GB microSD card included (upgradeable to 8
>>>> GB only not 16 GB or greater).
>>>
>>> Internal storage is for children.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Can't edit attachments.
>>>
>>> Anybody needing to edit attachments on a phone is a wnnabe.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Web browser needs a serious reworking, not even close to the
>>>> beautiful easy to use iPhone Browser
>>>
>>> It's a phone, not a computer.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Includes a stylus ... but provides no slot to stow it, don't you
>>>> just love it?
>>>>
>>>> And the best of all - you have to use SPRINT which may be the USA's
>>>> worse cellular provider according to public opinion.
>>>>
>>>
>>> In terms of customer service, yes. In terms of network, AT&T falls
>>> far short in terms of 3g coverage.
>>>
>> If 4phun's information is correct, I think he has made some very
>> valid points. I don't agree with your responses to them. If it were,
>> as you put it, simply "a phone, not a computer" then it wouldn't
>> need to have any of the functions it has; it would just need to make
>> calls. The bottom line is that, you may call it what you want, but
>> if it's going to do stuff, it should do it well, not half-assed. Common,
>> stylus but no place to stow it? Who thought of that??? And
>> why compare the price of one to the other with different storage
>> memories? That's an apple/oranges way of looking at things, which is
>> what I think they're counting on. We'll see how much of an "iPhone
>> killer" this thing turns out to be.
>> About the same as the LG Voyager, I suspect.
>
> Maybe a person's choice of a phone is like comparing apples to
> oranges. We all have our preferences. Why does one have to be a
> killer of the other? Can't they all live harmoniously together in a
> sort of phone fruit salad?
Excellent response. You got my attention! :-)