[Ti] iPhone, Treo & Steve - random thoughts...

[David DelMonte]

Rod, you might want to look at macgpspro. They have good GPS software  
that is quite compatible with Garmins.

David

On Jan 11, 2007, at 7:43 PM, Rod Duncan wrote:

> In Canada, we have a couple of CDMA carriers - Telus and Bell. The  
> GSM carrier is Rogers.
>
> This month I am just finishing a 3-year contract with Telus. I had  
> already decided to sit on the fence and see what way the cell wind  
> was blowing. I recently purchased a no contract Treo 700P with a  
> guaranteed 30-day money back return policy. Was curious to test it  
> out and didn't think I would keep it - now I'm sure it's going  
> back. (Telus tried to sell me into the big discount price with the  
> multi-year commitment. Turns out the Treo is returnable but the  
> commitment sticks. Needless to say, I bought the phone outright and  
> opened it carefully with returning always... always in mind.) While  
> the Treo has a bevy of Mac software and utilities - it needs them.  
> (and some of them not cheap either) The Treo is *at best* unstable  
> and generally unfriendly. Sure you could learn to live with its  
> warts. (remember OS 7 and OSX beta?) However, I've crashed the Treo  
> more often than a Yugo with four bald tires. Apologies to the  
> legion of loyal Yugo owners - all two of you. At least Blackberries  
> are stable - they just don't like playing with Mac's.
>
> Comparatively, I was given a Garmin c530 touch screen automotive  
> GPS for Christmas - I know, spoiled. It worked fabulously out of  
> the box. Never even looked at the manual. You would of thought  
> Apple had built it. Very cool. It just works. Granted, Garmin has  
> been slow to offer Mac software but I was able to update the  
> software using Virtual PC and the new Intel machines would laugh  
> and do it in the background. Soon baby... soon. The Treo and its  
> Palm software? In my best Bart voice, "Groan..."
>
> If the Treo and its *suspect* Palm software is the best Smartphone  
> for the Mac then waiting for the OSX version of iPhone is a no- 
> brainer. Sure we can nitpick HD size and this and that but look at  
> what you are comparing it to? Beam me up Scotty versus sitting  
> banging a rock. By the time they get to offer it in Canada it will  
> be well into a subsequent version and most of the early adopter's  
> bugs will be well known and addressed.
>
> Job's has already called it an iPhone so regardless what it ends up  
> being officially called, he's already pulled down millions in free  
> advertising. Call it anything you want now, it will always be known  
> as the iPhone. The master orchestrates as only he can. You gotta'  
> love it. From a time when we borrowed $150M pocket lint from Mr.  
> Gates to protect an Apple platform just hanging on - to now. He  
> takes visionary to a new version. Doesn't hurt that form and  
> function are a mantra at Apple.
>
> Always nice when Apple raises the bar... again...
>
> R.
>
>
>>  > From: John Griffin <jwegriffin at mac.com>."
>>>  <titanium at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
>>>  Subject: Re: [Ti] OT: iPhone - shock ?
>>>
>>>  One other thing that one has to keep in mind is that Cingular,  
>>> claims
>>>  to have the fewest dropped calls. However according to Consumers
>>>  Reports it is among the worst and least reliable carriers in North
>>>  America.
>>>
>>>  Why not Verizon? It is the top rated carrier in North America right
>>>  now (again, according to Consumers Reports).
>>>
>>>  jg
>> :
>>
>> That really has nothing to do with it.  It is not about the  
>> carriers...it is
>> about the tech.  Verizon is CDMA and most of the world is GSM with  
>> SIM
>> cards.  So, apple is obviously interested in dealing with the  
>> majority of
>> the market, globally.  Cingular and T-Mobile are GSM in the  
>> states.  So,
>> they chose Cingular and they are GSM and the largest in the US as  
>> well.
>>
>> Apple might choose to build a CDMA version, there are various
>> prognostications on that, but for now, they chose GSM, for obvious  
>> reasons.
>>
>> The US and Japan have some CDMA carriers...and a few other  
>> countries have
>> small CDMA based cell carriers here and there, not many,  but the  
>> vast
>> majority of the world operates via GSM.
>>
>> Sorry..but maybe apple may choose to do a CDMA phone.  I don't  
>> think so from
>> what I have heard, but who knows.
>>
>> Ross, correct me if I am wrong.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
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