Drowning by numbers.
My mobile (cell) phone is dying.
I was hoping it’d outlive me, but this seems unlikely.
So I must replace it.
My brain hurts!
Smart money
Despite Angie’s great guest post last year, I’m yet to get a smart phone.
I can’t work out if this makes me smart or dumb.
I feel dumb, because everyone says iPhones are the bee’s knees.
I feel smart, because when I exit Empire House to enjoy the sunshine, the Empire doesn’t follow me.
Which is dumb, because I could be more productive.
But without proper breaks from my close, demanding work, I can’t produce anything.
Camera shy
My camera is also dying.
I’d LOVE to get a combined unit.
But I’m more into shots than calls.
I don’t need games, GPS, Star Wars voiceovers, free texting, 5-year-plans, TV on trams or $2K solutions to problems I don’t have.
All I want is a youbeaut camera that makes plain old phone calls.
I’ve telegraphed this wish to the internet (to deafening silence).
What to do?
CHOICE!!!
I’d heard about the Paradox of Choice; now I’m living it.
Five factors have frozen me in my tracks:
- Complex technology.
- Varied platforms.
- Multiple models.
- Labyrinthine plans.
- Dodgy providers (or fear thereof).
I’ve tried:
- Catalogues (too conceptual).
- Websites (too bewildering).
- Store visits (too intimidating).
The camera shops don’t have phones and the phone shops don’t have cameras.
I can’t tell what’s good, what’s good for me or what’s good value.
Pain relief
I just want to take my two old units and have a smart, friendly, honest person sell me a product that replaces both.
If ever there were a case of ‘money follows pain’, this is it.
Whoever removes this pain will get my money.
Any ideas?
Any takers?
Smile? … Please?
Paul Hassing, Founder & Senior Writer, The Feisty Empire
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Brendan
May 18, 2010 at 9:32 am
I remember doing a class at uni where the optimum decision range of choices was seven. any more and you start to lose focus. Nice tips and funny too!
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Paul Hassing
May 18, 2010 at 9:36 am
Thanks, Brendan. Seven would suit me down to the ground!
Can you picture ‘The Magnificent Two Hundred and Fifteen’? Or ‘Snow White and the Eighty-One Dwarves’? How about ‘The Five Thousand Six Hundred and Nineteen Deadly Sins’?
Big ain’t always better, is it?!
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Heather
May 18, 2010 at 9:39 am
You need a builders brick – nokia do them well.
A ‘smart’ phone is only smart if the user uses all the bits and pieces. Don’t worry about the iPhone – I’m not – I do have a Nokia N97, but I do use what it has to offer. I had one of the first ‘smart’ phones, the N70 and people in the beginning couldn’t understand.
Now they do – and what me to get an iPhone – but I resisted.
Get what you need – not what others want you to get – you are the one that has to use it and understand it and like it.
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Paul Hassing
May 18, 2010 at 9:41 am
Thank you, Heather. My Nokia has been dropped in or onto almost everything you can think of. And it’s always come up smiling. I do feel a tug of brand allegiance. Maybe I should follow it.
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Joanna Maxwell
May 18, 2010 at 10:09 am
I adore my iPhone, but if you are happy with Nokia, why not stick to them for the phone? There was a famous psychology experiment done a while back where people at a county fair (it was in America) were offered jam from a stall with (I think) 6 choices, or jam from a stall with about 30 choices. Heaps more people stopped at the 30-choice stall, but heaps more jam was sold when they only had 6 choices. So, if you can cut it down to a narrow slice of the market (me, I can’t cope with more than 3) your mind will have a fighting chance of making the right decision. I think that’s why I love Apple products – once you are an Apple person, the rest of the market just falls away…you only have a reasonable number of products to choose from – or in the case of phones, one.
Good luck!
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Paul Hassing
May 18, 2010 at 10:11 am
That is a brilliant contribution, Joanna. NOW you’ve got me thinking. Many thanks!
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Stephen Hamilton
May 18, 2010 at 10:23 am
I’d recommend keeping the phone and the camera separate. Even the best mobile phone-camera’s are nowhere near as good as a basic camera.
Keep it simple Paul – although I have an iPhone, and love it most of the time, it complicates things sometimes and doesn’t solve everything anyway. Just get what you need.
Unless you need some of the advanced features of a smartphone, just get a basic Nokia and something like a Panasonic Lumix for taking nice snapshots – that is my two cents worth!
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Paul Hassing
May 18, 2010 at 10:27 am
I was so hoping you’d drop by, Stephen. Many thanks!
I hear what you’re saying. I walk the dogs a lot. I like to travel light but also want to be able to call Fonnie AND snap magic moments if the need arises.
I was trying to get away from having two units smashing into each other in my shoulder bag.
Is the iPhone no good for photos? Most of my shots are for blogs, so I don’t need anything more than 2 megapixels.
Or can I really not have it all?
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Stephen Hamilton
May 18, 2010 at 10:43 am
The iPhone, like all other phone-camera’s I’ve seen, are okay for taking quick snapshots. But it lacks the ability to zoom, which I think is the biggest reason to keep a real (even if it is basic) camera lying around. I think this is especially true for things like family outings etc.
Having said that, the newest iPhone now has a 3 MP camera, autofocus, and perhaps most intriguing of all is it takes videos. Now that is pretty cool. So I guess maybe it isn’t too bad after all. I guess it depends if you really need to zoom when taking photos.
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Paul Hassing
May 18, 2010 at 10:45 am
Thanks, Stephen. That’s all news to me. I take a lot of nature close-ups and have been known to zoom. So maybe separate units is my better path.
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Andrew
May 18, 2010 at 10:46 am
I have an iPhone. It works for me. Here’s why:
1. I use a Mac. Nokia only grudgingly acknowledges me and treats me as distinctly second class.
2. The user interface is in the main elegant, thoughtful and discoverable. The latter quality makes it _fun_. My old Nokia E65 had a user interface designed by someone who hates all of humanity.
3. The camera is great, within the limitations of being a phone. It doesn’t have the megapixel count of others nor a flash, but it can make great images. One really clever feature, not publicised, is that it continually caches the image as you compose, so when you take the photo there is little delay and you don’t miss the shot. It’s a lot more responsive than a cheap compact.
It’s worth noting that the iPhone 3G is the most popular camera on Flickr. Not camera phone, but _camera_. OK, those figures are skewed because most camera phones don’t identify themselves in EXIF data, but it’s likely still indicative. Browse here: http://www.flickr.com/cameras/apple/iphone_3gs/
Photographers like it because of the creative control.
4. It’s really easy to use as a phone. Like about as easy as the old Nokias from 10 years ago.
5. Firmware updates mean that it gets more capable over its life.
Downsides? If you use it as a phone and not much else, the battery lasts well. But heavy usage of apps can drain it in hours. You need iTunes to sync it: that’s fine on Mac but Winders users tend to regard iTunes with the hatred that Mac people have for the wares of Microsoft and Adobe.
Obviously YMMV, as it does for Heather but, for me, iPhone provides me what I wanted: an easy to use phone and a good-enough camera. Then it gives me a whole lot more.
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Paul Hassing
May 18, 2010 at 10:49 am
That is a really, really helpful response, Andrew. I am so lucky to have access to so much expertise.
I’ve learned more about this topic this morning than in the last year. And that Flickr gallery is phenomenal!
Thanks a truckload, Andrew!
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Joanna Maxwell
May 18, 2010 at 10:53 am
As a Mac addict, I feel obliged to let you know that there are several free or very cheap ($1.99) apps for the iPhone that let you zoom and do other composition tricks…
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Paul Hassing
May 18, 2010 at 10:53 am
Ar, the plot thickens!
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Joanna Maxwell
May 18, 2010 at 10:58 am
If you’d just switch to Mac, the plot would resolve itself very nicely
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Paul Hassing
May 18, 2010 at 11:05 am
Ha! That sounds like a plot twist (with sudden murder)!
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Stephen Glanville
May 18, 2010 at 1:27 pm
Greetings folks
Outstanding post and comments…and I couldn’t help but notice the caption mate – ‘Drowning by numbers’
Good to see Joanna and Stevo again…hi guys
As usual, I’ll play the misfit
I love Macs, so I’m totally with Joanna all the way…however, I am not in the position I was a few years ago, where I could support such a fruitful addiction.
Andrew’s comments are absolutely spiffing; thanks Andrew…I learned a heap o’ stuff from that.
I recently got a phone call from Telstra…you could’ve knocked me over with a feather, because they never ring me. I figured they must be selling something…they we’re.
They offered me an ‘apparently’ free iPhone if I signed-up for another 2 years. Not an insignificant thing for Telstra to do…naturally my first thoughts were:
1) There must a new iPhone coming out; and
2) Someone else must be doing it.
So I did a little research and I was correct on both counts…what a surprise
.
Optus was offering a similar deal…only better (of course). And I’m talking a couple of hundred dollars better….a month!
Unfortunately, due to my location, Telstra/BigPond are the only providers that have a service to my area…gee! I wonder why that is?
Anyway, I got the appallingly enthusiastic ‘newby’ Telstra salesman to ring me back. I said that if Testra will match Optus’s offer I’ll go for it. He said they can’t…I said ‘you mean you won’t’. He said that Telstra is more expensive because it offers a superior service and that their signal reaches more places. I said that there is a reason for that and that that reason has been strangling the progress of our country for far too long and that they should be ashamed. I told ‘em where to put their iPhones.
Last year when I started my small business, I needed a mobile sales transaction ‘doohicky’. So I did a heap of research, setup all the necessary techno-mercenary-accounts etc…and I had to get a mobile device to use as an interface. Smart-Phones do the trick. Enter the ‘compatibility dance’.
For a raft of ludicrous reasons that I won’t go into here, my only option at the time was a Windows based phone (iPhones and Androids weren’t compatible). And owing to the location thing…Telstra.
I’m now paying-off a HTC TouchPro2 that Telstra charged me $1500.00 for. 2 weeks after buying it I saw them for sale for as low as $700.00 from other providers and eBay (I couldn’t afford a cash purchase either).
HTC TouchPro2? Though their were other Windows based options available at the time; I chose it because of the keyboard and that it seemed to do all the things I needed it to do for my business (which is now not operating…in case you are new here
).
Little did I know that it was evil. It does stuff all by itself without asking…just like most other Windows stuff. It rang one of my clients one day and put me on speaker and I didn’t even know…their were no call records…nothing. Very weird. The alarm works when it feels like it and the bazillion mega-pixel camera is ok in perfect conditions only. All in all, I reckon it may have been designed by that guy that Andrew mentioned, that hates humanity. And to think I could’ve bought a Laptop for the same money!
And I wish people would stop putting all those stupid buttons on the outside of phones. If you pick them up, put them in or out of a case, they do stuff that you don’t know about until it’s too late.
All in all, I look at it this way:
How smart can a phone be that is built by a species that when faced with it’s own demise thinks it’s crucial to protect currency?
Drowning by numbers and in numbers indeed…
Cheers
Stephen G
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Paul Hassing
May 18, 2010 at 1:50 pm
Thanks, Stephen, for your terrifying tutorial.
I was out and about earlier and I almost went into a Telstra shop to ask about iPhones.
But then I recalled my last interaction with them. They couldn’t reduce the price of my uber-cable plan, but they could move me to a cheaper, better one if I signed up for two years.
I asked if we could split the diff and go for one year. No dice.
It’s a telling sign that I’d rather fork out an extra $20 per month AND forego an extra 12 gig of data than enter dreadlock, deadlock or wedlock with this crowd.
Of course, when I grow whatever it is I need to, I shall head for the friendlier shores described earlier by our kind, clever, commenters.
Anyway, Mate. I’m sorry you had such a rotten run and I hope together we can help some young start-up avoid these upstarts.
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Cheryl C. Cigan
May 18, 2010 at 2:22 pm
Hi Paul!
A true dilemma for the creative types. I am a Mac fanatic. If I got a smart phone I’d go for the iPhone because it could merge seamlessly with my system- and I do Macs and Apple intuitively.
That being said, I experience the green devil of envy every time I see someone whip out their iPhone. They just look so cool the way they flick their fingers and snap those pictures and slide the slim body back into their pockets.
Today I read that Android shipped more SmartPhones last month than did iPhone. What is that beginning to say?
You made an interesting point about the time distraction away from your work. Many do not realize that for you to bill for your time your brain needs to be engaged.
Read an interesting comment this past week on Clayton Makepeace’s blog The Total Package about those of us providing professional services:
“Those were some really great insights. There’s just one point I’d like to make. If you’re a service provider like myself, be careful to draw a line between over delivering & providing free service that’s a drain on your time. Make sure the client appreciates the added value that you are providing. Otherwise you will end up feeding a tiger just to escape being swallowed alive.”
So, go for what excites you and does the job. And one you can turn off at will and ignore. Also, up buy or over buy because after you bring the device home you will regret not having the better model.
I’d go for the iPhone.
So even though I lust for the technology and want to be able to have the cool metal case cradled safely in my palm, the reality I’ve come to accept about myself is that I don’t want to be that reachable. I don’t own a cell phone.
Cheryl
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Paul Hassing
May 18, 2010 at 2:30 pm
Wow, Cheryl, the hits just keep on coming! I’ll end up with a valuable thesis if you guys don’t stop being so generous!
I feel myself inching (being inched?!) towards an iPhone. First the second-hand pushbike, now this.
Do iPhones talk to PC/Windows systems BTW? If so, are they polite?
The last android I saw was in an unhealthy relationship with Dr Zachary Smith. Have there been developments since then?
I love all your other input and am MOST impressed to get the view of a non cell phone owner. Now we really have spanned the spectrum. Thanks again!
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Stephen Glanville
May 18, 2010 at 3:05 pm
No wuckers me ol’ mucker
Oh I wouldn’t call it a ‘rotten run’…it is just sadly typical of what seems to pass for care, service, flexibility and quality.
I know it sounds like I complain a lot, but I do that on purpose to highlight the hypocrisies that seem endemic in our culture.
I cry every time I see some decent ‘Aussie Battler’ on the News being asked about how impossible it is for them to make ends meet…and they smile when they’re telling their little story, like it’s normal or ok or something!!!…that’s why I cry! Because we seem to take it…we accept all the bullshit! And it’s killing us…and that seems to be ok too?
Well it’s not ok with me!
The notion of ‘interconnectedness’ is something that has begun to enter the ‘public mind’ over the past few years. Unfortunately, nature doesn’t discriminate…interconnectedness also applies to the endless web of excuses and justifications that individuals have for crucifying decent people as a matter of routine. e.g. “Oh! I don’t make the rules I’m just doing my job.” or “Sorry, ‘it’ doesn’t work that way…” or my all time favourite “It’s nothing personal, it’s just business”.
We all love to blame the ‘Governments’ and the ‘Banks’ and the ‘Insurance Companies’ and the ‘Testras’ etc…but we seem to forget, or at least strategically ignore the fact that these organisations are run and operated by people…and most of those people are our neighbours and our families and our friends. Maybe that’s why I don’t have many friends…maybe I’m too honest or too rude or both. Oftentimes it seems that honesty and rudeness are indistinguishable.
Being honest doesn’t necessarily mean that everyone walks away smiling…but at least everyone walks away knowing where they stand.
I suppose, for better or for worse (more often than not worse it seems
), that’s how I prefer to live…or at least try to live. Unfortunately our culture has seen fit to say that these things are valued but actually places value on other things?
And it’s all well and good for me to get on my high-horse and say all of this moralistic, idealistic stuff…but what am I doing about it? Why don’t I set-up a business or a company that does operate the way I reckon business should? Well I did and I tried and I’m still trying…but I will not sacrifice these very morals and ideals to make a buck at the expense of others…and it seems that to be ‘successful’ in our current ‘system’ and vernacular, one must operate at the expense of others whilst simultaneously convincing all those around them that they have their best interests at heart.
There was a bloke who got shot in America a few years back. He said this:
“You see things as they are and say why? I dream of things that never were and say why not?”
I mean, what the hell is going on out there? Are you all just waiting for someone else to change ‘the system’? What’s your excuse? Oh! I have keep a roof over my head, or feed my family or I’ve got commitments etc, etc, ad bluddy nauseum.
I’ve never been one that condones ‘punishment’ or ‘prohibition’, but I reckon that if I hear one more self-righteous ‘human’ attempt to justify their actions/decisions/choices by using ‘children’ as the reason/excuse, I may just start lobbying to have it become a capital offense. The children of this world did not create our problems and they should not, like us (the children of previous generations), be forced to bare the burden of guilt, stupidity, hypocrisy and insanity of their forebears.
Wow! I think I had another rant
…not a bad one either 
Good onya Cobba…and thanks for providing a place where I feel both welcome and able to do this
Cheers
Stephen G
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Winston Marsh
May 18, 2010 at 3:34 pm
G’day Paul and correspondents!
As an until recently technology luddite I recommend you order the phone over the net from Apple not from a Telco. When you pick your phone up their service is brilliant and you can arrange tutorials with them so all will be open unto you. You’ll probably be moved to write an article about the experience.
Then go to a couple of Telcos (whilst you’re at Doncaster Shoppingtown where Apple is) and get one of them to give you their recommendation for your plan and then compare the others’ quotes on a like for like basis. Or, better still, keep your existing phone plan and just add some data download (whatever that is) coz otherwise it’ll cost you heaps.
Then use only the things you want to use on your i-phone but, like readin’, ‘ritin’ and ‘rithmetic, the more you use them, the more you’ll want to use other features and pretty soon you’ll be an evangelist for it.
Have a f-a-n-t-a-s-t-i-c day… Winno
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Paul Hassing
May 18, 2010 at 3:45 pm
I checked with the stewards, Stephen, and that is most definitely a rant. But it’s just the sort we need in here. So thank you.
Winston, you’ve added more fine pieces to this jigsaw. I’m beginning to see the picture! Your suggestions sound completely doable. And with you trailblazing ahead of me, I can expect fewer fronds whacking me in the mush. My sincere thanks to you too.
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Angela den Hollander
May 18, 2010 at 5:59 pm
My two bob’s worth? To add to the mound of fabulous thoughts, observations and feedback so far. The iPhone is all about options. Disclaimer first, I think I’m
the president of the I Love All Things Mac fan club, but…
What my iPhone does for me is let me lie on my bed, dog next to me, book I’m reading on social media in one hand, iPhone in the other checking relevant sites, updating Facebook if I find things to share, check Twitter…
It’s just so damn easy. No lugging a lappie around, no sitting in my office when I should be relaxing. Light, fast, intuitive. I turn into Gollum and stroke it lovingly intoning “my precious”. It’s the only phone my 15 year old hasn’t ever lost because she feels the same way. In fact, sad story of techno-love, I was just thinking the other day how lost I would be without it. Appointment for one of my kids, an hour to
kill for me, out comes my iPhone and I check emails, spend a bit of time on Facebook and then watch an episode of Dr Who that I’d purchased through iTunes (don’t even get me started on the dangerous addiction that is iTunes).
Oh, and the camera’s ok
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Angela den Hollander
May 18, 2010 at 6:05 pm
And… Reading of your post and comments and creating my own comments were, of course all done on my iPhone
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Paul Hassing
May 18, 2010 at 6:11 pm
Hellfire, Angela! What time do those damn Apple shops open?
What an extraordinary endorsement. You don’t hear folks waxing like this about their toe separators.
Thank you for adding your emphatic (and witty) voice to our music-free, drive-time, back-to-back iPhone mega mix!
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Leanne Berry
May 18, 2010 at 7:06 pm
Hi All
What a great discussion this is!
I too am an Iphone fan (and I still amaze myself saying that!) – having come from being a Palm stalwart (have every model going back to adam and eve I think! – but Palm did not release the Palm Pre into Australia so when my phone plan ran out I upgraded to the Iphone!)
I love my Iphone – I have downloaded some free and paid apps that have made my business life more streamlined (Paul if you get an Iphone that will probably be your next post – what Apps are the best)
I dont like the camera and Ive tried a few apps but still find the clarity of my photos is not that great so I always carry my awesome little Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ7 with me – it takes the best pictures
I am not a Mac person and my Iphone talks beautifully to PC and yes I do use Itunes – I think its the only way to go
I am with Telstra – coming from a regional area its a must – but heres the killer punch line and dont say I said it!!!! – If you have been with Telstra for a while and believe you could get a better deal why not talk to their loyalty department (I have been with them for over 20yrs) its a card I like to pull out when dealing with them and I have in the past got a better deal than from a store front or talking to one of the many consultants on the phone – just say youre not happy and you would like to speak to someone in the loyalty dept
Hope that helps
Cheers
Leanne
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Leanne Berry
May 18, 2010 at 7:10 pm
Ha Ha ha Angela – you and I are soulmates- I stroke mine lovingly and call it “my precious” in my best gollum voice too
Funny story – I was in a coffee shop with a client and a girlfriend and we were talking all things tehcno as they know my passion – I picked up my Iphone and did the gollum strokin thing and this lovely young businessman walked past and said if JR Tolkein were alive today!!!!! cracked up the whole coffee shop (luckily they know me)
Cheers
Lee
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Paul Hassing
May 18, 2010 at 8:05 pm
Great to hear from you, Leanne. I don’t think I’ve ever been so widely informed about a prospective purchase. The votes of confidence are sure stacking up.
I like the idea of blogging my journey if I take this path. I’ve checked out the Apple site and watched the video.
I’m very wary of Telstra’s plans. I’ve been subsisting on a $20 plan as I make great use of Skype. I’ve been with Telstra for nearly a quarter of a century, but as these posts attest, I’ve not been shown much love:
http://myob.com.au/blog/naming-rights/
http://myob.com.au/blog/i-robot/
Fear of getting ripped off in an entirely different way may yet dissuade me from this course. I’ll let you know how I get on. Thank you for visiting!
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malcolm owens
May 18, 2010 at 9:50 pm
Is everyone on Macs these days?
I must have slept through the revolution.
I use a Blackberry and it interfaces really well with PC but it is a trap (iPhone as well) to have your emails available 24/7. I’m on holidays this week with my family but I cant seem to resist that ‘ping’ and have to see what the email is.
Anyway they give you brain cancer and ASIO is tracking your every move so throw it away and live freely man…….
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Paul Hassing
May 19, 2010 at 6:41 am
Hi, Malcolm; there does seem to be a lot of Maccing about the place. And since these recommendations come from people with kindred approaches to work and life, I must weigh them well.
I forgot all about Blackberries. Isn’t that what Mr Obama likes? Pings would ruin my walks with the dogs, so I’m glad to hear you make that point. Winno walks his dogs often, I wonder what he thinks.
As to cancer and ASIO, NOTHING would surprise me.
As you’re on holidays, I forbid you to read or respond to this comment. Go surf!
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Adam Finlay
May 19, 2010 at 8:59 am
Mac is realy cooll, but the spellchucker is nut so grate.
~ Sent from my Ipple Aphone.
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Paul Hassing
May 19, 2010 at 9:04 am
Sounds like you may have the New Zealand version …
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Adam Finlay
May 19, 2010 at 9:22 am
I don’t really have an iPhone. I was just messing. Nokia is best. Can’t beat them. And two large Mexicanas with pineapple, thanks.
~ Sent from my Nokia E65 Smartphone, without my knowledge or consent.
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Paul Hassing
May 19, 2010 at 9:29 am
Choice!
~ Sent from my toaster, by my fish.
(They all want me dead, you know …)
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Adam Finlay
May 19, 2010 at 10:03 am
Hang in there fishy. The humans are a strange breed. By the way, I make it 11.03 am.
~ Sent from my E65 Time Machine, one hour into the future.
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Paul Hassing
May 19, 2010 at 11:03 am
You win!
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Stephen Hamilton
May 20, 2010 at 5:50 pm
The fish may be getting directions from the dolphins. I’m not sure, but I have a suspicion.
I love my iPhone, it does work with Windows (via iTunes), and it does lots of cool stuff. The newer versions do even cooler stuff – natch!
I still think if you are after something to replace a camera, any camera-phone won’t cut it.
I personally have one big problem with the iPhone, revolving around their rules for developers using the calendar on the iPhone (or not using it, to be more specific), but that isn’t something that would bother 99% of users. Sadly, I don’t feel special to be in the minority in this instance. Anyway…
I hope all this discussion has helped to make your decision easier, instead of harder.
PS – Yo, Stephen G! Greetings mate!
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Paul Hassing
May 20, 2010 at 6:10 pm
Your comments and the others’ have been very helpful, Stephen. I’m much better informed than I was and I trust what I hear in here.
I’m getting a sense of which way to go and have even received a couple of signs from the universe. Once I’ve verified their authenticity, I’ll swing into BUY MODE.
I will of course report my findings. Thanks for all your help, as usual!
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Paul Hassing
May 30, 2010 at 12:17 pm
Dear kind readers,
The guidance I received from you was phenomenal. I went from utter confusion to complete clarity.
I plan to write a full post on my phone and camera purchasing decisions.
For now, I’ll just post a link to the first photo uploaded from my incredible new camera:
http://nowlookhere.wordpress.com/2010/05/30/pink-flower-green-grass-photo/
I’m very grateful for your help. Watch this space!
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Paul Hassing
June 2, 2010 at 8:21 am
Oh boy, is this camera ace or what?!
http://astore.amazon.com/thefeiemp-20/detail/B00395WIXA
Can’t wait to do a post about it.
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