Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Adam, The various Palm OS phones will do all that for you now as well as work as MP3 players at a much more attractive price and at much faster connectivity speeds. You also will get your choice of carrier so the two year switch to get the best deal as new customer applies. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 1/14/07, Adam Bridge <abridge@gmail.com> wrote: > > I take your point, Mark, and I never have ANYTHING pllugged into my > ears all day long. > > There's something going on where you're expected not to have an > internal life - where reflecting and just THINKING is somehow not what > someone should be doing. Somehow it's a cult of music or a cult of > video or (worse) a cult of talking on the blankety-blank cell phone > while driving through parking lots, busy city streets, etc. It drives > me NUTS. > > I find the iPhone attractive because I want internet connectivity and > access to information. When I'm driving I want to be able to phone > ahead and get a place to stay, find out about traffic, etc. I don't do > this WHILE I'm driving, but while my wife is. Or she does it while I > do - or we would if we could. > > The iPhone looks like a big win in this regard. > > Adam > > On 1/13/07, Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com> wrote: > > On 1/10/07 3:21 PM, "Lawrence Zeitlin" <lrzeitlin@optonline.net> typed: > > > > > Quote in court documents by Jim Allchin, the soon-departing co- > > > president of Microsoft's Platform Products & Services division: "I > > > would buy a Mac today if I was not working at Microsoft." > > > > > > Larry Z > > > > > > > > There are a lot of people at the Microsoft campus using Macs I recall > > reading in an article so it must but true. > > Microsoft office and lots of other stuff are also made for Macs from > that > > source > > So Gates and Jobs had been getting along better would be the thing. > > > > But with all the money Steve is making from the IPods with everyone > ordering > > music right from him and the credit card number automatically in there > with > > the music stores all closing down had got to be getting to Bill. > > > > He wants his own pipeline into the teenagers and other peoples wallets > that > > Steve has got. But too little too late. > > > > Cell phones though I can live without. I think cell phones should be > very > > small and not do other stuff. And not be implanted on your ear all day. > > It makes regular Geeks look like James Bond. > > > > How many LUGsters have Bluetooth phones on the ears all day and night? > > > > I'm agin it. > > > > The song of the Bluetooth > > > http://tools.wikimedia.de/~gmaxwell/jorbis/JOrbisPlayer.php?path=Blue+whale+ > > atlantic2.ogg&wiki=en > > > > > > > > Mark Rabiner > > New York, NY > > 40?47'59.79"N > > 73?57'32.37"W > > > > http://rabinergroup.com/ > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >