tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710205.post588799085943986303..comments2024-02-08T11:00:53.069-06:00Comments on Gordon's Tech: iPhone: SIM card works in cheap phoneJGFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14580785981874040314noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710205.post-36402070943619622952007-07-11T09:20:00.000-05:002007-07-11T09:20:00.000-05:00Your Nokia wasn't $30 of course, the cost of the p...Your Nokia wasn't $30 of course, the cost of the phone was divided between an up front cost and a distributed cost throughout the contract.<BR/><BR/>Without a contract the Nokia probably costs $150, and the iPhone adjusted cost would be $650.<BR/><BR/>You're right about the geek-speak meaning of "phone". We mean "mind extension/communication" device, our vision of what a phone should be.<BR/><BR/>In terms of a match to that fuzzy ideal, the iPhone and the long dead very unsuccessful PalmOS Samsung i500 are comparable devices. The iPhone is a far better web/messaging client, the i500 a far better PDA and (for now) even a better computing platform (since the iPhone is locked and the base apps are very inadequate and incomplete).<BR/> <BR/>The i500 "didn't suck", it was great. Alas, it's dead, and so is Palm (insert deep sigh).<BR/><BR/>Microsoft's phones have been awful to date, and anyway I can't use them since they don't work well with OS X.<BR/><BR/>So for me the iPhone is the phone that "sucks less".<BR/><BR/>See my posts on the RAZR for a contrary example.JGFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580785981874040314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710205.post-15870749722928083852007-07-10T19:59:00.000-05:002007-07-10T19:59:00.000-05:00"It's a significant nuisance and cost, but such is...<I>"It's a significant nuisance and cost, but such is the price of a cell phone that doesn't suck."</I><BR/><BR/>Define not sucking.<BR/><BR/>Don't get me wrong, I want an iPhone as much as anyone, but it's for the cool factor, not because it's a better phone.<BR/><BR/>My $30 Nokia probably works <I>as a phone</I> just as good as the iPhone. I think the Nokia doesn't suck because when the battery goes, I buy a new one for a few bucks and pop it in myself. I can literally replace my Nokia for what it costs to borrow an iPhone from Apple for 7 days.<BR/><BR/>No, instead I would say, "It's a significant nuisance and cost, but such is the price of a cell phone that's really frig'in cool!"Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10437958411395804604noreply@blogger.com