In article
pangtzu.panda.com>, Mark
Crispin Panda.COM> wrote:
>> - "According to Apple, the iPhone's G.P.S. antenna is much too small to
>> emulate the turn-by-turn navigation of a G.P.S. unit for a vehicle, for
>> example."
>
> Golly gee, I have that function on my GPS-enabled cell phone, as does just
> about every user of a cell phone in Japan.
tomtom announced their software, and it would be surprising if it
didn't do turn by turn.
>> - No voice dialing, video recording, Bluetooth stereo, MMS
>
> Golly gee, I have those functions on my cell phones.
three of those have been announced already.
>> - Still no recording video, no stereo bluetooth or voice dialing
>
> Golly gee, I have those functions on my cell phones.
you already pointed those out, and other than the stereo bluetooth,
they exist or will exist.
>> - "started receiving low battery warnings toward the end of a busy work
>> day; I found myself charging the device overnight, the same as with the
>> older iPhone."
>
> Golly gee, it's too bad that you can't buy a spare or extended battery on
> iPhone the way that you can on real cell phones.
there are extended batteries available. most people only have one
battery with their cellphones, so in the grand scheme of things, it's
not a big deal that the battery can't be swapped on the fly. of
course, for someone who needs extended periods of battery use, then the
iphone might not be the best choice.
