[geeks] iPhone alternatives

[John Francini]

On 29 Jan 2009, at 13:35, Shannon Hendrix wrote:

> What do you guys think of iPhone alternatives these days?
>
> I have decided to start using a PDA again, and of course I looked at  
> iPhone.
>
> However, I hate AT&T service, and I think the iPhone sucks as a  
> phone.  I much prefer T-Mobile service over AT&T and Sprint, at  
> least in my area.
>
> I thought about getting an iTouch, but Apple does annoying things  
> like leave off features and charge more than the iPhone, plus it  
> would mean carrying two devices.  Most important missing feature in  
> iPhone is a GPS.  Seems a really silly omission.

It doesn't?  <http://www.apple.com/iphone/features/maps.html>

Or do you really mean "turn-by-turn directions", a la TomTom,  
Magellan, etc?

John