[geeks] iPhone alternatives

[Shannon Hendrix]

On Jan 29, 2009, at 14:24 , John Francini wrote:

> 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?

No, what I meant to say was: the iTouch does not have a GPS.  It does  
maps by using some guesswork based on Wi-Fi base station location data.


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Shannon Hendrix
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