not doing my research bit me in the butt - Page 2

loki · 04-04-2011, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Blueface

This subject is no different than cigars.
Lots and lots to choose.
What one likes may not be what the other likes.
Glad there are so many choices.

Me? Love my iPhone4. Love my MacBook and will never own a PC again. Love my iPods. Love my Apple TV and Airport Extreme. Love my iPad2.
Well, I am just a "loving" guy I guess.

and we have mondays beacon of reality award.

I love my ipod, macbook, and macbook pro. Just hate the iphone that I have. I'd love it as an ipod touch.

Blueface · 04-04-2011, 08:30 AM

Some people may be fanatics about one brand of cigars yet not like a particular line or vitola.
Different strokes for different folks.
Again, feel lucky there are so, so many choices.

04-04-2011, 08:38 AM

I'll agree with previous posters when they say "To each, their own". I've had my iPhone 4 since August last year, and still love it. I've had no reception issues (other than in my seemingly lead lined office, wheere nothing seems to get reception), and have not had call dropping issues like many others have. I've taken a ton of great pictures with it (including all the vacation pictures on my facebook page from Greece), and use the other functions of it almost daily. Got a few apps that work well for me, too.

I also have had great luck with other Apple products, as well. A couple years ago, we bought a used Mac off a friend who had upgraded (this was a business machine, and he's in medical animation), and it's still working SMOOTHLY with nary a hiccup. We also have a MacBook that the wife got a couple years ago that still screams along very smoothly. The PC based machines we've had have been collecting dust while we use the other Macs a LOT more. We'll have to replace them less often than we would the PCs, and not have to add on all the antivirus/spykiller/etc. software that it seems is necessary with PCs (Yes, I do know that Macs are vulnerable, as well). That is one thing that I think makes Macs woth the cost for me, is the seemingly longer life on them.

Everyone in the family (kids and grandpa, included) has iPods, and are happy with them, and the wifey and I just got an iPad 2, as well. My iPod is a staple for me...in the car, at the office, while running or biking, travelling, etc.

Obviously, not everyone likes their products (and same may want a plane to drop on Steve Jobs head), but they work well for what we need them to, and everyone in our family finds them easy to use. I'm not going to say that everyone should use them, but just give different products a try and see if they work for you (and this applies to just about anything of significance that you may purchase, too).

kaisersozei · 04-04-2011, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by loki

edit: forgot it won't push email!

Kevin, I got my iphone 3G from work, so our IT guys set it up for me, but mine is configured to have all my Outlook mail from my work servers pushed to the phone, so it does allow that. It's in Settings > Mail/Contacts/Calendar > Accounts, and > Fetch New Data. Not sure I'm guessing the 3GS is still the same?

poker · 04-04-2011, 09:05 AM

I have the iPhone4 and very happy with it, but like so many things its all boils down to personal preference.

aich75013 · 04-04-2011, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by kaisersozei

Kevin, I got my iphone 3G from work, so our IT guys set it up for me, but mine is configured to have all my Outlook mail from my work servers pushed to the phone, so it does allow that. It's in Settings > Mail/Contacts/Calendar > Accounts, and > Fetch New Data. Not sure I'm guessing the 3GS is still the same?

Settings should be the same. GMail didn't use to push.
I have GMail and my work e-mail set up through exchange accounts and my work e-mail definately pushes. I'm pretty sure GMail does too now. In fact several times I get it on my phone before the web version sees it.

Sauer Grapes · 04-04-2011, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by forgop

Hated it...sold mine after using it one semester...sold a 4 year old 13" MacBook for what I paid ($400) and bought a new/refurbished Dell for less than $50 more. This thing is twice the computer than the MacBook.

I'd suggest comparing a new MacBook to a new Dell. Your opinion may change.

junkinduck · 04-04-2011, 11:22 AM

Love my 3gs. I am now waiting on the 5. Skipped the four.

BeerAdvocate · 04-04-2011, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by WhoDeySchenk

I've had the EVO 4G for a while now & have loved every minute of it. Android is the way to go.

N2 GOLD · 04-04-2011, 12:09 PM

Black Berry is a much better choice. Iphone is all hype with a BIG price tag

newcigarz · 04-04-2011, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by N2 GOLD

Iphone is all hype with a BIG price tag

So true, and apparently they are dangerous to your health also.

http://www.macrumors.com/2011/04/04/...uspect-killed/

**Edit- forgot to include one of these.

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Blueface · 04-04-2011, 12:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by N2 GOLD

Black Berry is a much better choice. Iphone is all hype with a BIG price tag

And to think all those millions of idiots willing to stand in line for hours to upgrade their existing one to a newer version (myself included).
I guess we can't tell hype when we see it.

loki · 04-04-2011, 05:11 PM

now that i'm not raging at the phone I want to say this. It's not that i didn't like the device as an entertainment device, i didn't like it as a phone. as an ipod touch it'd have been awesome but going from a bb to the iphone was a bit of a shock. If you like the iphone i can see why, if you don't I can see why, and in two years when the 4 goes on sale for $50 I'll give it a shot and then I'll probably go back to the BB curve...which is what i swapped it out for....I want to like the iphone I do...but the 3gs isn't for me

04-04-2011, 08:30 AM	#22
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04-04-2011, 08:38 AM	#23
Wanger Guest Posts: n/a	Re: not doing my research bit me in the butt I'll agree with previous posters when they say "To each, their own". I've had my iPhone 4 since August last year, and still love it. I've had no reception issues (other than in my seemingly lead lined office, wheere nothing seems to get reception), and have not had call dropping issues like many others have. I've taken a ton of great pictures with it (including all the vacation pictures on my facebook page from Greece), and use the other functions of it almost daily. Got a few apps that work well for me, too. I also have had great luck with other Apple products, as well. A couple years ago, we bought a used Mac off a friend who had upgraded (this was a business machine, and he's in medical animation), and it's still working SMOOTHLY with nary a hiccup. We also have a MacBook that the wife got a couple years ago that still screams along very smoothly. The PC based machines we've had have been collecting dust while we use the other Macs a LOT more. We'll have to replace them less often than we would the PCs, and not have to add on all the antivirus/spykiller/etc. software that it seems is necessary with PCs (Yes, I do know that Macs are vulnerable, as well). That is one thing that I think makes Macs woth the cost for me, is the seemingly longer life on them. Everyone in the family (kids and grandpa, included) has iPods, and are happy with them, and the wifey and I just got an iPad 2, as well. My iPod is a staple for me...in the car, at the office, while running or biking, travelling, etc. Obviously, not everyone likes their products (and same may want a plane to drop on Steve Jobs head), but they work well for what we need them to, and everyone in our family finds them easy to use. I'm not going to say that everyone should use them, but just give different products a try and see if they work for you (and this applies to just about anything of significance that you may purchase, too).

04-04-2011, 09:05 AM	#25
poker 1:11 Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Kelly Location: SoCal Posts: 5,280 Trading: (7)	Re: not doing my research bit me in the butt I have the iPhone4 and very happy with it, but like so many things its all boils down to personal preference. __________________ Cigar Asylum: A cigar board birthed without agendas, without profiting, and without advertisements. Amor puro Character is what you do when no one is watching

04-04-2011, 11:22 AM	#28
junkinduck Still Watching My Back Join Date: Dec 2009 First Name: Don Location: Chester, OH Posts: 170 Trading: (2)	Re: not doing my research bit me in the butt Love my 3gs. I am now waiting on the 5. Skipped the four.

04-04-2011, 12:09 PM	#30
N2 GOLD MIND OVER MATTER... Join Date: Feb 2011 First Name: RICO Location: So. CAL 33° 44' 44" N / 117° 52' 0" W Posts: 2,330 Trading: (1)	Re: not doing my research bit me in the butt Black Berry is a much better choice. Iphone is all hype with a BIG price tag __________________ When I want your opinion, I'll give it to ya.

04-04-2011, 05:11 PM	#33
loki H.A.T.E Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Pittsburgh pa Posts: 1,484 Trading: (7)	Re: not doing my research bit me in the butt now that i'm not raging at the phone I want to say this. It's not that i didn't like the device as an entertainment device, i didn't like it as a phone. as an ipod touch it'd have been awesome but going from a bb to the iphone was a bit of a shock. If you like the iphone i can see why, if you don't I can see why, and in two years when the 4 goes on sale for $50 I'll give it a shot and then I'll probably go back to the BB curve...which is what i swapped it out for....I want to like the iphone I do...but the 3gs isn't for me