{"id":974,"date":"2007-07-04T14:29:55","date_gmt":"2007-07-04T18:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2007\/07\/04\/hmmm\/"},"modified":"2007-07-04T17:49:14","modified_gmt":"2007-07-04T21:49:14","slug":"hmmm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2007\/07\/04\/hmmm\/","title":{"rendered":"Hmmm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All of the iPhone mania is very puzzling to me.  I spent the week setting up my Treo 650 to work with our Microsoft Exchange server and it\u2019s like I never used this year old phone before.  Everything synchronizes quite nicely, I never have to do a cable connected synch with Microsoft Outlook, and I am as happy as a clam.  I\u2019m so happy that I think I will upgrade to the Treo 750 so that I can use (eventually) Windows Mobile 6.<\/p>\n<p>What do I need an iPhone for?<\/p>\n<p>It seems to me that the iPhone is a better (1) web browser and (2) media player.  For those of us that use Exchange, almost any other PDA\/smartphone is better at managing calendar, contacts, and email.  So I am still scratching my head trying to figure out what all of the oohs and ahhs are about concerning the iPhone.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s say that the iPhone makes it much easier and prettier to use the web on a cel phone.  They key words in that sentence are \u201con a cel phone.\u201d  I can surf faster, easier, and have a full suite of internet applications on my lovely Dell Latitude.  Plus, my eyes can handle the larger laptop screen.  Since I can tether my Treo in areas that don\u2019t have WIFI or just use WIFI in areas that give it away for free, why do I need better web browsing on a cel phone?<\/p>\n<p>Scratch.<\/p>\n<p>I own a 40GB iPod.  It plays various things \u2013 video, music, etc.  I spent a couple of hundred dollars for it.  I make all of my CD rips using the lossless codec and can travel through airports and on airplanes with a good portion of my entire CD collection.<\/p>\n<p>Scratch, scratch.<\/p>\n<p>I guess it boils down to the \u201ccoolness\u201d factor, something that people who actually use their cel phones for work can\u2019t afford to invest in.  I\u2019d probably buy an iPhone for my college aged daughter since she is not gainfully employed.  Until the iPhone gets its rumored integration with Microsoft Exchange AND people have verified that it actually works, I\u2019m staying away from iPhone version 1.0.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All of the iPhone mania is very puzzling to me. 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