[DUG] Google Phone

[Kyley Harris]

I agree. The retail price of the phone itself is heavily inflated in the NZ
market. Its always been the case of a supply and demand pricing.. Small cool
form factor always creates a ripoff.. When people are willing to carry a
netbook in their pocket and hold it to their ears for a 20 minute talk I
think we will see the iphone price drop to be competitive :)

On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 11:20 AM, Leigh Wanstead <leighw at softtech.co.nz>wrote:

> These phones sells more than a net book which is around NZ$500. I would
> consider these phones another rip off.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz]
> On Behalf Of Sean Cross
> Sent: Monday, 18 January 2010 10:31 a.m.
> To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
> Subject: Re: [DUG] Google Phone
>
> The 1st gen android phones aren't worth getting and the second gen ones are
> still not as good as the completion.  The 3g ones are though.  You can get a
> nexus 1 for $870NZ from http://www.expansys.co.nz/d.aspx?i=193939 and a
> droid/milestone from http://www.expansys.co.nz/d.aspx?i=192413.
>
> Personally, I dumped the iPhone for a windows mobile phone, the HD2 which
> has better hardware than both (http://www.expansys.co.nz/d.aspx?i=188954).  It'll have android running on it in a couple of months.
>
> Regards
>
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-
> > bounces at delphi.org.nz] On Behalf Of Jolyon Smith
> > Sent: Monday, 18 January 2010 9:58 a.m.
> > To: 'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List'
> > Subject: Re: [DUG] Google Phone
> >
> > That all depends what you mean by "reasonable".
> >
> > Vodafone offer the HTC handset for as little as "FREE".  "Free" in this
> > case
> > means signing up for 24 months at $80/mth, so that's $2000 (give or
> > take) in
> > real money, albeit on an installment plan.
> >
> > A handset only deal will set you back $750.
> >
> > I was nearly tempted by the "installment plan" but fortunately (for me)
> > the
> > Vodafone rep was able to demonstrate the device as she herself had one.
> > As
> > a result I quickly changed my mind.  The on-screen keyboard (it has no
> > physical keyboard at all) was just too small for my fingers and didn't
> > have
> > cursor keys that I (or she) could find.
> >
> > So, e.g. when entering a txt message, if you make a mistake the only
> > way to
> > position the cursor on the offending text is to try to hit exactly the
> > right
> > spot in the txt with your finger (or backspace ALL text back to it) ..
> > you
> > can't simply cursor back over/thru the txt!!!
> >
> > And unless you have a child's fingers and prod the letter out *real*
> > carefully (i.e. slowly), you will make mistakes with the tiny virtual
> > keyboard.  Guaranteed.
> >
> > There is no stylus.
> >
> >
> > "Way cool" doesn't outweigh simple practicality in my book.
> >
>
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Kyley Harris
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