[DUG] Google Phone

[Neven MacEwan]

Unless someone has a gun to your head and forces you to purchase one they
are not a "Rip off"

It irritates me when seemiingly intelligent people are too lazy to shop
around (and don't get the best price) or they make a bad decision, It is
never their fault, They were "ripped off", maybe its a gen x/y thing, They
need to grow up and learn to say "I made a poor decision"

Neven


> 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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