A Windows Guy Reviews the Apple iPhone 3G

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4phun - 18 Sep 2008 05:06 GMT

Don't you just love fair and balanced reviews as if they were done by
Fox News? Here is how one such review begins from a Verizon WinMo
fanatic about the iPhone....
http://digg.com/apple/A_Windows_Guy_Reviews_the_Applie_iPhone_3G

I hate Apple Computer Corporation. I hate their disingenuous
advertising filled with at best half-truths about Windows, mixed in
with their own exaggerated performance claims. I hate Steve Jobs and
his ridiculous black turtleneck. I hate the smug Apple users who
constantly run off at the mouth about how Apple OS is so easy and
Windows machines are so complicated. I hate how those arguments often
boil down to “I’m smarter than you because I’m stupider than you”.
Seriously? I hate Apple’s inflated pricing and their general lack of
acknowledgment that Apple OS isn’t a whole lot more than a co-opted
unix with smoother graphics.

If you are into such "fair and balanced" reviews, the long iPhone
tirade is at...

http://www.qwowi.com/2008/09/lead-story/a-windows-guy-reviews-the-apple-iphone-3g

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measekite - 18 Sep 2008 06:38 GMT

> Don't you just love fair and balanced reviews as if they were done by
> Fox News? Here is how one such review begins from a Verizon WinMo
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> http://www.qwowi.com/2008/09/lead-story/a-windows-guy-reviews-the-apple-iphone-3g

My feeling is that the iPhone leaves a lot to be desired and is built upon
the worst of the 3 major networks - ATT.

However, the Apple OS is far better than lousy Windows. The problem with
Apple is their hardware is proprietary and as a result costs too much. It
is far cheaper to build you own computer the way you want it and use Linux
for most stuff and then dual boot to Windows only when you have to.

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Carl - 18 Sep 2008 09:51 GMT

Wow. Apparently you didn't read the ENTIRE review fella. Perhaps it's YOU
who should be comparing yourself to Fox news. You posted the
attention-grabbing opening paragraphs which merely constitute an attempt by
the author to pre-expose his biases. The review itself is, however, well in
FAVOR of the iPhone, despite those biases.

You should read what you're about to comment on in its entirety next time.

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Todd Allcock - 18 Sep 2008 10:15 GMT

> > Don't you just love fair and balanced reviews as if they were done by
> > Fox News? Here is how one such review begins from a Verizon WinMo
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> You should read what you're about to comment on in its entirety next time.

I'm sure he did- he was just teasing us.

The only real problem I had with the piece was the author's "fair and
balanced" apples and oranges comparisons- he compares/complains about the
cost of smartphone data on Verizon, making it an iPhone "advantage" without
mentioning any other smartphone on AT&T would be the same price.

Then as typical of these sorts of "complaints" after bashing Verizon's
higher pricing, he then laments AT&T's inferior coverage!

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Carl - 18 Sep 2008 16:49 GMT

>>> Don't you just love fair and balanced reviews as if they were done
>>> by Fox News? Here is how one such review begins from a Verizon WinMo
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> Then as typical of these sorts of "complaints" after bashing Verizon's
> higher pricing, he then laments AT&T's inferior coverage!

Yeah, well. No reviewer gets everything right. But I thought that, after
praising the iPhone in general, it was a "balanced" matter to also talk
about AT&Ts inferior coverage. One point goes to the device itself, which is
close to excellent. The other goes to its true usability, which strays far
from excellent.

By the way, the battery life on my Touch fairly sucks. The non-replaceable
battery matter, which iPhone fans discounted months ago by talking about
Apple's superior power-saving features, is certainly a real issue. Based on
my experience with the Touch, there is no way an iPhone user can go through
an 8 hour workday with this thing, if they're actually USING it that is.

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