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New iPhone
I really didn't want to get an iPhone, but I had to take my Fuze back to the store today. That is a phone with a lot of potential, but they really screwed the pooch on the software side of things. Different menus depending on orientation of the device, four different ways to do something ... three of which don't work (but they don't tell you they don't work ... you just go through all the motions and menus, and wonder WHY it doesn't work), no local weather or other local information (if you want the weather in Austin ... fine ... but the iPhone even has the weather for Horseshoe Bay), and a zillion bloat apps (all trial versions), and the phone touchscreen does NOT work if you have the phone in the case. Oh .... and all for $600.
So, I returned it and got the iPhone (16GB version) instead. My ability to effectively use it is probably going to depend on how easily I can sync my various Google apps and related materials across my network and my phone. I do like the larger screen. And, the iPhone is generally much more intuitive and user friendly. Also, it was close to $200 less than the Fuze.
However ... most emphatically, it is not going to replace my Kindle for reading. No way, no how .... I get a headache trying to read anything on it over much of an extended period. It's fine for calendars, phone contacts, maps .... but not too great for pages and pages of text.
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