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Originally Posted by Ea
I hardly got to install any third-party apps on the PDA, because ActiveSync hardly ever worked. But basically, I just wanted a PDA that could do calendar, notes, email, a little bit of surfing, reading, music and video. My Touch can do that right out of the box - whyever should I buy something that requires me to invest extra time in in order to get it to do what I want in the first place?  Why shouldn't I expect the PDA to come with a decent interface? Having to install a third-party app to get a decent keybord? 
I haven't seen any Mac fanboys in this thread, but you ranted off as if anyone who dared to say that a Mac can be a positive experience was stupid fanboys. Honestly, you sounded like a Microsoft fanboy as per your own definition. As you know, fanboys can be quite annoying  |
I was letting of some steam after months of frustration being stuck with the iphone. Sad thing is, it just can't do so many things I was used of doing with a phone for years. Not really a pro WM rant, but rather a "being-fed up-with-the-iphone" rant. So thanks, I have to decline the invitation to the WM fanboy club
. If I was that, I would never have bought an iphone, right?
You have a valid point about the better keyboard not being included, since these are free I don't see that as a negative. It took Apple a full year (until 3.0) to finally give us a landscape keyboard and it still doesn't work in 3rd party apps. Makes typing real slow with those small keys. And this really gets to the basic difference -- with the iphone you get what you get and that is it. If you like it great, if you need more, then
Flexibility or simplicity. Times have changed a lot since the Axim, anyway.
Besides, you don't need to synchronize to install new programs in WM. Download the cab file, load it on an expansion card and run it from there. Or just use the phone as a hard disk. Or use one of those free programs on your computer that let you use your computer keyboard and screen to control the phone. Just a tip in case you haven't thrown that old device against the wall yet
