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'Let's Talk' iPhone 5 Is A Game Changer
Seeking Alpha ^ | September 28, 2011 | Jason Schwarz

Posted on 09/29/2011 1:20:55 PM PDT by Swordmaker

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To: Mind-numbed Robot

If I could just keep Lum or Abner from listening in I would happy. Oh well maybe Fibber will call and we can gossip a little in private.


41 posted on 09/29/2011 11:03:19 PM PDT by itsahoot (Amazon Fire--Apple is doomed. In other news, Timex will kill Rolex-News at 11:00)
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To: Bubba Ho-Tep
Rotary dial? Who needs that newfangled contraption. I just pick up the earpiece, turn the crank a couple of times and yell into the horn, telling Effie down at the general store who to connect me to.

That is surprising. I figured you would us smoke....

42 posted on 09/30/2011 6:25:30 AM PDT by cowboyway (Molon labe : Deo Vindice : "Rebellion is always an option!!"--Jim Robinson)
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To: itsahoot
Mine still has a crank, how did you get a dialer?

My iPhone has a rotary dialer:


43 posted on 09/30/2011 6:39:13 AM PDT by cowboyway (Molon labe : Deo Vindice : "Rebellion is always an option!!"--Jim Robinson)
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To: rokkitapps
Because, aside from the big brother aspects, a smartphone is one of the most amazing tools you can have. You have the capability to access all the knowledge in the world and connect to every corner of the globe with an item smaller than a wallet.

Just one example- I was about half-way going between Vegas and Reno and my friend's engine started pinging and stalling at low rpm about an hour after filling up. The nearest station was 50 miles away (found instantly with my phone's GPS).

Within minutes in the middle of the desert, I downloaded the service manual for his car and was able to get the ECU to flash me a hidden trouble code(similar to morse code). It was a faulty knock sensor combined with bad gas. We found exactly which jumper to pull to override the sensor and run the car at a safe ignition timing all the way to Reno .

It is fully programmable so the things you can do with this thing are only limited by the imagination.

44 posted on 09/30/2011 7:35:36 AM PDT by varyouga
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To: varyouga

That’s pretty cool.. If I was heading through the desert, I may need one.. as it is, I am 10 min without internet on the way to work, and when I go on trips, (mostly know my way) I like to use maps, I like plotting my own route.

I guess I just give up the extra capability of cell internet.. I have an hp pad if I hit a wifi hotspot.. but obviously wouldn’t have helped in your situation..


45 posted on 09/30/2011 8:01:08 AM PDT by rokkitapps ( Hearings on healthcare waivers NOW! (If you agree make this your tagline))
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To: mnehring

The foreign version of the Samsung Galaxy please.


46 posted on 09/30/2011 8:03:23 AM PDT by rintense (Polls are for strippers and cross country skiing. ~ Sarah Palin, 9.3.11)
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To: cowboyway
That is surprising. I figured you would us smoke....

What do you take me for, some kind of Luddite? Now you'll have to excuse me, I have to get back to the cuneiform tablet I'm reading.

47 posted on 09/30/2011 9:26:20 AM PDT by Bubba Ho-Tep ("More weight!"--Giles Corey)
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To: Hodar

Photos I take are already automatically loaded to my Google account for free, Google Music streams my music, all upgrades have been OTA.

Apple took the notification center straight from Android. They did improve it in some ways, but the idea was there for a good long while.


48 posted on 09/30/2011 8:41:18 PM PDT by Mr. Blonde (You ever thought about being weird for a living?)
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To: jjsheridan5

When my old MyTouch, yeah the original very slow one, was updated to Android 2.2, it had full voice capability without using any outside apps. I could text, search, navigate etc just by holding down the search button for a second then speaking.

I now have a newer phone and the voice control still works great, just faster.


49 posted on 10/04/2011 11:09:44 AM PDT by dangerdoc (see post #6)
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To: PreciousLiberty

30,000 apps for Android, are you sure about that number?


50 posted on 10/04/2011 11:10:56 AM PDT by dangerdoc (see post #6)
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To: Swordmaker

It may be a game changer but it’s not coming out this year, that’s for sure.


51 posted on 10/04/2011 12:07:18 PM PDT by Mountain Bike Vomit Carnage ( The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.)
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