5 Reason not to get an iPhone

[ForeverRoses]

I don't plan on getting one of these for several reasons:

1) I'm too cheap
2) sometimes I like to "disconnect"- I don't want to be able to check my voicemail, e-mail, and play music all at the same time when I am at the park with my kids.

side story- we took our boys camping a few weeks ago, and a guy at the campsite next to us was sitting at the picnic table with his laptop out. Not sure if he was somehow able to get internet, but still- 9am on a Saturday at a state park campground and he is typing on a computer!

3) I don't use half the features on the Treo phone that work makes me carry around, so I am pretty sure I wouldn't use most of the features on an iphone.

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by ForeverRoses

I don't plan on getting one of these for several reasons:

1) I'm too cheap
2) sometimes I like to "disconnect"- I don't want to be able to check my voicemail, e-mail, and play music all at the same time when I am at the park with my kids.

side story- we took our boys camping a few weeks ago, and a guy at the campsite next to us was sitting at the picnic table with his laptop out. Not sure if he was somehow able to get internet, but still- 9am on a Saturday at a state park campground and he is typing on a computer!

3) I don't use half the features on the Treo phone that work makes me carry around, so I am pretty sure I wouldn't use most of the features on an iphone.

Cheap doesn't have anything to do with it...I dont know too many people that have 600 bones they wanna spend like that right now...LOL

It's almost like the PS3...the most expensive gadget that's nice to look at but no one wants to rationalize spending money for!

[SigmaChiCard]

i've been one of those guys following the news on the iphone since about 2 to 2.5 years ago when rumors starting springing, and then last year when the patent issued on the multisensor touch, and then last year when I first saw the microsoft surface inventor promo-ing his thing, I knew it was here....I simply do not have the money for it now, but I went to play with it today and it is gorgeous. The internet connection (which is the primary reason I'd want it) is slow, even with a decent wifi hotspot, but i still think it's worth it and come october i'll have one for sure (giving myself some time to work).

2. talking about hi-def media & porn....I find the statement ironic because the porn industry actually has a tendency to set the standard for which format is chosen. The porn industry decided to go with VHS, and shortly thereafter Beta tanked. While I was at CES (Consumer Electronics Show) this year, the porn show is the same weekend, and Sony gave a big "screw you" to the porn industry, saying that they were not going to allow pornography to be used with blu ray......when we heard that, we all said....Sony just shot itself in the foot.....incidentally, Blockbuster announced this week that it was going to host hd-dvd exclusively (i think owned by Toshiba, but don't quote me), rather than Blu-ray.....

[PiKA2001]

Originally Posted by SigmaChiCard

incidentally, Blockbuster announced this week that it was going to host hd-dvd exclusively (i think owned by Toshiba, but don't quote me), rather than Blu-ray.....

Nope... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19289649/