Re: [CGUYS] 1,000,000 iPhones Sold Over the Weekend

2008-07-16 Thread mike
To keep it in perspectivetechcrunch reports that nokia sells 1.28 million phones every day. Mike On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 12:18 PM, Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No I'm not providing a link. I'm just exclaiming. I just renewed my candy-bar Nokia 6010 for a year. So no I'm not

[CGUYS] 1,000,000 iPhones Sold Over the Weekend

2008-07-14 Thread Tom Piwowar
No I'm not providing a link. I'm just exclaiming. I just renewed my candy-bar Nokia 6010 for a year. So no I'm not besotted. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness,

Re: [CGUYS] 1,000,000 iPhones Sold Over the Weekend

2008-07-14 Thread Christopher Range
Tom Piwowar wrote: No I'm not providing a link. I'm just exclaiming. I just renewed my candy-bar Nokia 6010 for a year. So no I'm not besotted. I still have that model and, would like to get rid of it. The SAR(Specific Absorption Rate) on that phone is .937, my LG KG800 is much lower on the

Re: [CGUYS] 1,000,000 iPhones Sold Over the Weekend

2008-07-14 Thread db
Interestingly, the SAR rating on the iphone 3G iphones is half again as high putting it near the top of the SAR chart. The older models' SAR isn't real whoopy either. Does the SAR rating directly relate to a phone's reception capability? db Christopher Range wrote: Tom Piwowar wrote: No

Re: [CGUYS] 1,000,000 iPhones Sold Over the Weekend

2008-07-14 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Yes but how many were activated? I understand that there were many many problems with getting them activated and they are still working it out. Apparently Treo came out with a new phone that will compete with the Iphone. It is a Sprint 800W and it has Wi-Fi that comes standard. The only

Re: [CGUYS] 1,000,000 iPhones Sold Over the Weekend

2008-07-14 Thread Tom Piwowar
I still have that model and, would like to get rid of it. The SAR(Specific Absorption Rate) on that phone is .937, my LG KG800 is much lower on the SAR scale, as far as the SAR rating goes. I only use it while wearing my tin foil hat. If I don't wear it the voices in my head make it difficult

Re: [CGUYS] 1,000,000 iPhones Sold Over the Weekend

2008-07-14 Thread mike
The 800w is more of a centro with windows mobile, much closer competitor with your phone then the iphone. A couple HTC and Samsung phones...AFAIK can say they compete with the iphone, and the new blackberry that is coming out. BTW, if you running that q9 with windows mobile 6, I'd highly suggest

Re: [CGUYS] 1,000,000 iPhones Sold Over the Weekend

2008-07-14 Thread Tom Piwowar
Yes but how many were activated? I understand that there were many many problems with getting them activated and they are still working it out. Apple has never been good at managing servers. They crashed early in the day. However I read that everything was working fine later in the day.

Re: [CGUYS] 1,000,000 iPhones Sold Over the Weekend

2008-07-14 Thread Tom Piwowar
Apparently Treo came out with a new phone that will compete with the Iphone. It is a Sprint 800W and it has Wi-Fi that comes It runs Windows, uses almost half its area for keyboard buttons, and uses the Sprint network. The screen is 320 x 320, which is what my ancient Palm PDA has. One would

Re: [CGUYS] 1,000,000 iPhones Sold Over the Weekend

2008-07-14 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
No it has a real keyboard. (And is smaller and lighter) There are some of us who prefer a real keyboard. (Such as I) I know that there are many who want a real touch screen. I had a touch screen and got tired of it. I can operate the buttons just as fast as a touch screen. When Apple

Re: [CGUYS] 1,000,000 iPhones Sold Over the Weekend

2008-07-14 Thread Larry Sacks
But at least they keep you company when you're not on the phone... :-) -Original Message- From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Piwowar Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 1:35 PM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] 1,000,000 iPhones