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Re: New smartphone

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From: poldy
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 05:23
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In article <ddifq5t9ni2lt3s9bjgqom951nerroiqrr@4ax.com>,
 "Robert A. Fink, M. D." <lynxer@comcast.net> wrote:

> My wife uses an iPhone (same account) and I am not happy with it for a
> number of reasons.  Thus, I am looking at alternatives to the iPhone,
> with the Blackberry being currently the "leader" on my list.
> 
> I need the device for the following uses:
> 
> 1. Phone
> 2. PDA (calendar, addressbook)
> 3. Ability to send and receive e-mail.
> 4. Occasional Web access, including access to Google or other such
> sources.
> 5. GPS would be nice but not necessary as I have a freestanding GPS
> for my car.

AT&T should have Android phones and probably will get the Windows phones 
too later this year.

For web use and software support, iPhone and Android are ahead of 
Blackberry, which is suppose to get a Webkit-based browser in the future.

There are also other uses of GPS than simply turn-by-turn driving 
instructions.  GPS in these smart phones have set off some innovation by 
application developers to use the GPS for things like local restaurant 
and services listings/reviews and other features which your PND won't 
offer.
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Subject: Re: New smartphone
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