[access-uk] Re: No more iPhone!
- From: william lomas <will.d.lomas@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 8 May 2011 16:08:41 +0100
we shoudln't have to lug around a keyboard though
i may go to a nokia touch screen i love the iphone but i want best of borth
worlds typing on a qwerty to text/email would be far quicker
On 8 May 2011, at 13:39, Jackie Cairns wrote:
> Hi Ibrahim
>
> I didn't want the camera, nor GPS, so those features wouldn't have mattered
> to me in any case. I just hated it in the end, I couldn't take to it
> somehow.
>
> Like you, I don't know what is happening with the development of Talks,
> though I have the latest version to put on my N86 when I get around to it.
> I'm just happy to be back to where I was, on a tariff I like, with a good
> signal in the area, and on a phone I both love and enjoy using. That is not
> to say, however, that people shouldn't try out the iPhone, it just wasn't
> for me, and I'm glad to have had the opportunity to find out that was the
> case.
>
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Jackie Cairns
> J&M Work-Ability
>
> jandm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> www.work-ability.co.uk
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Ibrahim Gucukoglu
> Sent: 08 May 2011 12:48
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: No more iPhone!
>
> Hi Jackie.
>
> Well, I have to say that its a real shame. A lot of the problems you
> describe re texting can be overcome with a good Bluetooth keyboard, and
> there are a handful of keyboards out there that mirror keyboards on Nokia
> and Blackberry devices for those who want the experience of a qwerty
> keyboard on a phone instead of the touch keyboard on IOS devices. The IPod
> Touch is a nice device to be sure, but it lacks many of the features of the
> IPhone like a decent back camera and most of all, an internal GPS receiver.
> Obviously though as you say, the IPhone isn't for everyone so I wish you
> well with your Nokia's. I'm not following talks development much these days
> truth be told, so I'd be interested to hear what's happening with it of
> late.
>
> All the best, Ibrahim.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jackie Cairns
> Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2011 12:29 PM
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] No more iPhone!
>
> All,
>
> I am happy and relieved to say that I no longer have an iPhone, just my iPod
> Touch 64GB and fifth generation Nano. I just could not get on with the
> phone side of the device. I found it hard to text, which took me so much
> longer than doing so on a regular keypad that I could feel. And I get a lot
> of texts, so it became time-consuming, laborious and very frustrating.
> There were just things I disliked enormously about the iPhone as a phone,
> including its bulkiness. So I asked O2 if they would downgrade me on my
> Simplicity contract to where I was before, and port my mobile number to a
> regular SIM card. They did this straight away. In fact, the iPhone was off
> within 20 minutes to half an hour.
>
> Happily for me, my SIM that they sent out in the post works not only on my
> N86, but also on my beloved N91 handset, so I am as happy as Larry to be
> back to Talks. Those of you with the iPhone will doubtless feel I've thrown
> the towel in and given up. Dead right! I love my iPod Touch, and finding
> apps to try out, but I just did not like the iPhone, and as my son's third
> gen device came to a sticky end recently, he has become the beneficiary of
> my beast.
>
> So, in conclusion, it's not for everyone, including me! (smile).
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Jackie Cairns
> J&M Work-Ability
>
> jandm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> www.work-ability.co.uk
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