Greetings from iPhone Hell

[Gurndigarn]

I would sit down at one in the computer lab and have the damndest time trying to figure out where Internet Explorer was so I could connect to the Internet.

Try Safari next time. It's a much better program, IMO.

Plus there was no right-clicking or left-clicking with the mouse--the mouse itself was just one big button.

Aftermarket mice are your friends.

[Gravekeeper]

I've gotten nothing but great service from T-Mobile.

I assure you from nightly experience that some of their users are complete ditch apes. -.-

and who brought up Uwe Boll? <shudder> That man must be stopped.

[draggar]

It's a computer, not a customer. A touch of perspective, please?

The way some of the computers act, you think they were SCs!!

[Bandit]

Did that first guy think that he couldn't call his landline provider from his cell phone?

Actually, they might not be able to call. I've had issues before in Vz Land trying to call a landline repair in on the Cell. Had to do some tricks to make it work.

B

[ArenaBoy]

All I have to say about Macs is that they take some getting used to if you're used to using PCs all the time.

Correct but it takes a few minutes to get used to.

I would sit down at one in the computer lab and have the damndest time trying to figure out where Internet Explorer was so I could connect to the Internet.

Plus there was no right-clicking or left-clicking with the mouse--the mouse itself was just one big button.

Safari is quite good the only problem I had was that I had to turn on the tab feature but I downloaded Firefox and I still keep Safari.

Plus if you want to get rid of programs, like say a move application program all you have to do it drag it to the trash and delete it.

[Max]

I just tried a friend's iPhone. It's seriously pretty. Gorgeous, actually. It feels like money in your hand; I'm not kidding. And the menu is kinda neat.

But people who think they are going to surf the internet on it have another thing coming. It's JUST OK over wifi, but try downloading a moderately complex webpage by cell plan and it's slooooooowwwwwwwwwww. Honestly, it reminded me of my 14.4k modem days. And considering you are downloading the entire webpage, I can only imagine that you will get sodomized by data charges. The web browsing you see on the commercial is absolute fiction.

Also, the keyboard sucks dirty balls. The keys are way too small for a touch screen - about every fifth letter I typed was wrong. I'm a fan of texting; the iPhone would be a total disaster for me. Oh, and the punctuation keys don't fit on the keyboard, you have to toggle to a different keyboard. Er...that's not going to work for me, sorry. Not to get all schoolyard or anything, but my Blackberry can kick your iPhone's ass!

[Kara]

and who brought up Uwe Boll? <shudder> That man must be stopped.

That would have been sweet little me.

SW: Fine! Do whatever the Hell you want, then! *click*

Really? Are you like a genie or something? Do you have legitimate authority to allow that? Sweet! First item on the list, firing Uwe Boll into the sun. Then I'll fill your house with scorpions.

[Canarr]

Maybe Canarr was thinking about British Pounds Sterling??

Nah, I was just making a lame joke. 600 Euro should equal approx. 800 USD.

[draggar]

But people who think they are going to surf the internet on it have another thing coming. It's JUST OK over wifi, but try downloading a moderately complex webpage by cell plan and it's slooooooowwwwwwwwwww. Honestly, it reminded me of my 14.4k modem days. And considering you are downloading the entire webpage, I can only imagine that you will get sodomized by data charges. The web browsing you see on the commercial is absolute fiction.

That's EDGE for ya. No 3G / EVDO - Rev.A for the iPhone.

and as for what you see on commercials, it's all local pages and it's a commercial. They probabaly made one and activated it on a faster network just for the commercial.

Plus, the commercials claim that it has the full, real internet, unlike other mobile devices. Odd, I have the FULL interent on my phone.

[jb17kx]

They probabaly made one and activated it on a faster network just for the commercial.

While I haven't seen the commercial in question, it is most probable that the image was composited, ie, the screen that you saw isn't really what the device was showing.

[Andara Bledin]

I assure you from nightly experience that some of their users are complete ditch apes. -.-

and who brought up Uwe Boll? <shudder> That man must be stopped.

Oh, I'm certain that most cell companies have a selection of users that are complete "ditch apes" as you so eloquently put it.

And Kara brought up Boll (as she admitted) and it was in the context of stopping him, so all is good.

Speaking of that, I vote for radioactive scorpions with flaming bees in their stingers.

^-.-^

[Jester]

[QUOTE=Rapscallion;152704]Macs haven't burned your dog, stole your beer, cross-dressed in your secret stash of frilly undies.../QUOTE]

Actually, Raps, Macs DID crash into my truck, leer at my girlfriend, try to pick up my underaged niece, steal my mail, serve me warm beer, make me watch Uwe Boll movies, flatten my bike tires, dull my cooking knives, kidnap my mother, run over my cat (twice), run a meth lab out of my bathroom, insult my cooking, browbeat my stepfather, dance on my father's grave, pee in my pool, and set off a small thermonuclear device at my barbecue.

Didn't you get the memo?

[Rapscallion]

Why yes, yes I did. That's why I was careful to omit those details.

I also omitted how it dug a few graves in your back yard ready for the graves of the commercial spammers that attempt to pollute this board with their filth.

Rapscallion

[Jester]

I also omitted how it dug a few graves in your back yard ready for the graves of the commercial spammers that attempt to pollute this board with their filth.

As much as I would love THAT particular idea (and would forgive the Mac for that transgression), I live in an apartment, so I have no backyard. Where my backyard would be is actually another apartment. Not just any apartment, mind you, but the apartment of the complex manager. So graves dug there WOULD in fact cause an interesting situation, to say the least.

How about we just find a way to bury those spammers in the street and pave right over them?

[Jack7957]

I wasn't even remotely interested in buying one yet I knew that it was only one per person. Did she think she was extra-special and they might let her buy all of them?

I watched that video again and noticed something. After she gets in the store they show her talking with a clerk and he's shaking his head no. Then the other clerk comes up and says it's one per person. Makes me think she asked the first guy about buying all of them, and he told her no, so she had to get the other girl to verify that was the rule. I wish they had done a follow up interview when she left.