Indeed, the only reason I have one is for the kids. If anything happens at school I get the call. Other than the school, only close friends have my number.

Quoted from Sparky

Amen to that, brother. I believe we as a society did just fine without cell phones. I consider them leashes. I do own a cellphone, and 98% of the time, it stays off. I have it for emergencies.

I find that with time, technologies have gotten somewhat more accessible to all, now everyone jumps on it like a bunch of junkies. Man, i couldn't believe what I saw on boxing day... people walking out all wide-eyed because they bought LCD tvs, digital cameras and all that crap. I will be honest... if I don't play pinball (one of the few technological things I do) or look on the internet, I am like Glen on this... crack open a cold one and enjoy the now. I enjoy playing with my kids, and having a long conversation with my wife or friends.

Now, like Glen said, back to Dave, yeah... work phones and pagers do take away from your daily freedom. Best advice? Look for this symbol, and press on it:




... then crack open a cold beer.


Ok OK... Dave, get a pager AND a cheap cellphone. Leave the phone off. Filter the incoming calls with the pager. WAY cheaper than an IPhone.

Quoted from 1

You all are voicing your opinions as opposed to giving  the original poster what he asked for. If he wants an iPhone then let him make up his own damn mind based on others experience and not on opinions

Well excuse me but please take the time to reread his original post ... and I quote

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I am thinking about buying an iPhone and I was wondering if users or non-users could give me their comments

Two of my friends have one and they love it. Personally, I find the $$$ monthly costs too much but to each their own.

Phil:  Last time I installed Quicktime, it allowed me to disable the Itunes portion on the install process, so AFAIK your concern isn't valid.

Quoted from Mrhide

Well excuse me but please take the time to reread his original post ... and I quote

Any post should still be base on experience. A non user could still have had some experience with the product.

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OK... seems like I have been told that I shouldn't post about what I know nothing about.

Fine.

Looks like I have to spread out my credentials everytime I voice my opinion.

Fine.

I have had phones and pagers for the last 20 years. My first was a pager working as an assistant in an office. My second as an assistant chef on call at a local restaurant (I closed up the place a lot, hence the pager). I worked for a communications company owned by my late aunt from 1993 to 2000. I have had various phones for my job as a technical communicator and supervisor for Hewitt. Mikes... regular cellphones... pagers... and more recently on trial, a Blackberry 8830 (not bad) and an IPhone. I didn't like the IPhone. Too many apps for nothing. It ends up being more of a distraction than anything.

So no... I am not talking out of my a**. I am talking by experience. Expense-wise, best to have a small pager to filter the calls and a regular cellphone you keep off, and only turn on when making a call. Or merely use the voice mail on the phone. A pager/cellphone plan is way cheaper than an IPhone plan. My last pager cost 3$ a month, combined to my cellphone business plan which was 28$ a month.

I hope my answer is more satisfactory.

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You just won't quit will you?

hehe slow boring day at work !!  got to do what you've got to do !!  


This one is good:

I dont care about either platform as long as the mess breaks or users are idiots, I have a job.

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This one is funnier