[Slight OT] TDPL in Russia

[Nick Sabalausky]

"Nick Sabalausky" <a at a.a> wrote in message 
news:i5ov60$2c5c$1 at digitalmars.com...
> "Steven Schveighoffer" <schveiguy at yahoo.com> wrote in message 
> news:op.vieozxaleav7ka at localhost.localdomain...
>>
>> Love my iPhone.  Love it.  My last two phones were a Palm Treo and a 
>> Samsung touch-screen (w/stylus) smartphone with Windows mobile 6.  They 
>> are absolute garbage compared to this.  Granted, I started with the 3gs, 
>> and upgraded to iOS4 about a month after I got it, so my phone is the 
>> result of 3 years of polish, but I feel apple has the right focus for it.
>>
>> iPhone is hands down the best phone I've ever used.  I thought when I got 
>> it, I would have a hard time accessing small things like the on-screen 
>> keyboard keys, but I'm surprised at how accurate I am with it, even after 
>> only having it for a few months.  I regularly go to webnews on 
>> digitalmars and can click the minuscule links pretty accurately.
>>
>> You can not like them if you want, you are entitled to your opinion, but 
>> it seems like you have a very negative view of almost everything :)  I 
>> bet your glass is half empty, huh...
>>
>
> I'm a "technical-ist": The glass is half-empty and half-full at the same 
> time. Problem is, most glasses I've seen are only a quarter full and with 
> overly-sweetened content (or three-quarters empty if you prefer ;) ).
>
> I just have standards.
>
> A. Search "you're holding it wrong".
>
> B. Closed platforms are evil (not to be confused with closed source).
>
> C. Gatekeeping is evil. See also http://www.paulgraham.com/apple.html
>
> D. Service provider lock-in is evil. My phone works with *any* service 
> provider (and didn't become uselessly obsolete after a year or two): 
> http://www.uniden.com/products/productdetail.cfm?product=EXAI398  And I 
> really do like this phone a lot.
>
> E. A die-hard Apple fan I know recently showed me his beloved iPad. 
> Accurately setting the text-cursor was nearly impossible. But that would 
> have been an incredibly simple fix: Use a screen that worked with a stylus 
> or fingernail. There's millions of them out there. Even if that would have 
> prevented multi-touch (and I don't know that it would or would not have), 
> after using the multi-touch, I felt it added no real value other than a 
> "gee-whiz" gimmick factor. Stylus/fingernail support would have added at 
> least some real value.
>
> F. Like all Apple software, the software on the iPad/iPhone are 
> appallingly slim on settings/options.
>
> G. A *phone* without tactile dial buttons is just plain wrong. What is it 
> with Apple's long-standing war against tactile feedback? It detracts from 
> usability and the only thing it adds is high-tech-gee-whiz-gimmick.
>
> H. What's there to protect the highly-prominent screen?
>
> I. I don't give a crap how thin they can make it. But Apple seems to think 
> I should care. Heck, I don't want to spend hundreds of dollars on 
> something that I'll constantly feel I'm about to accidentally snap in 
> half. But that's exactly how I felt with the iPad.
>
> That's a lot of issues for something that's supposedly well-polished.
>

J. What happens when the battery gets old and won't hold a charge?