Comments on: I’m an x.1, Maybe x.2 Version Sort of Person http://cogdogblog.com/2007/07/02/nophone/ Alan Levine's blog space for barking about instructional technology Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:39:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Meg http://cogdogblog.com/2007/07/02/nophone/#comment-30490 Meg Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:04:24 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2007/07/02/nophone/#comment-30490 Well, I think I'm even more extreme than any of you. Honestly, If the iPhone and a pre-paid plan fell out of the sky and into my lap, I'd throw it away. Don't get me wrong. I love technology. I'm even in a technology graduate program. I just don't have the desire to be tied down to it. A phone that keeps me constantly connected to everything sounds like a nightmare to me. Well, I think I’m even more extreme than any of you. Honestly, If the iPhone and a pre-paid plan fell out of the sky and into my lap, I’d throw it away. Don’t get me wrong. I love technology. I’m even in a technology graduate program. I just don’t have the desire to be tied down to it. A phone that keeps me constantly connected to everything sounds like a nightmare to me.

]]> By: Vidya http://cogdogblog.com/2007/07/02/nophone/#comment-30489 Vidya Mon, 02 Jul 2007 17:25:43 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2007/07/02/nophone/#comment-30489 Alan, I'm with you on this all the way. I'm a Mac fan, there's no other company out there for me that combines form and function like they do, but with this one, yep, it would ahve to fall into my lap with a paid account too. I just do not have a mobile lifestyle. I did have a smartphone for a while and realized it made no sense in my case because I don't want to be connected all the time, and I want to watch my video and read my email on a nice, large screen thank you very much. And much like Cheryl, I've been treated horribly by At&T and will not consider giving them my business either. So I guess the three of us, for the moment at least, will sit in the middle and watch the game unfold. Alan, I’m with you on this all the way. I’m a Mac fan, there’s no other company out there for me that combines form and function like they do, but with this one, yep, it would ahve to fall into my lap with a paid account too.

I just do not have a mobile lifestyle. I did have a smartphone for a while and realized it made no sense in my case because I don’t want to be connected all the time, and I want to watch my video and read my email on a nice, large screen thank you very much. And much like Cheryl, I’ve been treated horribly by At&T and will not consider giving them my business either.

So I guess the three of us, for the moment at least, will sit in the middle and watch the game unfold.

]]> By: cheryl http://cogdogblog.com/2007/07/02/nophone/#comment-30487 cheryl Mon, 02 Jul 2007 17:03:37 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2007/07/02/nophone/#comment-30487 I'm with you. An iPhone, with or without a paid plan, would need to fall from the sky into my lap for me to own this version. The deal-breaker for me is that the included camera does not record video. I'm a videoblogger! My good friend Rupert (in the UK) is running twittervlog.tv from his Nokia N95 phone, shooting 640x480 video, uploading it to his video host (blip.tv) over wi-fi, and from there it is auto-posted to his WordPress blog. Until I can do that with an iPhone, I have no need for one. Then there's the matter of AT&T. Having been treated horribly by them in the past, I cannot bring myself to do business with them again, no matter how sexy a phone they sell. But, I *would* be interested to know whether I can have an iPhone and use it only over wi-fi, without the AT&T account. That would kill the phone part of the device, but all I'd want it for is music, email, video playback, video recording and uploading. If that becomes possible, I might just nab the 2.0 version. I’m with you. An iPhone, with or without a paid plan, would need to fall from the sky into my lap for me to own this version.

The deal-breaker for me is that the included camera does not record video. I’m a videoblogger! My good friend Rupert (in the UK) is running twittervlog.tv from his Nokia N95 phone, shooting 640×480 video, uploading it to his video host (blip.tv) over wi-fi, and from there it is auto-posted to his WordPress blog. Until I can do that with an iPhone, I have no need for one.

Then there’s the matter of AT&T. Having been treated horribly by them in the past, I cannot bring myself to do business with them again, no matter how sexy a phone they sell.

But, I *would* be interested to know whether I can have an iPhone and use it only over wi-fi, without the AT&T account. That would kill the phone part of the device, but all I’d want it for is music, email, video playback, video recording and uploading. If that becomes possible, I might just nab the 2.0 version.

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