Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]blackberries are way faster then an iphone they are super to keep in contact with home business whatever way cheaper then sms of course ,.On a bb keyboard one can type 4 times faster then on an i phone it,s the same with pc,s and mac,s indeed.If you are into cutting edge gaming or spreadsheeting whatever pc,s are a lot faster as well. sorry for the yuckspeak all the best,simon On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 11:40 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com> wrote: > Blackberries seem very nice to me but they also seem pretty PC Windows and > Canon EOS Honda scooter Nike's. > An Iphone however seems very Mac, Nikon, Leica, Vespa and Clarks. > I think all the very nice, smart and funny people are going Iphone not > Blackberry. > Walking around gazing around lovingly at the screen 18 hours a day at the > movies on the busses and subways walking down the sidewalks. You better > move > out of the way! > I gaze lovingly at the screen at the back of my DSLR and chimp in > retribution but I fool nobody. > It's a meager response. Like being fat and telling lots of jokes. > Once in a blue moon I take my ipod out for a walk but I end up missing my > bus or subway stop as a result. I can gaze lovingly at that. And tap my > foot. And sing along. Talking to one self is officially in bounds now as is > singing. Who would a thunk? > > Aldous Huxley did not predict this style of lunacy. This mania. > Nor George Orwell, > Nor H. G. Wells, > Nor Edgar Rice Boroughs > Nor Victor Appleton. > > But David Pogue did! > > > > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > From: Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand@gmail.com> > > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > > Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 21:31:44 +0530 > > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > > Subject: Re: [Leica] And so it begins... > > > > I have no blackberry - its one of the best time wasters I can think of. > All > > I require is a simple multi band cellphone where people can reach me, > > wherever in the world I am, by voice or SMS. Thats all I require. No > email, > > no camera, no music, no streaming clips. > > Cheers > > Jayanand > > > > On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 9:26 PM, Alan Magayne-Roshak <amr3@uwm.edu> > wrote: > > > >> On Fri, 2 Jan 2009 "David Rodgers" <drodgers@casefarms.com>wrote: > >> > >>> Everyone wonders how I survive without having a Blackberry, yet > somehow > >> I manage. > >> > >>> DaveR > >> > >> > > =============================================================================>> > = > >> So do I. I carry a Month-At-A-Glance paper pocket calendar that I love. > >> No batteries to worry about, > >> for one thing (as with my M3, M2 and IIIf). > >> > >> Alan > >> > >> Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer > >> UPAA POY 1978 > >> University Information Technology Services > >> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee > >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >