I don't know if I am allowed to discuss this...

Reply Subscribe

Thread Tools

Oct 22, 2011 | 06:17 PM

#21 (permalink)

BrianBrave

<--- Huge Horsepower

Joined: Apr 2007

Posts: 3,217

Likes: 3

From: So Cal

- Forum Super Sponsor -

Re: I don't know if I am allowed to discuss this...

Can't beat the iPhone 3GS with iOS 5 - it's just so compatible with the Crossfire Stereo.

Hands free calling, voice dialing, tons of music playback, keeps the phone charged up and much more....

Cant wait to go Quadrasonic....

or upgrade to the iPhone 5 with 4G....

XF_iPhone1.jpg

XF_iPhone2.jpg

Last edited by BrianBrave; Oct 22, 2011 at 06:19 PM.

Oct 22, 2011 | 08:19 PM

#22 (permalink)

Mike1118

Forum Regular

Joined: Aug 2010

Posts: 582

Likes: 2

From: Athens, Oh.

Re: I don't know if I am allowed to discuss this...

"I actually remember those old car phones...my boss had one... "

My first car phone. ........3 year lease @$96 a month!

Oct 22, 2011 | 11:30 PM

#23 (permalink)

oledoc2u

Senior Member

Joined: Mar 2008

Posts: 14,607

Likes: 39

From: IN

Re: I don't know if I am allowed to discuss this...

OK, Bob, you have peeked my interest...tell me more about the windows phone...lol

Oct 23, 2011 | 12:11 PM

#24 (permalink)

Spudracer

Forum Regular

Joined: Mar 2011

Posts: 330

Likes: 1

From: Connecticut

Re: I don't know if I am allowed to discuss this...

Quote:

Originally Posted by LantanaTX

The first mobile phone I ever saw had a handle and was about the size of a lunch box and had and was powered by a small car battery or motorcycle battery. You guys should really take a look at the new Windows 7.5 Mango update. We loved out our iphones but this new Windows phone blows it away.

Sorry but I have a hard time believing that a Windows phone is even decent competition for an iPhone let alone blowing it away. The main attraction of an iPhone for me is the universe of apps that I have access to at any time in any place.

The list is different for everyone and it goes on forever but you get the point.

In short, the iPhone gives me easy access to high quality apps that make my life easier and more fun. And the iOS is a seamless experience across all Apple devices, easy, smooth, reliable, and very intuitive. I haven't found that with Android and certainly not with Windows mobile which has been a disaster to date.

For me it's about the Device + OS + Content Delivery Platform + Apps Library. Apple is the only one to absolutely nail all four things I care about. Android is doing OK in second place. Windows is not even in the game as far as I'm concerned.

And now with iCloud, Apple has added a 5th category of competition, cloud storage/sharing/access that the others have yet to address. I won't be giving up my iPhone any time soon. Certainly not for a lonely glitchy Windows mobile universe. I like living in a walled garden where everything just works.

Last edited by Spudracer; Oct 23, 2011 at 12:18 PM.

Oct 24, 2011 | 04:14 PM

#25 (permalink)

billie789

Joined: Nov 2009

Posts: 72

Likes: 0

Re: I don't know if I am allowed to discuss this...

Quote:

Originally Posted by blackcrossfire07

Not sure if this crosses the line of rules in this place.... But for the longest time I wanted an iPhone. I went with a droid evo and absolutely love it because I didn't want AT&T or verzon. Now sprint is getting the iPhone. Suddenly I don't want the iPhone any longer. The droid has everything the iPhone has and more... Plus it is not locked down like the iPhone.

Anyone that has experience with both let me know what you think.

There are two things that my sons' Iphone 4's do much, much better than my My Touch 'Driod: Photos and video are incomparable! The Iphone looks amazingly better. My kid showed me a photo he took with his Iphone of his girlfriend at a restaurant and it looked like a protrait shot with 35mm film stock!

Oct 24, 2011 | 04:32 PM

#26 (permalink)

itsky

Senior Member

Joined: Feb 2008

Posts: 4,084

Likes: 4

From: Tennessee

Re: I don't know if I am allowed to discuss this...

Well, if it wasn't for work, I probably wouldn't have a smart phone. I do have a Blackberry with a REAL keyboard (just cannot stand the touch screen keyboards). It works great for emails and texts, but does have its limitations. However, I recently purchased a Asus Android Tablet (I know it is not a phone), but I was impressed with the ease of use of the Android OS (3.2). As for apple stuff, I haven't been an apple fan in the 30 years that I have been playing with computers. My son has some kind of itouch device and I have played with an ipad (still have the heeby-jeebies from touching it). I guess I'm not impressed with anything that has ios or whatever your call it or macs. Since my IT department won't approve Androids, we only have a choice between Blackberry and iphones. I'm due for a new phone soon, so I guess I'll be stuck with the Blackberry.

Last edited by itsky; Oct 24, 2011 at 04:42 PM.

Oct 24, 2011 | 05:49 PM

#27 (permalink)

LantanaTX

Senior Member

Joined: Aug 2007

Posts: 3,084

Likes: 8

From: Lantana, Republic of Texas

Re: I don't know if I am allowed to discuss this...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spudracer

TRAVEL
FlightTrack - airline schedule tracking
StationStops - Metro North (NY/CT) rail schedules including track numbers
CityTransit - NYC subway maps
Amtrak - Schedules and ticket purchasing
MultiCamCC - Connecticut traffic cams
Concur - Expense reporting tied into my corporate account
RedLaser - Barcode scanner for 2D and new 3D barcodes (boarding passes)

NEWS
BBC - world news
New York Times - general news
Wall Street Journal - financial news
Bloomberg - Financial news
NPR - general news
Reuters - news
Associated Press - news
USA Today - fluff news

SKIING
Ski Tracks - speed, altitude, and distance for every resort I ski. Ability to review a day's skiing.
Ski Report - conditions at almost every resort in N. America. Temp, trails open, lifts open, recent snowfall, surface conditions, mountain stats, mountain cams, powder alerts, etc.

CAMERA
Access - Fast access without unlocking the phone. Ready to shoot before any Android or Windows phone means you don't miss shots.
Pro HDR - enhanced stills
iFlash - low light enhancement
iMovie - quick n easy movie clip production

ENTERTAINMENT
iTunes - books, music, and movies a few taps away.
iBooks - sharing between my iPhone and iPad.
Kindle - books a few taps way and sharing across iPhone, iPad, and MacBook Pro.
Flixster - movie reviews and ticket purchase.
IMDb - movie information
EQu - parametric equalizer for audio allows me to tailor response to a set of headphones and my preferences
iWOW - psychoacoustic audio enhancement really helps the headphone experience.
Games - tons of leading edge games for mobile devices.

EMAIL & CONTACTS
Camcard - Easy scan of business cards to my contacts
Dragon - Voice dictation of email, text messages, or notes.
Corporate Email - push of corporate email, contacts, & calendar via mobile iron.
LinkedIn - networking application.
Integration - multiple personal and corporate accounts seamlessly integrated for easy maintenance.
Facetime - video conf on the fly.
Bluetooth Device Integration - tight integration with my Aliph Icon (Jawbone) bluetooth earpiece. One touch voice dialing from my contacts list that is very accurate and a battery level meter for the Icon that shows up on the iPhone screen.

I think you are comparing apple and oranges! I was not talking about windows mobile at all which is a thing of the past now. WI am talking about Window Phone 7.5 Mango release.

Here is what former iphone users have to say"

Iphone beats Windows Mango phone in one aspect! - YouTube

Windows 7.5 and IOS5 are very similar in many ways. the biggest dfference between the two phones is the iphone is an app driven phone while the new Windows phone is more operating system driven. All the apps you would ever like are on the Window phone as well as the Android.

In the Windows phone apps are integrated into hubs and displayed by live tiles. You can also slide the tiles out of the way and there are all your apps. I have all my contacts, linked in, facebook and twitter in one place while on the iphone you have to go into each account separately. I also have real voice navigation free and is part of the operating system. The windows phone 7.5 is very new and worth looking into. the best way to decrive my experience was that the day I got my windows phone I was overwhelmed because I was used to my iphone. It was kink of like you know how to drive a Crossfire and someone throws you the keys to a Ferrari and you can't find the shifter.

As far as cloud computing goes, Windows calls it the sky drive and has all the same funtionality. The windows phone can do anything a iphone can do but you don't have to always be going in and out of apps to do what you want to do.