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Originally Posted by Gtarent
I guess I need to go down to play with one, because while it is slick and shiny I am not sure the gui makes it any more efficient than some of its competitors. Maybe an Iphone owner would be able to give me some examples of how the gui makes the phone more useful. "With my old phone I had to.... while with the Iphone I just..." I love technology, sometimes siding with a product just because its new and exiting, but I just have not understood the love affair with the Iphone. Maybe its just because I came from the PDA world which has evolved into smartphones and converged devices, that many of the "revolutionary" features of the Iphone seem like a rehashing of many of the things I have been doing for years. Ohhh wifi, movies, music, photos, and maps.... I've been doing that since my first Ipaq 7 years ago. If the GUI enhancements make the device easier or faster to use, than they are a great boon, otherwise they are just eye candy. Not to say eye candy isn't cool.... its just not revolutionary.
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Completely agree with you.
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