Re: Anybody interested?

[Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

David Gibbs wrote:
> Joe Pluta wrote:
>   
> Remind me to show you my new iPhone :)
>   
Eh.  I'm not wowed by the iPhone.  Not my cup of tea.  I like 
keyboards.  Not to mention the fact that trying to see anything on the 
iPhone website requires QuackTime, which I refuse to install on any 
machine in my house.

> Mind you I don't use the camera that much, but the email, browser, maps,
> etc, are getting to be darn useful.
>   
That's why I pose the question.  I'd rather have a larger screen for 
things like that, especially browsing.  Even a 7" screen at 800x480 is a 
little on the cramped side for browsing.  Since the iPhone is half the 
size and less than half the resolution, I can't see it as a useful 
browser.  And the next generation out later this year will be the same 
size but with a 9" screen with 1024x600 resolution.

> I had thought about getting one of the really small notebooks, but 
> decided against it.  I usually travel with my laptop ... I need a boat 
> load of storage for pictures and like to have the full capability when I 
> need it.  Even remoting into a desktop isn't sufficient.
>   
I travel, too, and I'm getting tired of dragging my laptop out of my bag 
at every airport.  I'm going to try taking just the Eee to my next gig.  
I don't need terabytes of disk space on the road; if I need that, I'll 
bring the laptop.  And if I do need another few GB, I can stop in the 
local big box store and pick up another chip.

I like the Eee because I can take it to the store.  I can sit on the 
couch with it and use it to scan TV Guide.  You could do these things 
with a smartphone, I guess, but that's not my direction.  I think the 
technology convergence will affect everyone differently, and for those 
of us who like phones to be small, a subnotebook is just the answer.

Joe