iPhone = Ipod + Phone - PDA

I disagree. While it may lack many of the BB/Treo features, it does have an address book, a calendar, notes as well as other features. Everything and more than my old day planner had. Thus a PDA.

Maybe not enough PDA for your needs, but a PDA none the less.

It's nice to see that someone else sees the iPhone for what it truely is. A neat phone (though expensive), but not by any stetch of the imagination a true PDA. Well said Skibsted.

I repeat:

Maybe not enough PDA for you, but a PDA none the less.

Just about all cell phones now have calendars and contact lists. That doesn't make them smart phones or true PDAs. Can the iPhone actually sync notes now?

I'm not going to argue the point. If its not enough PDA for your needs, don't buy it.

I will agree that there are additional features that would enhance its functionality. Having the above mentioned features, as well as a few others would make it the best PDA on the market. We can only hope.

My only assertion was that a lack of certain features doesn't disqualify it entirely.

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As provided during the iPhone introduction - *it is a phone, an iPod and an internet device* - end of story.

The comparison to other "Smart Phones" was in regards to having a plastic keyboard taking up screen real estate regardless if needed or not and the overall user interface.

It was not promoted as and it certainly has not been marketed in any stretch of the imagination as an enterprise device or as a replacement for existing devices which are specifically targeted at the enterprise market such as the Blackberry and Palm.

Don't want to stir up things by posting too many threads about this, but the iPhone cannot be called a PDA or a smartphone.

B.S. - this is exactly what you are wanting to do and why is beyond me.

One more friggin' time - this is a user to user help forum FOR TECHNICAL SUPPORT ISSUES AND QUESTION ONLY.

If you want to address something to Apple, USE THE FEEDBACK LINK so those who TRULY NEED AND ARE WANTING HELP WITH A TECHNICAL SUPPORT ISSUE OR QUESTION can get it without having to weed through this nonsense. THIS IS NOT AN OPEN DISCUSSIONS FORUM.

There is no excuse for this to be so hard to comprehend and understand unless you are wanting to stir things up which means you are a TROLL.

Here is the feedback link. THIS IS FOR PROVIDING APPLE FEEDBACK.

http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

The following was copied from the Terms of Use.

http://discussions.apple.com/help.jspa#terms

+Post constructive comments and questions. *Unless otherwise noted, your Submission should either be a technical support question or a technical support answer.*+

Not without hacking the OS.

If you feel that stating the facts could be classified as "stirring things up", then yes I'm stirring, but why can't we discuss the Iphone and its limitations without people like you getting all jazzed up?

One more time.

This is not an open discussions area provided for "people like you".

+Post constructive comments and questions. *Unless otherwise noted, your Submission should either be a technical support question or a technical support answer.*+

Constructive comments and questions in regards to a technical support question. What is considered "constructive" comments about product features can be argued but the bulk of what is provided here from "people like you" in terms of features or lack thereof is far from being provided in a constructive manner. Regardless, this is not what these discussions are designed and provided for.

Probably not the answer you're looking for but you can view certain documents (PDFs, Word and Excel Documents) as email attachments.

Matt