iPhone = Ipod + Phone - PDA

My iphone has completely replaced my PDA. I am very happy with it.

You don't own an iPhone which gives you zero credibility in the "helping" others dept.

I don't own a Zune but I'd be interested in buying one after MS copies the iPod better so I think I'll cruise the MS provided Zune forums "helping" other Zune owners with technical support issues and questions by telling them the Zune limitations and starting multiple threads about the very same. What type of welcome do you believe I would receive? No but really - I want a Zune so I'm just trying to help Zune owners by telling them about the features that aren't available in the current version of the Zune.

Right....... too funny.

Ok, I know I'm the LAST person who should be saying this but this discussion is getting too personal. We should all just let it go.

I've noticed these forums have a tendency to galvanize people. Either your a fan boy or an iphone hater. Either way, its not helping the actual technical problems some people are having and it certainly is not improving content on the iPhone.

I've decided not to engage in debate here anymore. Only help solve problems.

You're better than to engage in this, Allan. I've read your other posts and I know you are above it.

I don't "know" you as well Skib, but you seem to be an intelligent person so I believe you are above it as well.

Message was edited by: Ansuz82

Skibsted,

I hear what you're saying, but perhaps the iPhone is just not what you're looking for in a personal/portable digital computing device. The question of "what feature set defines a PDA" is a good question, but it isn't really the root of your problem.

The iPhone is an iPhone. It's not a Blackberry or a Palm, or a Razr, or a Nokia, or a laptop. It's a iPhone.

That means it does things that an iPhone does... and at the risk of gushing, it does them /very/ well. But it doesn't do everything. At the risk of putting words in the mouths of the Apple designers, it seems pretty clear that they did not intend the iPhone to be a hand-held personal computer. If you need and want everything that your laptop can do, then carry your laptop. If you want a hand-held-size laptop then get an OQO.

But, if you want an ingeniously integrated: google-maps, webbrowser, date-book, calculator, contact-list, email, video-ipod, stock-checking, weather-report producing, 2-megapixel picture taking device, with an unlimited always-on (albeit a little slow) wireless internet connection, that has a user interface that is (for devices in this class) light-years ahead of what anybody else has brought to market to date, that also makes phone calls... then get an iPhone. 🙂