oh man, it's time to buy ANOTHER iPhone?!

[DrJay]

I've had mine 10 days. Noticed my first (apparent) battery problem today. Charged it last night and it was down to 20% by 11:00am with very little use. Maybe the charger wasn't working, but I'm pretty sure it was.

[gh]

another reason to go iPhone

<<...In the era of the personal computer, Apple Inc.'s machines were often less vulnerable to security threats than the alternatives. That may also be the case with the rise of smart phones.

Google Inc.'s Android operating system for mobile devices has had an almost sixfold increase in threats such as spyware and viruses since July, according to Juniper Networks Inc. That may increase the perception that Apple devices are safer than smart phones and tablets that run on Android, said Juniper.

"You're not going to see nearly the number of infections on Apple as you see on Android," said...>>

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... z1dzgosJKh

[tandfman]

A great iPhone app story:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/28/nyreg ... -push.html

Thief steals an iPhone 4. Victim calls the police.

When Officer Garland and Sgt. Richard Coan arrived, they found the woman crying, but Mr. Garland reassured her. “I told her when I walked in, ‘I’m going to find your iPhone,’ ” he said.

The ace up the sleeve of Officer Garland, an avid Apple consumer — he and his wife own iPhones, iPads and Macintosh computers — was something called “Find My iPhone,” a free 5.4-megabyte piece of software, or app, that he had on the iPhone in his pocket.

Officer pushes the right button, tracks down the phone and the thief, returns the former and arrests the latter.

[tandfman]

Good news for BlackBerry die-hards.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/31/techn ... r-day.html

[jamboy]

The iphone is so yesterday. I could name 10 android phones that are superior to the iphone in every way.

[Marlow]

The iphone is so yesterday. I could name 10 android phones that are superior to the iphone in every way.

I'm thiiiiiiis close to getting a Samsung Galaxy Note II. Anyone with experience with it? It looks awesome. Amazon has it for $139 with a renewal of my Sprint contract.

[jamboy]

The iphone is so yesterday. I could name 10 android phones that are superior to the iphone in every way.

I'm thiiiiiiis close to getting a Samsung Galaxy Note II. Anyone with experience with it? It looks awesome. Amazon has it for $139 with a renewal of my Sprint contract.

All the reviews of the Galaxy Note II says it is great

I went to the Verizon store the other day to check it out and it was just awesome.

Great youtube review here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdsMwGWvhO4

[Marlow]

Great youtube review here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdsMwGWvhO4

D'oh, that did it! I just placed the order. No change to my data plan, so I'm in!!!
I'm such a geek - I hardly use the phone part at all, but I's got to have the lastest toy!!

[gm]

I have had the Note 2 since it was released. Hate the touch screen, as I do all touch screens. Spawn of Satan.

Works ok for the most part, with several annoyances. It has been semi-useful for coaching with Coach's Eye installed, since the processor(s) are pretty quick.

Still beats the iWhatever

[tandfman]

I have had the Note 2 since it was released. Hate the touch screen, as I do all touch screens. Spawn of Satan.

Works ok for the most part, with several annoyances. It has been semi-useful for coaching with Coach's Eye installed, since the processor(s) are pretty quick.

Still beats the iWhatever

But if you hate touch screens, shouldn't you be using a traditional BlackBerry?

[Conor Dary]

I have had the Note 2 since it was released. Hate the touch screen, as I do all touch screens. Spawn of Satan.

Works ok for the most part, with several annoyances. It has been semi-useful for coaching with Coach's Eye installed, since the processor(s) are pretty quick.

Still beats the iWhatever

But if you hate touch screens, shouldn't you be using a traditional BlackBerry?

Or just a regular phone....My cellphone is probably 8 years old. I text about once a year. I did buy a fancier phone a couple of years ago, but the reception was lousier, so I went back to my old one with an antenna.

[gm]

I wore out the keyboard on my last Blackberry and wanted to wait for the new BB10 model with a qwerty...my provider had a good deal on the Note 2 so I figured I would try it.