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Originally Posted by Dyvim

And what's so wrong about marrying that pretty blond?

Sure. Discuss your long range 401k plans with her.

Originally Posted by Dyvim

You can take your arguments against the iPhone and invert them depending on your perspective: Multifunctionality in Windows Mobile? Sure, but that came at the expense of ease of use. One thing that continues to amaze me about the iPhone (and which WM has never worked out) is the tight integration of all the apps.

Ok. Provide some real life examples. I've seen the iPhone for less than 30 min. Maybe I missed how I had to press home to get to another app.

Originally Posted by Dyvim

It's super easy to email a photo or set it as your wallpaper or assign it to a contact.

Examples please.. I've found that super easy on my Touch.

Originally Posted by Dyvim

Google Maps integrates really well with the Contacts app, etc.

You mean like how PI has a right click to "find on google maps"? button. OMG!

Originally Posted by Dyvim

These simple no-brainer operations require complex series of taps in WM using the built-in apps.

Examples please.

Originally Posted by Dyvim

The WM mail program cannot even render html emails properly or show photo attachments inline.

insurmountable? no...even surpassable ?

Originally Posted by Dyvim

Yes, the iPhone has a limited feature set compared to WM. But what it does, it does really well. WM is a jack-of-all-trades, master of none.

Yessum. iPhone is master of what trade specifically?

Originally Posted by Dyvim

Each will appeal to different users.

Yes. You are very right there.

Originally Posted by Dyvim

And BT on my e830? Sure it has more profiles than my iPhone, but I could never really get any of them to work without pulling my hair out.

Never had that much trouble meself. Except for my Toshiba Hopbit.

Originally Posted by Dyvim

And what advantages does the iPhone have over the e830 ... How about:

my comments in italics
phone Yes, insurmountable? no
EDGE The cellular equivalent of dialup?
Brag when you have HSPA or EVDO
802.11g WiFi The advantage of which over 802.11b on a mobile device is? You don't slow the rest of the network. I'm sure that's important to you on the iPhone.
camera Ok. Reserved comment for later.

much better media player (even with half the pixels)Ok. Reserved comments
higher color resolution screen "
higher color resolution screen" See my previous post on color in Win Ce and why the 18 bit color screen is misleading. Are you getting all the color you paid for?

smaller form factorOk. conceded .
tougher form factor (glass screen is scratch resistant and awesome)Ok. conceded .

infinitely better built-in apps Examples please
support from the manufacturer- The price of your ROM upgrade? Toshiba did WM2003SE for free. Apple take you for $20 yet?
rent movies, no more struggling to convert DVDs to playback on your mobile device.
Compare apples to pinecones and get pineapples?
A: Download a movie, advantage neither.
B: Convert a DVD movie,
advantage neither.

oh and it's actually available for purchase new.Shiny! Gotcha, . I'll concede that one too.

Originally Posted by Dyvim

To be fair you need to at least compare it to a fellow phone device like the Universal or better yet one of the new VGA phone devices coming out.

You'd lose. Run your own comparisons of a HTC Touch, O2 Flame vs. the iPhone.

My HTC Touch has a replaceable battery. Smaller form factor. An 8Gb micro SD card. 2Mp. camera and a cellular connection faster than 200kbps.
My new BT GPS will be arriving soon. I can map without needing cell connectivity. Kinda important out in the bush.

O2 Flame has TV Out, VGA, USB host? but is big.