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"to any reasoning person, the iPhone will win versus its second-rate copycat when they are at the same price point." what flawed logic! There are many differe

"to any reasoning person, the iPhone will win versus its second-rate copycat when they are at the same price point." what flawed logic! There are many differences, for example, does the iPhone have a keyboard? I think you are mixing up what an iPhone is. They didn't invent the ambient light sensor, for example, the blackberry has had ambient adjusting screens for years, the touchscreen isnt an Apple invention either, and there are more than a few other touch screen phones out there... "only produced mediocre handheld PDAs" hmmmm, another factual flaw, did you ever use a Palm, 'back in the day' - they were class leading devices... You can already sync from anywhere ... using the internet. "Apple entered the cell industry forty years late and changed the game" hmmm, I wasn't aware of a cell [phone] industry 40 years ago... Lets get facts straight before gobbing off. And Apple haven't changed anything, they bought out a cool touchscreen phone, that's all, they are being outsold by RIM still in the US and worldwide the iPhone sales are nowhere near many other phones. "It's deplorable that no competitor can muster enough innovation to compete with the device." I presume you're just trolling, because if you were to look at the spec of many (most) other newly introduced smart phones I think you'll find the iPhone is not even close to being competitive. Its just cool and popular in the US. "I want to buy a book and the screen will instantly switch to eInk and I'll be reading said book" eh? I think that's called a Kindle, not a book, books are printed on paper. There's plenty to get excited about, you just have to crawl out of the basement and take a look around you :)

Flankk 17y ago
Are you seriously quibbling on moot points to make the argument that the Pre is not an iPhone knockoff? Yes, the iPhone has a keyboard. I can type 40 WPM on it. I didn't say touchscreen; I said multi-touch of which Apple has a patent for. Apple also has patents on the application interface, hardware design and pinch zoom gestures that Palm ripped off from the iPhone. The Pre team is full of ex-Apple engineers. The Pre emulates an iPod so it can sync with iTunes for heaven's sake. I had the Palm V and it was nothing special. The Kindle is not a phone. It does not have a color screen which can switch to eInk. I didn't say Apple dominated the cell market; I said they changed the game. How can you deny this fact when cell manufacturers everywhere have scrambled to clone the iPhone? The Pre is simply another knock-off like the Voyager or the Instinct. I am not the one using flawed logic. My arguments are sound and I think you missed the point. Palm is not going to beat Apple by copying them.

Flankk 17y ago

Are you seriously quibbling on moot points to make the argument that the Pre is not an iPhone knockoff? Yes, the iPhone has a keyboard. I can type 40 WPM on it. I didn't say touchscreen; I said multi-touch of which Apple has a patent for. Apple also has patents on the application interface, hardware design and pinch zoom gestures that Palm ripped off from the iPhone. The Pre team is full of ex-Apple engineers. The Pre emulates an iPod so it can sync with iTunes for heaven's sake. I had the Palm V and it was nothing special. The Kindle is not a phone. It does not have a color screen which can switch to eInk. I didn't say Apple dominated the cell market; I said they changed the game. How can you deny this fact when cell manufacturers everywhere have scrambled to clone the iPhone? The Pre is simply another knock-off like the Voyager or the Instinct. I am not the one using flawed logic. My arguments are sound and I think you missed the point. Palm is not going to beat Apple by copying them.