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A well-written piece from an avowed fan of Apple. What makes Gruber not a mere fanboi is his willingness to take valid criticisms of Apple seriously.

• lacker 17y ago
  I'm confused by this comment. In this article Gruber is saying how much better iPhones are than everything else. He doesn't seem to take the biggest criticism of "no fixed keyboard" seriously.
  • jvdh 17y ago
    He has taken the "no fixed keyboard" argument seriously. He wrote about it a number of times. He came to the conclusion that (when implemented well) there is not much of a difference, except user preference. http://daringfireball.net/2009/07/mobile_phone_keyboards http://daringfireball.net/2009/07/mobile_phone_keyboards
    • lacker 17y ago
      It just depends on your definition of "taking it seriously". For example in that article Gruber says Most people can thumb-type just as well, if not better, on an iPhone as they could on a BlackBerry. I prefer the iPhone to a Blackberry overall, but the argument that there is no advantage to typing on a Blackberry is just not true. Here's a better analysis: http://msgnet.org/2008/08/blackberry-vs-iphone-simplified/ http://msgnet.org/2008/08/blackberry-vs-iphone-simplified/
      • unalone 17y ago
        That's not an "analysis". That's an opinion just like Gruber's - who, incidentally, has much more in-depth articles regarding thumb-typing than this one, which treats it as an incidental issue.