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A few corrections of my own

As usual I have to step back in and correct you...

even then the screen is smaller - at 3.25" as opposed to the 3.5" iPhone screen

You would be hard pressed to really tell the difference between a 3.25" and a 3.5" screen.

Just as one cannot tell much difference in size between the screens of the HTC TouchHD and the iPhone... Someone was saying that the TouchHD screen was sooo much bigger when there is as much difference between that one, the iPhone, and the Storm.

and I'm going by default browsers here that were installed with the OS

Why? Do you only use the default software on the iPhone and your Mac?

Mac? Me? Zealot please... I'm running a Dell XPS 400 for my desktop (Win XP) and an HP Pavilion 6000dv for my laptop (Win Vista)... I'm too damned cheap to spring for a mac... LOL I wanted to stick with the default browsers for the iPhone, WM, and BB devices in my discussion... mainly because the 3rd party browsers for the iPhone either suck or you have to pay for... and the default browser of the iPhone, Safari, works pretty damned well on the iPhone so I'm good there.

IE for WM is in the dark ages

My HTC Touch Diamond came with Opera Mobile 9.5 by default, a browser that everyone who has used it unanimously agrees is better than mobile Safari. Opera Mobile 9.7 goes even further, scoring 100 on the ACID 3 test. There are no browsers currently available for the iPhone that can claim this. There are 2 for WM (Iris is the other one).

I'd love it if there was a version of Opera, Firefox, and Chrome for the iPhone - as I indicated in my post... you sir are as usual taking things out of context. But then again that IS what you do... And I have yet to hear any sort of comeback about how WM is based on an old unsupported version of windows... and yet the iPhone OS is based on a current and supported version of the Mac OS... interesting...

I have yet to hear of ANY WM or BB device with over 2GB of on board storage

Two points:
1. Who cares if it is onboard or through a card? Sure, factor in the cost of the card you might need to buy but once the card is installed, why do you have to carry another?
2. My HTC Touch Diamond comes with 4GB of on board storage so now you know of 1.

Do you keep the same media on the card? Probably not, nor do I keep the same movies on my iPhone... the only real difference between the cards and onboard storage is convienience - why get a device to play media that I have to keep swapping out cards or constantly removing the card to control the content? And the HTC Touch Diamond has 4GB of storage? Not bad, not bad at all... a quarter of what I have but not too shabby I guess...

Can a WM phone do that? Ummm not without a few SD cards - unless it can use a 16Gb card which very few can

So you admit that yes, you can get a 16GB WM device if having 16GB of storage is important to you. Saying that "very few can" would be like saying "very few iPhone models have 16GB of storage". As long as there is 1, that's all you need.

No, that is NOT like saying very few iPhone models have 16GB of storage... and where did I say you could get a WM device with 16GB of storage? I said you could get a 16GB card for a WM device - provided it is capable of using it - Go reread my post. How many WM devices can use 16GB cards? Honestly I really do not care... I HAD a WM device and there was many a time I wanted to throw the thing against a wall because it was unresponsive... and it was very limited as far as storage and was limited to using 2GB cards... WM devices have come a long way since the one I had I'll grant - even though mine was running WM 6.1 which is the latest and greatest WM OS - but the OS is STILL not as good as the iPhone OS.

As far as 32GB is concerned, Apple has been leading for 1 day. 32GB MicroSD cards are coming out very soon and then Apple loses the advantage.

Apple looses the advantage because a 32GB card is "coming out very soon"? OMG, a 32GB card! Nooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!! LOL Seriously a 32GB card is not a threat to the iPhone... and there is not a WM device or a BB device that could even use the blasted thing yet. Come up with another lame excuse NZ.

Enjoy the iPhone but please don't spread falsehoods about the competition.

WOW!!! If that is not the quentessential example of the pot calling the kettle black I have yet to see it! NZ you have been speading falsehoods about the iPhone practically from the cradle! I'm just here to counter your falsehoods with my own personal experiences... and to feed the troll of course... LOL

Posted by: athynz   Posted on: 06/19/09  (Edited: 06/19/2009 @ 06:20) You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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