Re: blackberries etc (the electronic sort)

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What Jodi said - except because Mayo and I spend half a year north and south
of the border, I have an itouch that does everything the iphone does (cross
border data transfer is at base rates and very, very expensive no matter
which side you start from)  I still use it to check emails, feeds and
twitter around the house when I don't feel like running  the laptop.  Quick
and easy, easy to learn and a superb pda.
Doug

On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Jodi DeLong <jodi@xcountry.tv> wrote:

> Kate, I bought an iPhone about two weeks after they became available
> in Canada. I call it my portable brain. I receive email, can read
> websites, have my date calendar, a mileage log, a camera, a music
> player (it comes preloaded with assorted Apple applications, including
> Mail, Safari and iTunes) and a few extra gadgets and games and
> readers. I scan the New York Times website when I'm out and about,
> text my son, poke my nose into Facebook occasionally, and oh yes, get
> to places that are new to me by following the GPS that's also built
> in. Oh, and it's a phone, too!
>
> This allows me to leave my laptop home when I'm travelling, although
> if I'm gone for several days I take that with me too. I have Mail set
> up to access not only my main accounts but the web-based ones (yahoo,
> gmail) too, quickly and easily. And I don't have to wait until I get
> home to consult my computer's calender, if making an appointment or a
> booking. I sync the iPhone to my Mac laptop every couple of days
> (depending on travel, etc) and everything is current everywhere.
>
> Now, in Canada, Rogers is the sole provider with iPhones, and coverage
> and speed varies depending on where you live. There are various data/
> texting/talking packages available, and I'm satisfied with the one I
> have. Coverage is a bit spotty here in Nova Scotia; from home, I have
> to point the phone in a certain direction and hope it's not too windy
> or foggy in order to get cellular/texting, just because of where the
> tower is. But the phone happily hooks on to my Wifi router while I'm
> home or if I'm out somewhere with a free wifi hotspot, and otherwise,
> it uses the Rogers carrier to bring me information. I kept up with
> everything in my mail and on a few blogs while in the hospital for
> five days by my iPhone. You do have to watch your plan when out of
> country; I got dinged for texting to the US, and when I was in Kansas
> City last summer, the roaming charges were higher than I'd expected.
> But it was my first time out of country and using such technology, so
> it was my fault for not checking this out.
>
> All in all, I think my iPhone is well worth what I pay for it (and
> it's a total business expense.) Because it's Apple made, there was
> next to NO learning curve, as I'm a longtime Mac user; everything
> looks the same, and I spent maybe an hour or two on Apple's iPhone
> pages, getting the hang of things. And have never looked back. I
> looked at a Blackberry last spring but didn't think it would fit my
> Mac that well, consulted my son (if you want to know about anything
> technical/computer related, ask a teen or twenty-something) and
> learned from him that we were getting iPhones in Canada in a couple
> more months. I'm so glad I waited.
>
> cheers, jodi
>
> Jodi DeLong, MA
> "Atlantic Canada's Garden Writer"
> My Gardening blog: bloomingwriter.blogspot.com
>
>
>
>
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