Kevin, agreed. A more indepth discussion with some of those other users would have provided the opportunity to reveal that value associated with a Linux based mobile device. Now I have to wonder, does the iphone OS support multitasking?Is it a stripped down version of OS X? I;ll do some reading to find out. Best Regards, John Holmblad Acadia Secure Networks, LLC Kevin T. Neely wrote: > they likely don't care about multi-tasking until you give a concrete > example of a multi-tasking scenario: say, listening to mp3s while > using IM.. Or, switching between browsing, IM, and [your favourite > iPhone app here]. > > concepts like multi-tasking tend to go over most people's heads until > an example that directly impacts them comes into play. > > K > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 4:03 PM, John Holmblad > <jholmblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:jholmblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > All, > > > the post at the www page whose url is > > > http://www.thestreet.com/story/10470711/1/rim-apple-feast-on-nokia.html > > frames the experience I had today. > > While seated at a luncheon following a technical meeting > (Cisco/VMware/Netapp/etc) I duly noted that I was among a crowd (that > would be ~6-8 people) where the average mobile device at the > table was > somewhere between the iphone and the blackberry. > > While explaining what I do to the individual seated next to me , I > brought the N800 into the discussion and I blithely asserted that the > N800 is, well,.........like an iphone on steroids but without a GSM or > CDMA radio for voice. Although the listener, knows that LInux is, in > fact, an operating system, and is aware of the TMobile G1 (but not > Android), that individual did not perceive it as a big deal that the > N800 runs LInux and is therefore capable of multitasking. This is > perhaps what I expected, that is, the end user, even of the kind > (let's > call them technically sophisticated professionals) who would > attend such > an event, does not really care about these things. > > I did ask the iphone user about her experience with the device and she > said she loved it. And during a discussion on iphone jailbreaking she > confirmed that one of her friends has jailbroken his iphone to get > tethering to work. > > I think that the following commentary > > > For consumers, it appears that features such as the touchscreen > > interface are more in demand than the OS. Since the iPhone was > > released, almost every major phone manufacturer is offering a > > touch-screen model, many of which are not smartphones > > from the wireless week article whose url is: > > http://www.wirelessweek.com/article.aspx?id=166592 > > says it all although the same article does have some positive > things to > say about the Nokia Nseries > > > And speaking of Nokia and the Iphone, here is the url to another > posting > from the thestreet.com <http://thestreet.com> www site that > suggests that Nokia will join hands > with Verizon Wireless to take on the ATT/Iphone Cabal: > > > http://www.thestreet.com/story/10468078/1/nokia-verizon-plan-exclusive-4g-device.html > > > Maybe what the article's author is referring to without knowing it > is G5 > of the IT? > > -- > > Best Regards, > > John Holmblad > > Acadia Secure Networks, LLC > > * > * <mailto:jholmblad@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jholmblad@xxxxxxxxxxx>> > > _______________________________________________ > maemo-users mailing list > maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx> > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users > > > > > -- > In Vino Veritas > http://rubbernecking.info _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
