Comments on: Temptation… http://www.checkerhead.com/blog/?p=2173 words from a comic daredevil Mon, 31 May 2010 22:14:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Print a Map? « The Checkerboard Guy’s Blog http://www.checkerhead.com/blog/?p=2173#comment-3611 Print a Map? « The Checkerboard Guy’s Blog Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:29:39 +0000 http://www.checkerhead.com/blog/?p=2173#comment-3611 [...] that I’m a bit Old School when it comes to certain things, but I remember the days before iPhones and GPS units for cars (man I’m starting to sound like a grandpa here) and having a map to [...] [...] that I’m a bit Old School when it comes to certain things, but I remember the days before iPhones and GPS units for cars (man I’m starting to sound like a grandpa here) and having a map to [...]

]]> By: Carl Sagan – Quoted « The Checkerboard Guy’s Blog http://www.checkerhead.com/blog/?p=2173#comment-3172 Carl Sagan – Quoted « The Checkerboard Guy’s Blog Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:36:29 +0000 http://www.checkerhead.com/blog/?p=2173#comment-3172 [...] been ummming and ahhhhing about getting an iPhone for a couple of years and even posted about the temptation and seductive allure of this little electronics beast earlier in the week… It hasn’t even [...] [...] been ummming and ahhhhing about getting an iPhone for a couple of years and even posted about the temptation and seductive allure of this little electronics beast earlier in the week… It hasn’t even [...]

]]> By: cbg http://www.checkerhead.com/blog/?p=2173#comment-3166 cbg Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:39:19 +0000 http://www.checkerhead.com/blog/?p=2173#comment-3166 I decided to resist no longer and picked up a 32 Gig iPhone yesterday... Turns out it didn't end up costing me as much as I thought it would on the data plan front. My wife and I have been with Rogers so long that they wanted to keep us happy... We switched the way our plans were set up and in the end it's costing me less than five bucks more a month for the basic package... I don't anticipate (who knows at this point) going over the basic usage, so I've joined the modern age and as one friend described the iPhone - The Face Eating Robot - has already started to suck up hours of my life... Sure is fun though! I decided to resist no longer and picked up a 32 Gig iPhone yesterday… Turns out it didn’t end up costing me as much as I thought it would on the data plan front. My wife and I have been with Rogers so long that they wanted to keep us happy… We switched the way our plans were set up and in the end it’s costing me less than five bucks more a month for the basic package… I don’t anticipate (who knows at this point) going over the basic usage, so I’ve joined the modern age and as one friend described the iPhone – The Face Eating Robot – has already started to suck up hours of my life… Sure is fun though!

]]> By: Bob Cates http://www.checkerhead.com/blog/?p=2173#comment-3090 Bob Cates Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:54:30 +0000 http://www.checkerhead.com/blog/?p=2173#comment-3090 Hi Dave, I'm in the same position as you are. I've been using a phone I got for 5$ at a garage sale - and it works great. Speaker phone is what I love about it. No data. I already pay $60/month for 250 anytime minutes to north america. Regarding an iphone: I know for a fact the little bugger will cost me $100/month though with the data, and that my friend is a luxury not a need. Here's my take. Wait! This summer Apple is releasing the 4th generation iPHone. 5mp camera, video chat, possible 720p HD video recording. You're only 14 weeks away. Also, for me the one little carrot will be that I'm a bell customer, and they will offer me a $200 credit if I sign a contract. I've been off contract for several years and hate them, but may try to get them to throw me a 300 credit, and then think about the new phone. Maybe. Bob Cates Hi Dave,
I’m in the same position as you are. I’ve been using a phone I got for 5$ at a garage sale – and it works great. Speaker phone is what I love about it. No data. I already pay $60/month for 250 anytime minutes to north america.
Regarding an iphone: I know for a fact the little bugger will cost me $100/month though with the data, and that my friend is a luxury not a need.

Here’s my take.
Wait! This summer Apple is releasing the 4th generation iPHone. 5mp camera, video chat, possible 720p HD video recording. You’re only 14 weeks away.

Also, for me the one little carrot will be that I’m a bell customer, and they will offer me a $200 credit if I sign a contract. I’ve been off contract for several years and hate them, but may try to get them to throw me a 300 credit, and then think about the new phone. Maybe.

Bob Cates

]]> By: cbg http://www.checkerhead.com/blog/?p=2173#comment-2870 cbg Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:01:59 +0000 http://www.checkerhead.com/blog/?p=2173#comment-2870 Dude... I think the iPhone is way more reasonably than leasing a new BMW... That's not even on my radar, though I do appreciate the sentiment about getting the good stuff so you can enjoy it while you're here... You'll no doubt see me toting some sort of smart phone that starts with an i come C.A.M.P. Dude… I think the iPhone is way more reasonably than leasing a new BMW… That’s not even on my radar, though I do appreciate the sentiment about getting the good stuff so you can enjoy it while you’re here… You’ll no doubt see me toting some sort of smart phone that starts with an i come C.A.M.P.

]]> By: Robin Chestnut http://www.checkerhead.com/blog/?p=2173#comment-2867 Robin Chestnut Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:46:40 +0000 http://www.checkerhead.com/blog/?p=2173#comment-2867 I'm not sure what you're waiting for. I've loved the iPhone since I first laid eyes on them, and you contributed to that, having converted me to Mac. Here in Manitoba, the carrier for iPhone (Rogers) does not do well in rural areas, really terrible, and that's where a lot of my gigs are not to mention where I live. Plus I'm tied into a contract on my blackberry which I quite like but not being a big time luddite such as yourself (and I use that word with all due respect), I don't make use of all of it's functionality. Anyways, a buddy of mine and I both came due for a new BBQ, I picked a nice mid range model and made my decision fairly easily. He makes more than me. So he hummed and hawed. Go for the deluxe, or aim for mid-road and save a little cash? I told him two things, you're never going to have the deluxe if you buy the mid-road now, you know, unless your BBQ gets into a terrible accident or something. Plus you're gonna die (eventually), so you may as well enjoy the deluxe now while you can. He bought the deluxe, and not four months later he leased a new BMW ;-) I’m not sure what you’re waiting for. I’ve loved the iPhone since I first laid eyes on them, and you contributed to that, having converted me to Mac.

Here in Manitoba, the carrier for iPhone (Rogers) does not do well in rural areas, really terrible, and that’s where a lot of my gigs are not to mention where I live. Plus I’m tied into a contract on my blackberry which I quite like but not being a big time luddite such as yourself (and I use that word with all due respect), I don’t make use of all of it’s functionality.

Anyways, a buddy of mine and I both came due for a new BBQ, I picked a nice mid range model and made my decision fairly easily. He makes more than me. So he hummed and hawed. Go for the deluxe, or aim for mid-road and save a little cash? I told him two things, you’re never going to have the deluxe if you buy the mid-road now, you know, unless your BBQ gets into a terrible accident or something. Plus you’re gonna die (eventually), so you may as well enjoy the deluxe now while you can.

He bought the deluxe, and not four months later he leased a new BMW ;-)

]]> By: cbg http://www.checkerhead.com/blog/?p=2173#comment-2759 cbg Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:08:07 +0000 http://www.checkerhead.com/blog/?p=2173#comment-2759 Thanks Kim... Everyone else seems to be gushing about their iPhones, so it's good to get a more balanced take on things... Mind you I don't have a Blackberry either, so the step up to Smartphone land will be a major step for someone who's still clinging to the 90s in some regards... Thanks Kim… Everyone else seems to be gushing about their iPhones, so it’s good to get a more balanced take on things… Mind you I don’t have a Blackberry either, so the step up to Smartphone land will be a major step for someone who’s still clinging to the 90s in some regards…

]]> By: Kim Potter http://www.checkerhead.com/blog/?p=2173#comment-2758 Kim Potter Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:03:03 +0000 http://www.checkerhead.com/blog/?p=2173#comment-2758 Hey Dave, As you know, I had an iphone last summer, and it's great... but after a few months of use, I returned to my blackberry... it's just better for 'real' stuff. (contacts, calendar, email, serious text input). But, a a month or so back, I started using my iphone again, essentially as an itouch (though I sometimes throw a sim card in, if I need to connect, away from wifi) At home in NZ, the blackberry is my 'phone' and 'pda' - but I think when I tour, it'll be the iphone. It's just a fantastic multimedia device... with a custom built app for anything you might need to achieve. I recently played a live music gig SOLELY on the iphone, using the "beatmaker" app. The apps I use most often: my6sense, tweetdeck, shazam, pixelpipe, nimbuzz/fring, genius. It's a complex world. Hey Dave,

As you know, I had an iphone last summer, and it’s great… but after a few months of use, I returned to my blackberry… it’s just better for ‘real’ stuff. (contacts, calendar, email, serious text input).

But, a a month or so back, I started using my iphone again, essentially as an itouch (though I sometimes throw a sim card in, if I need to connect, away from wifi)

At home in NZ, the blackberry is my ‘phone’ and ‘pda’ – but I think when I tour, it’ll be the iphone.

It’s just a fantastic multimedia device… with a custom built app for anything you might need to achieve. I recently played a live music gig SOLELY on the iphone, using the “beatmaker” app.

The apps I use most often: my6sense, tweetdeck, shazam, pixelpipe, nimbuzz/fring, genius.

It’s a complex world.

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