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I'm typing this on my new iPod Touch feel like i'm cheating on my tablet
It's OK, your tablet understands. Before I moved out of the US I was using a blackberry storm to do a lot of stuff I had been using my n800 for. But it looks like my tablet won out the battle in the long haul.
 
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I spent way too much trying to figure out what my needs were. I have a 770, an N810, an EEE PC, and a Samsung U740 flip phone.

The 770 was a novelty because it hadn't been done like that before.

The N810 has barely ever been used (anyone in Toronto want to buy it, it's in brand new condition w/box and all accessories) because 3 generations in scrolling through web pages is still chunky and unbearable most of the time.

The EEE PC was pretty cool for it's portability and being able to sit at a coffee shop or on the balcony and get some decent browsing (I admittedly put Ubuntu on it).

The U740 was a nightmare becase Bell Canada nerfed the permissions and wouldn't let you make actual use of the $15/mo data plan by using internet apps in landscape mode (landscape mode uses the qwerty keyboard, otherwise it's a 10 minute endeavour to type www.google.com). I bought out the contract, stripped down my home phone service (also with Bell) and essentially told them to f*** off.

I got an iPhone. I'll admit it. I hate Apple. I put a piece of black electrical tape over the shiny Apple logo on the back. But I got reasonable rates and something neat on top of it. I can actually browse websites with some measure of speed. Not all of them, but I also realized I'm either mobile or not. I'm never going to stand somewhere and need a site that uses flash for critical elements. It's usually cnn.com's mobile site or something along those lines. When I'm not mobile, that's when I can use my laptop (bought after the EEE PC). I'm satisfied.

I think Apple is ******ed in the hoops they lay out for people to jump through but the overall experience has been better. While I always disagreed that the tablets should have a cellular radio in them, I've changed my mind. It just shouldn't ridiculously inflate the price, ie I could buy one and use as a disconnected tablet if I felt like it without having to sign up for a hellish contract and crappy data rates. Either way, the speed is still something that I'm not completely happy with.
 
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Originally Posted by benny1967 View Post
you earn my deepest respect for being able to type at all on that device.

i tried and failed.

i've done ALL my typing (save for the ordering of my 810) over the past month on a playstation portable (too new to be hacked )

now THATS rough (imo)

its like texting on a one-buttoned cell phone :-/
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Originally Posted by Hedgecore View Post

I got an iPhone. I'll admit it. I hate Apple. I put a piece of black electrical tape over the shiny Apple logo on the back. But I got reasonable rates and something neat on top of it. I can actually browse websites with some measure of speed. Not all of them, but I also realized I'm either mobile or not. I'm never going to stand somewhere and need a site that uses flash for critical elements. It's usually cnn.com's mobile site or something along those lines. When I'm not mobile, that's when I can use my laptop (bought after the EEE PC). I'm satisfied.

I think Apple is ******ed in the hoops they lay out for people to jump through but the overall experience has been better. While I always disagreed that the tablets should have a cellular radio in them, I've changed my mind. It just shouldn't ridiculously inflate the price, ie I could buy one and use as a disconnected tablet if I felt like it without having to sign up for a hellish contract and crappy data rates. Either way, the speed is still something that I'm not completely happy with.
I've been considering an iPhone, but the monthly plan (59.99 a month! ) and the fact that I can't do background apps is bad.

Though if I do get one I think I'll wind up carrying both my tablet and my iPhone and do some tethering.
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