Originally Posted By fkurucz >>I would really like to learn how to save money. I should make that a goal for this year.<< Like vb said, you have to pay yourself first. 401(k)s work well in this regard because he money is deducted from your paycheck and also because its a retirement plan you can't just make withdrawals. Also if your employer offers to match all or part of your contribtion then that's free money. You can take loans from it, but that is not a good idea, especially if you change jobs evry few years (unpaid balances can become taxable income).
Originally Posted By mrichmondj << They don't have built in GPS. For the price they are charging? Not worth it. >> That would be odd since U.S. regulations require all phones now to have "GPS" services. For what it's worth, the location services on phones are usually not GPS -- they use triangulation of the wireless signals from multiple cell towers to calculate a position. That's why the "GPS" services on cell phones are able to work indoors where there is no line of sight to a GPS satellite. I expect the iPhone will have the same location-finding features of every other cell phone on the market considering it is a federal regulation that those features are required in the U.S.
Originally Posted By jonvn "I expect the iPhone will have the same location-finding features of every other cell phone on the market" I'm not going to argue. Read this: <a href="http://www.gpsreview.net/apple-iphone-gps/" target="_blank">http://www.gpsreview.net/apple -iphone-gps/</a>
Originally Posted By mrichmondj No need to argue. The article you posted said exactly the same thing I did.
Originally Posted By jonvn Well, no, it didn't. It said that the phone doesn't have GPS capability. Yes, phones can triangulate based on federal requirements, but that doesn't mean you can use it at all. Which you can on other phones. It doesn't have GPS capability, it has mapping software, but no way to connect you to where you are on the map. For $600. No thanks.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA I'm spending $600 on an iPhone because I want to look cool. And I'm thinking with that, and my good looks, it's a slam dunk.
Originally Posted By mrichmondj Most of the phones on the market today with the mapping software use the triangulation of cell phone signals vice satellite GPS technology. A true GPS phone wouldn't be all that practical unless you always had line of sight to the satellite. I've seen wireless GPS receivers that you can connect to you phone via bluetooth. Those are nice in the car, but not very practical anywhere else. It sounds to me like iPhone geeks are expecting this phone to have unrealistic features that aren't necessary considering that the triangulation method works about as well as you need it to for this sort of thing.
Originally Posted By jonvn Yes, it's true. I don't know a single woman who would not have you because you had an iPhone.
Originally Posted By jonvn "Most of the phones on the market today with the mapping software use the triangulation of cell phone signals vice satellite GPS technology." OK. This one doesn't.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <I'm spending $600 on an iPhone because I want to look cool. < is there any other reason we buy this stuff ?
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder I don't own an ipod and have no plans to buy an iphone. I barely use my cell phone. Call me crazy.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I rarely buy any of this stuff when it first comes out - the price always drops and it usually gets better. I have a first-generation ipod, only because my spouse thought I'd want to have one, and so it was my major Christmas gift that year. Well, it was fine, and I guess I looked cool with it briefly... until the next generations of ipods came out at half the size and twice the capacity.
Originally Posted By jonvn I have an ipod. I have taken every CD i own, ripped it and put it on the ipod. I no longer buy CDs. For that reason, it suits me quite well.
Originally Posted By Mr X You know, my phone here in Japan was supposedly the first model to feature GPS (it's got it's own special button and everything), but I never use it. Go figure. As for the iPhone, I don't think lack of GPS is going to matter much. What DOES concern me is the lack of any tactile "feel". I noticed last night while sending a text message on my phone that I NEVER look at the keys...I feel them, and look at the display as I'm writing to check for any errors (or sometimes I don't look at all). I'm pretty fast. I can't see people being able to do that with only the touch screen. Oh yeah, and I have some savings. But I'm thinking of blowing it all on an extravagant 10 week first class vacation to the South Pacific for me and my whole family. Or maybe taking it all to Vegas or Macau and betting on black over and over til I'm rich or broke. Since Uncle Sam will take care of me when I retire anyway...
