Comments on: Has the iPhone jumped the shark? http://thewayoftheweb.net/2009/11/has-the-iphone-jumped-the-shark/ The digital convergence of media, entertainment, marketing and PR Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:39:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Dan Thornton http://thewayoftheweb.net/2009/11/has-the-iphone-jumped-the-shark/comment-page-1/#comment-5246 Dan Thornton Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:02:44 +0000 http://thewayoftheweb.net/?p=1223#comment-5246 Cheers for sharing, and sorry to hear you phone got pinched. If I'm going to buy a new phone, this second, with my own money, I'd be likely to go straight for the HTC Hero - the Dragon and Droid are interesting, and certainly one of the key things for me is battery life.<br>The only other solution, which is what I currently do, is to carry two phones - one smart phone for working/emailing/photography etc, and one 'dumbphone', in this case an old Sony Eriksson walkman phone, which I can charge for 3 or 4 days of use, and use for listening to the odd podcast or album when there's nothing else around... And the best thing is that it's on Pay-As-You-Go, so it costs me nothing and means I can always be alerted by key people in an emergency without having any battery problems... Cheers for sharing, and sorry to hear you phone got pinched. If I'm going to buy a new phone, this second, with my own money, I'd be likely to go straight for the HTC Hero – the Dragon and Droid are interesting, and certainly one of the key things for me is battery life.
The only other solution, which is what I currently do, is to carry two phones – one smart phone for working/emailing/photography etc, and one 'dumbphone', in this case an old Sony Eriksson walkman phone, which I can charge for 3 or 4 days of use, and use for listening to the odd podcast or album when there's nothing else around… And the best thing is that it's on Pay-As-You-Go, so it costs me nothing and means I can always be alerted by key people in an emergency without having any battery problems…

]]> By: Andrew Girdwood http://thewayoftheweb.net/2009/11/has-the-iphone-jumped-the-shark/comment-page-1/#comment-5238 Andrew Girdwood Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:41:29 +0000 http://thewayoftheweb.net/?p=1223#comment-5238 I had my iPhone stolen a year ago. I was so frustrated with it (partly an anger response after the theft) that I didn't replace it. The battery died so quickly I had it a case that contained a spare battery and a solar panel. <br><br>I went with a Sony Ericsson X1. I like the phone but it comes with Windows Mobile.<br><br>There's little chance I'll go back to the current crop of iPhones. Exactly as your post touches on.. I'm currently trying to wait for the HTC Dragon (or perhaps the X10). Geek friends have all bought the HTC Hero recently in favour of the iPhone. I had my iPhone stolen a year ago. I was so frustrated with it (partly an anger response after the theft) that I didn't replace it. The battery died so quickly I had it a case that contained a spare battery and a solar panel.

I went with a Sony Ericsson X1. I like the phone but it comes with Windows Mobile.

There's little chance I'll go back to the current crop of iPhones. Exactly as your post touches on.. I'm currently trying to wait for the HTC Dragon (or perhaps the X10). Geek friends have all bought the HTC Hero recently in favour of the iPhone.

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