OSNews > Thread > "oh yea!" by beosguy@gmail.com

Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 13th Jan 2009 22:37 UTC

While we're on the subject of netbooks today, I ran across a story by Ars Technica's Erica Sadun, who writes for Ars' Infinite Loop (Apple) section. She poses that Apple already sells a netbook: the iPod Touch and the iPhone. I've heard many people make this claim before (including Steve Jobs himself), but I find it very hard to see the iPod Touch and the iPhone as netbooks.

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oh yea!

by beosguy@gmail.com on Tue 13th Jan 2009 22:57 UTC

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2008-07-17

my net book with 160gb hd.. has tons of XP progams, docs, games, MP3s, some movies and MSoffice2003...
Can an ipod do that ? Why buy an Ipod or Iphone when
my netbook can do all this while an Iphone cant....

Besides ... do i really need a phone every breathing
hour in my life. I grew up when phones were a home appliance.. its still a home appliance. Sorry Steve!

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RE: oh yea!

by Macrat on Wed 14th Jan 2009 00:00 in reply to "oh yea!"

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2006-03-27

So you're saying that a Netbook running Linux can't be called a Netbook because it doesn't run Microsoft software?

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by darknexus on Wed 14th Jan 2009 00:16 in reply to "RE: oh yea!"

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2008-07-15

So you're saying that a Netbook running Linux can't be called a Netbook because it doesn't run Microsoft software?

Where, exactly, did you come up with that idea? I don't see the connection.

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by Laurence on Wed 14th Jan 2009 03:27 in reply to "oh yea!"

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2007-03-26

I can't speak for the iPhone, but my PDA can and that's a few years old now.

As I said in an earlier post - I think the difference is down to ergonomics (appolagies for the poor spelling) rather than software.
One device is designed to be opperated from the palm and the other from the lap / tabletop.

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RE: oh yea!

by middleware on Wed 14th Jan 2009 05:32 in reply to "oh yea!"

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2006-05-11

iPod touch is not a Netbook. But that does not necessarily mean there is not a reason to buy it. Tons of reasons.

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RE: oh yea!

by dagw on Wed 14th Jan 2009 11:07 in reply to "oh yea!"

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2005-07-06

Besides ... do i really need a phone every brathing
hour in my life. I grew up when phones were a home appliance

If the phone aspect of the iPhone offends you so much, you can either buy an iPod touch or simply turn off the phone function on your iPhone when not at home.

My cell phone is turned on and with me 24/7, that doesn't in any way mean I'm willing to accept calls 24/7. Some times having access to phone when you're out of the house is really quite handy.

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