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AppleJockey · May 10, 2006, 08:52 AM

(yes i messed up the poll)

Yes its been asked a million times B4 when it comes to PDA's
but imm going to put it out there again.

I think we can all agree that the day of the PDA is going if not gone.

so we are not looking for another Newton.

but can we say the same for the PDA phone(ie blackberry,treo....)

why no mobile os x?

for those of you that use these smart phones would you buy one?
for those of you

Mastrap · May 10, 2006, 08:54 AM

Originally Posted by AppleJockey

Yes its been asked a million times B4 when it comes to PDA's
but imm going to put it out there again.

Where to even begin?

turtle777 · May 10, 2006, 08:55 AM

Originally Posted by AppleJockey

Yes its been asked a million times B4 when it comes to PDA's
but imm going to put it out there again.
I think we can all agree that the day of the PDA is going if not gone.

Huh ?

I can not agree, neither from a orthographic point of view, nor from a grammatical one.

-t

AppleJockey · May 10, 2006, 08:58 AM

Originally Posted by what_the_heck

Huh ?

I can not agree, neither from a orthographic point of view, nor from a grammatical one.

-t

c what happens when you post @ work.

the nerve of people to ask me to do 4 other things while im trying to start a thread

turtle777 · May 10, 2006, 09:08 AM

Originally Posted by AppleJockey

c what happens when you post @ work.

the nerve of people to ask me to do 4 other things while im trying to start a thread

Well then, don't post.

It's not like we needed this to survive. There are eleventy billion™ threads already on a mobile OS from Apple.

Look at your poll. Pathetic.

-t

turtle777 · May 10, 2006, 09:12 AM

-t

Dark Helmet · May 10, 2006, 09:15 AM

How are you going to get OSX on a tiny screen and memory chip?

Apple should create a totally new OS just for phones.

AppleJockey · May 10, 2006, 09:18 AM

Originally Posted by what_the_heck

Well then, don't post.

It's not like we needed this to survive. There are eleventy billion™ threads already on a mobile OS from Apple.

Look at your poll. Pathetic.

-t

typing tough guy
every board has one

AppleJockey · May 10, 2006, 09:19 AM

Originally Posted by Dark Helmet

Apple should create a totally new OS just for phones.

Splitting hairs

thats what i meant.

Kr0nos · May 10, 2006, 09:34 AM

I would love to see Apple come out with a nicely designed cellphone featuring WiFi/VoIP integration. Maybe even an iChat (or better yet a Skype compatible) client…4 GB HD…I could see myself buying something like that.

AppleJockey · May 10, 2006, 09:41 AM

Originally Posted by Kr0nos

I would love to see Apple come out with a nicely designed cellphone featuring WiFi/VoIP integration. Maybe even an iChat (or better yet a Skype compatible) client…4 GB HD…I could see myself buying something like that.

turtle777 · May 10, 2006, 09:48 AM

Originally Posted by AppleJockey

Methinks you don't know what +1 means...

-t

SpaceMonkey · May 10, 2006, 09:49 AM

Originally Posted by AppleJockey

the nerve of people to ask me to do 4 other things while im trying to start a thread

I had to read this sentence like 5 times before I understood it, because I just assumed the 4 meant "for."

AppleJockey · May 10, 2006, 09:55 AM

Originally Posted by what_the_heck

Methinks you don't know what +1 means...

-t

AppleJockey · May 10, 2006, 09:58 AM

Originally Posted by SpaceMonkey

I had to read this sentence like 5 times before I understood it, because I just assumed the 4 meant "for."

Chuckit · May 10, 2006, 10:16 AM

Originally Posted by what_the_heck

Methinks you don't know what +1 means...

-t

He certainly executed the maneuver correctly.

waxcrash · May 10, 2006, 10:20 AM

I smell smoke…this thread is about to crash and burn.

turtle777 · May 10, 2006, 10:44 AM

Originally Posted by Chuckit

He certainly executed the maneuver correctly.

Yeah, if it wasn't for the fact that he was the threadstarter, and that Kr0nos' post actually made a lot of sense (more than the poll and the first post)

-t

AppleJockey · May 10, 2006, 10:53 AM

Originally Posted by what_the_heck

Yeah, if it wasn't for the fact that he was the threadstarter, and that Kr0nos' post actually made a lot of sense (more than the poll and the first post)

-t

Question for you:
Who makes less sense?

a person who who makes a thread with no sense

or

a person who makes multiple(or even one) posts in a thread they deem has no sense

15 min. not up yet?

Chuckit · May 10, 2006, 11:13 AM

The first one.

Tuoder · May 10, 2006, 11:18 AM

what?

AppleJockey · May 10, 2006, 11:24 AM

Originally Posted by Chuckit

The first one.

...

tooki · May 10, 2006, 11:26 AM

I'm putting this thread out of its misery.

tooki

Millennium · May 10, 2006, 11:42 AM

This seems very unlikely, to say the least. OSX barely manages on a 640x480 screen. Even the largest PDA/cell screens are less than one-quarter of the size.

Then there's the issue of hardware architecture. OSX wasn't made for embedded systems like phones: it's way too resource-intensive. All of the chips that OSX runs on draw way too much power to put into a cell phone, with the possible exception of the G3. You might be able to put a G3 into a cell phone, and this would be Very Cool. The G3 is one of the most powerful chips in the embedded space today, but it still wouldn't be enough to run OSX well. None of this even takes RAM into account; that would just make the problem worse.