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Riederalp Mörel claims to be the first mountain region in Switzerland to feature free Internet access across its territory. 50 antennas have been built in the resort, to offer free wireless access to Internet to all guests and locals...
http://www.riederalp.ch/winter.php
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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admin, That's awesome, good for them!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Hope other resorts follow their lead. It will make it easier for real-time snow reports on snowheads from wifi equipped smart phones 
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rob@rar, you going to queue for an Apple iPhone? 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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laundryman, He'll be behind me.
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SMALLZOOKEEPER, Jobs dropped a hint that interaces will be opened up - I think that has to happen, to compete properly with Symbian-based phones - which is when I'll get really interested. In the meantime, I'll probably get one for evaluation purposes! 
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laundryman, I understood 30% of the above post, i'll be making calls, googling, taking photos and listing to tunes.
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SMALLZOOKEEPER, at the mo, you can't load 3rd party programs (such as games), or even ringtones, onto the iPhone.
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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laundryman, Not really my thing, i just hope it's shock proof and a little water resistant.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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The iPhone will be 3G by the time it launches with Vodafone in Western Europe in Nov.
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| Whitegold wrote: |
| The iPhone will be 3G by the time it launches with Vodafone in Western Europe in Nov. |
I hope so. Steve Jobs recently explained it's omission on the launch model was because of the higher power requirement and physical size of the 3G circuitry.
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You know it makes sense.
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Interesting to hear talk of 3G I understood all the development was going into 4G and 3 had been written off as a bad job?
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| rob@rar wrote: |
| Whitegold wrote: |
| The iPhone will be 3G by the time it launches with Vodafone in Western Europe in Nov. |
I hope so. Steve Jobs recently explained it's omission on the launch model was because of the higher power requirement and physical size of the 3G circuitry. |
Chances are the touchscreen will suck, though.
Anyone interested in texting may find it unsatisfying.
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Poster: A snowHead
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| Whitegold wrote: |
Chances are the touchscreen will suck, though.
Anyone interested in texting may find it unsatisfying. |
The reviews in the US in the last day or two have been very positive about day-to-day use of the phone. They've said that not everything is perfect, but it deserves the hype that it's been getting in recent weeks.
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brian
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| rob@rar wrote: |
| Whitegold wrote: |
Chances are the touchscreen will suck, though.
Anyone interested in texting may find it unsatisfying. |
The reviews in the US in the last day or two have been very positive about day-to-day use of the phone. They've said that not everything is perfect, but it deserves the hype that it's been getting in recent weeks. |
Most criticized the touchscreen. There is no visual, audio or tactile feedback from the virtual keyboard. The virtual keys will likely be unrewarding or tricky to press.
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Most criticized the touchscreen. There is no visual, audio or tactile feedback from the virtual keyboard. The virtual keys will likely be unrewarding or tricky to press.
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Who are those "most"?
iPod control has no audio, visual or tactile feedback either. That didn't stop herds of people from using it and enjoying it.
Many bank machine (in NY) also have touch screen. So are the subway (tube) ticket machine. Although they have audio feedback, but it's largely unaudible due to the high surrounding noise these machines are installed. One can quickly learn to "type" with a rhythm and the lack of feed back doesn't really matter all that much.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| abc wrote: |
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Most criticized the touchscreen. There is no visual, audio or tactile feedback from the virtual keyboard. The virtual keys will likely be unrewarding or tricky to press.
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Who are those "most"?
iPod control has no audio, visual or tactile feedback either. That didn't stop herds of people from using it and enjoying it.
Many bank machine (in NY) also have touch screen. So are the subway (tube) ticket machine. Although they have audio feedback, but it's largely unaudible due to the high surrounding noise these machines are installed. One can quickly learn to "type" with a rhythm and the lack of feed back doesn't really matter all that much. |
The iPod scroller clicks. That is tactile feedback.
Phones are very personal devices. The user-experience has to be much higher than an occasional-use ATM. You make an invalid comparison.
I have an HTC Touch, an LG Chocolate and an LG Prada. Their touchscreens suck. The iPhone's will, too.
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Their touchscreens suck. The iPhone's will, too.
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Have you used one yet?
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| Whitegold wrote: |
| I have an HTC Touch, an LG Chocolate and an LG Prada. Their touchscreens suck. The iPhone's will, too. |
Is there a phone which has a better keyboard and a large screen and has the same small size as the iPhone? Inevitably compromises have to be made with small devices, and for me I'm happy to have a a touchscreen keyboard with the inevitable loss of feedback because my priority is for a large screen. Perhaps for Whitegold the priority will be a tactile keyboard in which case the iPhone isn't for him, despite, as I said earlier, the majority of the early reviews being, on balance, very positive.
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| rob@rar wrote: |
| Is there a phone which has a better keyboard and a large screen |
Pre-camera phones all I ever wanted was a big display with at least 12 digits on 1 line, I always thought it stupid that a typical 11 digit UK phone number was split across 2 lines 
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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Resort-wide free wifi..... I think my dream has just come true!
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FAQ
From what I've seen it does everything I need out of the box (except for fast data download via 3G) so the lack of third-party applications isn't an issue for me.
