http://www.androidguys.com/2010/03/15/inventor-cellphone-dumps-iphone-embraces-android/

Inventor of Cellphone Dumps IPhone, Embraces Android

It turns out that Martin Cooper, the man who invented the cell phone, is the 
proud owner of a Motorola Droid!  In a story which aired on C-SPAN,  Martin 
discussed the politics of cellphones, as well as his current device.  He 
went on to state that he used to have an iPhone, but gave it to his grandson 
for a birthday gift.  Can anyone guess his biggest use for the Droid? 
Tweeting!  Check out the video below to see a portion of the interview! 

In article <v7Lzn.120212$mn6.60342@newsfe07.iad>,
 "Rotten Apple" <rotten@pple.com> wrote:

> http://www.androidguys.com/2010/03/15/inventor-cellphone-dumps-iphone-embraces
> -android/
> 
> Inventor of Cellphone Dumps IPhone, Embraces Android
> 
> It turns out that Martin Cooper, the man who invented the cell phone, is the 
> proud owner of a Motorola Droid!  In a story which aired on C-SPAN,  Martin 
> discussed the politics of cellphones, as well as his current device.  He 
> went on to state that he used to have an iPhone, but gave it to his grandson 
> for a birthday gift.  Can anyone guess his biggest use for the Droid? 
> Tweeting!  Check out the video below to see a portion of the interview! 

It turns out that:

'it would seem his adoption of the DROID has nothing to do with 
preference. Cooper says he's just using it to say he's tried it out.

"I always have the latest cell phone, and I try every cell phone out, 
only because people like you keep asking me," he explained. Right now 
I'm using the Droid, because I want to get some experience with the 
Android operating system, and I, so far, have some favorable results."'

<http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Martin-Cooper-iPhone-DROID-inventor,news-611
1.html>

-- 
"The iPhone doesn't have a speaker phone" -- "I checked very carefully" -- 
"I checked Apple's web pages" -- Edwin on the iPhone 
"It is Mac OS X, not BSD.' -- 'From Mac OS to BSD Unix." -- "It's BSD Unix with Apple's APIs and GUI on top of it' -- 'nothing but BSD Unix' (Edwin on Mac OS X) 
'[The IBM PC] could boot multiple OS, such as DOS, C/PM, GEM, etc.' -- 
'I claimed nothing about GEM other than it was available software for the 
IBM PC. (Edwin on GEM) 
'Solaris is just a marketing rename of Sun OS.' -- 'Sun OS is not included 
on the timeline of Solaris because it's a different OS.' (Edwin on Sun) 

"Alan Baker" <alangbaker@telus.net> wrote in message 
news:alangbaker-E59F65.18492621042010@news.shawcable.com...
> In article <v7Lzn.120212$mn6.60342@newsfe07.iad>,
> "Rotten Apple" <rotten@pple.com> wrote:
>
>> http://www.androidguys.com/2010/03/15/inventor-cellphone-dumps-iphone-embraces
>> -android/
>>
>> Inventor of Cellphone Dumps IPhone, Embraces Android
>>
>> It turns out that Martin Cooper, the man who invented the cell phone, is 
>> the
>> proud owner of a Motorola Droid!  In a story which aired on C-SPAN, 
>> Martin
>> discussed the politics of cellphones, as well as his current device.  He
>> went on to state that he used to have an iPhone, but gave it to his 
>> grandson
>> for a birthday gift.  Can anyone guess his biggest use for the Droid?
>> Tweeting!  Check out the video below to see a portion of the interview!
>
> It turns out that:
>
> 'it would seem his adoption of the DROID has nothing to do with
> preference. Cooper says he's just using it to say he's tried it out.
>
> "I always have the latest cell phone, and I try every cell phone out,
> only because people like you keep asking me," he explained. Right now
> I'm using the Droid, because I want to get some experience with the
> Android operating system, and I, so far, have some favorable results."'
>
> <http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Martin-Cooper-iPhone-DROID-inventor,news-611
> 1.html>

http://www.forbes.com/2008/10/28/cooper-cell-inventor-tech-wire-cx_ag_1028cooper.html

Cellphone Inventor Knocks iPhone

He also praised Google's (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people ) Android operating
system as an example of the sort of open operating system that would allow
for the full potential of wireless devices.

But the cellphone patriarch had less kind words for the smart phones that
Android runs on and even fewer for the iPhone. Cooper advocates simpler,
specialized devices--his wife is the creator of the Jitterbug, a
hyper-simple phone for the elderly.

In an interview with Forbes.com following his talk, Cooper said that he had
used an iPhone for a few weeks before handing it off to his grandson, saying
that he couldn't navigate its contacts and that its shape and cell service
made it a sub-standard phone. "A phone that's an Internet appliance, an MP3
player, a camera and a whole bunch of other functions doesn't make a lot of
sense," he said. "You try to build a universal device that does all things
for all people, and guess what? It doesn't do anything very well."

"Rotten Apple" <rotten@pple.com> writes:

> "Alan Baker" <alangbaker@telus.net> wrote in message 
> news:alangbaker-E59F65.18492621042010@news.shawcable.com...
>> In article <v7Lzn.120212$mn6.60342@newsfe07.iad>,
>> "Rotten Apple" <rotten@pple.com> wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.androidguys.com/2010/03/15/inventor-cellphone-dumps-iphone-embraces
>>> -android/
>>>
>>> Inventor of Cellphone Dumps IPhone, Embraces Android
>>>
>>> It turns out that Martin Cooper, the man who invented the cell phone, is 
>>> the
>>> proud owner of a Motorola Droid!  In a story which aired on C-SPAN, 
>>> Martin
>>> discussed the politics of cellphones, as well as his current device.  He
>>> went on to state that he used to have an iPhone, but gave it to his 
>>> grandson
>>> for a birthday gift.  Can anyone guess his biggest use for the Droid?
>>> Tweeting!  Check out the video below to see a portion of the interview!
>>
>> It turns out that:
>>
>> 'it would seem his adoption of the DROID has nothing to do with
>> preference. Cooper says he's just using it to say he's tried it out.
>>
>> "I always have the latest cell phone, and I try every cell phone out,
>> only because people like you keep asking me," he explained. Right now
>> I'm using the Droid, because I want to get some experience with the
>> Android operating system, and I, so far, have some favorable results."'
>>
>> <http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Martin-Cooper-iPhone-DROID-inventor,news-611
>> 1.html>
>
> http://www.forbes.com/2008/10/28/cooper-cell-inventor-tech-wire-cx_ag_1028cooper.html
>
> Cellphone Inventor Knocks iPhone
>
> He also praised Google's (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people ) Android operating
> system as an example of the sort of open operating system that would allow
> for the full potential of wireless devices.
>
> But the cellphone patriarch had less kind words for the smart phones that
> Android runs on and even fewer for the iPhone. Cooper advocates simpler,
> specialized devices--his wife is the creator of the Jitterbug, a
> hyper-simple phone for the elderly.
>
> In an interview with Forbes.com following his talk, Cooper said that he had
> used an iPhone for a few weeks before handing it off to his grandson, saying
> that he couldn't navigate its contacts and that its shape and cell service
> made it a sub-standard phone. "A phone that's an Internet appliance, an MP3
> player, a camera and a whole bunch of other functions doesn't make a lot of
> sense," he said. "You try to build a universal device that does all things
> for all people, and guess what? It doesn't do anything very well."

Another anti Apple post.

In article <dcYzn.202575$Ye4.70064@newsfe11.iad>,
 "Rotten Apple" <rotten@pple.com> wrote:

> "Alan Baker" <alangbaker@telus.net> wrote in message 
> news:alangbaker-E59F65.18492621042010@news.shawcable.com...
> > In article <v7Lzn.120212$mn6.60342@newsfe07.iad>,
> > "Rotten Apple" <rotten@pple.com> wrote:
> >
> >> http://www.androidguys.com/2010/03/15/inventor-cellphone-dumps-iphone-embra
> >> ces
> >> -android/
> >>
> >> Inventor of Cellphone Dumps IPhone, Embraces Android
> >>
> >> It turns out that Martin Cooper, the man who invented the cell phone, is 
> >> the
> >> proud owner of a Motorola Droid!  In a story which aired on C-SPAN, 
> >> Martin
> >> discussed the politics of cellphones, as well as his current device.  He
> >> went on to state that he used to have an iPhone, but gave it to his 
> >> grandson
> >> for a birthday gift.  Can anyone guess his biggest use for the Droid?
> >> Tweeting!  Check out the video below to see a portion of the interview!
> >
> > It turns out that:
> >
> > 'it would seem his adoption of the DROID has nothing to do with
> > preference. Cooper says he's just using it to say he's tried it out.
> >
> > "I always have the latest cell phone, and I try every cell phone out,
> > only because people like you keep asking me," he explained. Right now
> > I'm using the Droid, because I want to get some experience with the
> > Android operating system, and I, so far, have some favorable results."'
> >
> > <http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Martin-Cooper-iPhone-DROID-inventor,news-611
> > 1.html>
> 
> http://www.forbes.com/2008/10/28/cooper-cell-inventor-tech-wire-cx_ag_1028coop
> er.html
> 
> Cellphone Inventor Knocks iPhone
> 
> He also praised Google's (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people ) Android operating
> system as an example of the sort of open operating system that would allow
> for the full potential of wireless devices.
> 
> But the cellphone patriarch had less kind words for the smart phones that
> Android runs on and even fewer for the iPhone. Cooper advocates simpler,
> specialized devices--his wife is the creator of the Jitterbug, a
> hyper-simple phone for the elderly.
> 
> In an interview with Forbes.com following his talk, Cooper said that he had
> used an iPhone for a few weeks before handing it off to his grandson, saying
> that he couldn't navigate its contacts and that its shape and cell service
> made it a sub-standard phone. "A phone that's an Internet appliance, an MP3
> player, a camera and a whole bunch of other functions doesn't make a lot of
> sense," he said. "You try to build a universal device that does all things
> for all people, and guess what? It doesn't do anything very well."

Yes, you already posted that, Edwin.

He doesn't like multi-function phones.

Next.

-- 
"The iPhone doesn't have a speaker phone" -- "I checked very carefully" -- 
"I checked Apple's web pages" -- Edwin on the iPhone 
"It is Mac OS X, not BSD.' -- 'From Mac OS to BSD Unix." -- "It's BSD Unix with Apple's APIs and GUI on top of it' -- 'nothing but BSD Unix' (Edwin on Mac OS X) 
'[The IBM PC] could boot multiple OS, such as DOS, C/PM, GEM, etc.' -- 
'I claimed nothing about GEM other than it was available software for the 
IBM PC. (Edwin on GEM) 
'Solaris is just a marketing rename of Sun OS.' -- 'Sun OS is not included 
on the timeline of Solaris because it's a different OS.' (Edwin on Sun) 

"Alan Baker" <alangbaker@telus.net> wrote in message 
news:alangbaker-F3D3DB.10541522042010@news.shawcable.com...
> In article <dcYzn.202575$Ye4.70064@newsfe11.iad>,
> "Rotten Apple" <rotten@pple.com> wrote:
>
>> "Alan Baker" <alangbaker@telus.net> wrote in message
>> news:alangbaker-E59F65.18492621042010@news.shawcable.com...
>> > In article <v7Lzn.120212$mn6.60342@newsfe07.iad>,
>> > "Rotten Apple" <rotten@pple.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> http://www.androidguys.com/2010/03/15/inventor-cellphone-dumps-iphone-embra
>> >> ces
>> >> -android/
>> >>
>> >> Inventor of Cellphone Dumps IPhone, Embraces Android
>> >>
>> >> It turns out that Martin Cooper, the man who invented the cell phone, 
>> >> is
>> >> the
>> >> proud owner of a Motorola Droid!  In a story which aired on C-SPAN,
>> >> Martin
>> >> discussed the politics of cellphones, as well as his current device. 
>> >> He
>> >> went on to state that he used to have an iPhone, but gave it to his
>> >> grandson
>> >> for a birthday gift.  Can anyone guess his biggest use for the Droid?
>> >> Tweeting!  Check out the video below to see a portion of the 
>> >> interview!
>> >
>> > It turns out that:
>> >
>> > 'it would seem his adoption of the DROID has nothing to do with
>> > preference. Cooper says he's just using it to say he's tried it out.
>> >
>> > "I always have the latest cell phone, and I try every cell phone out,
>> > only because people like you keep asking me," he explained. Right now
>> > I'm using the Droid, because I want to get some experience with the
>> > Android operating system, and I, so far, have some favorable results."'
>> >
>> > <http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Martin-Cooper-iPhone-DROID-inventor,news-611
>> > 1.html>
>>
>> http://www.forbes.com/2008/10/28/cooper-cell-inventor-tech-wire-cx_ag_1028coop
>> er.html
>>
>> Cellphone Inventor Knocks iPhone
>>
>> He also praised Google's (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people ) Android 
>> operating
>> system as an example of the sort of open operating system that would 
>> allow
>> for the full potential of wireless devices.
>>
>> But the cellphone patriarch had less kind words for the smart phones that
>> Android runs on and even fewer for the iPhone. Cooper advocates simpler,
>> specialized devices--his wife is the creator of the Jitterbug, a
>> hyper-simple phone for the elderly.
>>
>> In an interview with Forbes.com following his talk, Cooper said that he 
>> had
>> used an iPhone for a few weeks before handing it off to his grandson, 
>> saying
>> that he couldn't navigate its contacts and that its shape and cell 
>> service
>> made it a sub-standard phone. "A phone that's an Internet appliance, an 
>> MP3
>> player, a camera and a whole bunch of other functions doesn't make a lot 
>> of
>> sense," he said. "You try to build a universal device that does all 
>> things
>> for all people, and guess what? It doesn't do anything very well."
>
> Yes, you already posted that, Edwin.

Yet you still can't understand it.

> He doesn't like multi-function phones.

"In an interview with Forbes.com following his talk, Cooper said that he had
used an iPhone for a few weeks before handing it off to his grandson, saying
that he couldn't navigate its contacts and that its shape and cell service
made it a sub-standard phone."

He doesn't like the sub-standard iPhone.

> Next.

"He also praised Google's (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people ) Android operating
system as an example of the sort of open operating system that would allow
for the full potential of wireless devices."