Indeed. Nothing beats the Access this webpage On The Iphone story - although this story is basically "You can run this app On The Iphone", which comes pretty close.

Using phones to access the web or run apps stopped being impressive around 2003, and could be done even by dirt cheap "feature" phones by 2005. But now in 2010 with all the Iphone hype, it's like we've gone backwards technologically in terms of phone expectations. Next thing you know, Apple users will be pleased if they can even make a phone call without problems...

But in this thread, the only person offended was someone who was offended over the use of "her".

Or, is this absurd example of political correctness

The only one offended here is you. You're demanded that they change their language, because it offends you. That's political correctness.

What is wrong with the word " their "?

Because there's only one reader? There's no right answer - using singular they to refer to a specific person isn't any better than saying "his" or "her".

I think we come here just to read the commentary from the folks who complain about Apple posts while contributing to the problem.

How does complaining that Slashdot stories shouldn't be used for spam/advertising, add to the problem? Does their response somehow result in more spam stories being posted? That makes no sense.

There are plenty of other sites if you have software to advertise (Download.com, Freshmeat, etc). I write in my spare time for Windows and Symbian (both platforms far bigger than Iphone, incidentally), yet I don't expect Slashdot to cover any releases I make.

I agree, I think I'd always prefer a physical keyboard (especially on a tablet/netbook sized device). I also think that most of the benefit is simply having a touchscreen at all, versus not having a touchscreen; the additional benefit of multitouch seems far less. Plus, I'd rather have a resistive screen so I can have extra precision, and not smear my expensive Nokia 5800 screen with the food I've just been eaten. It annoys me that capacitive is unthinkingly assumed to be superior, when they each have their own advantages.

"Amiga defenders"? Is that like, people who use Amigas in self-defence, or something?

The people who are still whining about the Amiga years later are the annoying ones, you mean. I'm sure you had much better fun with your 286 DOS PC. In 2030, you'll probably still be here criticising the 2010 version of Ubuntu.

How well does the Windows Ubuntu Installer compare?

And I've had to trawl the Internet looking for solutions to Windows problems, whilst Ubuntu works fine.

I don't understand why the argument has to be one versus the other. They're both pretty good these days. Windows is still my preferred OS, but Ubuntu is not as bad as you make out anymore.

I agree - most social networking sites etc have the option to recover or reset passwords via email. So if your email is compromised, then they'll get access to these other sites too, anyway.

Whilst I agree the OP is talking nonsense and I can't stand that kind of response - you're being unfair on Ubuntu. Installation on my thrown-together hardware was as simple on Ubuntu as it was on Windows 7. Drivers were installed automatically just fine.

For codecs, Ubuntu did better - the media player automatically downloads required codes fine. WMP always tries to do this, but I've never once had it succeed, instead leaving me to manually download coded packs from somewhere on the Internet.

The only time I've needed to use the command line is for techy stuff like development, same as I have to on Windows.

I really hoped that Canonical would do for Linux what Apple did for NeXT, but it is pretty obvious now that just ain't gonna be the case.

Add a Fisher Price interface, make it depend on closed source components, and only make it run on expensive PCs that they build? Please no.

Maybe if you are a geek or have a CS degree and don't mind playing "hunt the fix" when the latest updates break your wireless and sound it would be okay, but how many average folks are gonna fit that profile?

This was my view of Ubuntu 8-10 years ago, but not anymore. (It was also my view of DOS/Windows about 15-20 years ago...)

Yes indeed - even among geeks who you'd think should know about technology, it seems to be a common belief that touchscreens are only the domain of expensive Iphones and Android phones. (Hell, it's not uncommon to find people who still think you need a smartphone to use the Internet or run apps, something that's at least 5 years out of date...)

Which kind of phones cause more environmental damage in their production, I'd be curious to know?

I'm not sure what you count as a "low end" phone - in practice, many people would just end up spending more to buy what's in the shop, not wanting a second hand one (either due to risk of it not working properly, or not being bothered to search one out).

It is also false to view low end phones as comparable to older high end phones - this simply isn't true, as new features come onto low end phones very quickly. E.g., 3G phones were available in low end phones in 2005, yet a previous generation of high end smartphones wouldn't have 3G. Nowadays, even the cheapest phone on the market has a touchscreen, yet previous generations of smartphones didn't. The point is, they make the low end phones cheaper by cutting out other things (e.g., lower end hardware, lacking features like wifi and gps).

And your argument would apply to all but the very latest phones anyway - if you can get a high end phone second hand, surely production should be banned, by your logic?

Indeed - the UK had no trouble blocking an (entirely legal) Wikipedia page. They were only found out because Wikipedia admins spotted a problem with accesses from the UK; to the viewer, it's just a silent false 404 that you get.

Thank you Mr False Dichotomy. Obviously the only possibilities here are not posting anything at all about yourself and doing everything as an Anonymous Coward; and "publishing every detail of their personal life for the world to see".

The point here is that even if people are sharing something seemingly harmless like a bunch photos (not because they are "micro-celebrity wannabes", but because some people have friends), it can have adverse effects, which isn't immediately obvious. How do we make people aware of this issue? Perhaps by publishing stories like this.

but I hope you are not the economical advisory for any kind of software company.

Given the share and growth of Apple compared with Nokia and Android, I hope that you're not an economical advisory.

Whether you like it or not, the iOS devices are a huge phenomena

A billion dollar company is a huge phenomena - so? Lots of big companies are huge phenomena. Whether you like it or not, Nokia, RIM and now Android are even bigger phenomena. Lots of other products are huge phenomena. Why do Apple alone deserve praise for this? They're not some small startup.

If you ignore them as a developer, you are a fool.

Yet developers seem happy to ignore all but 3% of the market when writing only for the Iphone. *shrugs* When I write with Nokia's Qt, I get near 100% of the desktop market (Windows, Linux, OS X) and ~50% of the smartphone market (Symbian, Maemo).

However, I don't go around throwing playground insults on people, just because they develop for a different platform.