Comment Re:One one limitation, easily overcome (Score 1) 452
There are some glaring shortcomings on the iphone. It is not usable as a pda.
1. You can't Copy and Paste
How could they possibly omit this? How can you copy someone's phone number from an email to a contact? or address? Or resend an old email? or edit an email?
2. You can't search for an email - not even like "find emails by John Doe"
3. You can't create a new folder for Pop email (like "old mail" - only supported by the gmail client)
4. You can't sort emails by sender or subject, only by date
5. You can't delete more than 1 email at a time, nor move them to a new folder (because you can't make any new folders)
In a few months, when everyone has been using these for pop email and has a few thousand emails in their inbox, they're going to realize that they are basically stuck this way for the lifetime of the device. You can't delete them, move them, or sort them. Every time you open email you will get thousands of old messages, growing larger every day. Nightmare.
Not usable as a pda. The Palm client Versamail is far more professional and time tested.
1. You can't Copy and Paste
How could they possibly omit this? How can you copy someone's phone number from an email to a contact? or address? Or resend an old email? or edit an email?
2. You can't search for an email - not even like "find emails by John Doe"
3. You can't create a new folder for Pop email (like "old mail" - only supported by the gmail client)
4. You can't sort emails by sender or subject, only by date
5. You can't delete more than 1 email at a time, nor move them to a new folder (because you can't make any new folders)
In a few months, when everyone has been using these for pop email and has a few thousand emails in their inbox, they're going to realize that they are basically stuck this way for the lifetime of the device. You can't delete them, move them, or sort them. Every time you open email you will get thousands of old messages, growing larger every day. Nightmare.
Not usable as a pda. The Palm client Versamail is far more professional and time tested.
