And I didn't wake up either.

In 1972, my own T.R.O.L.L. Assoc. company's ball-point pencils came with the challenge "Kiss My Bits!" (until a Frenchman told me that "Bits" was a French colloquialism for "penis"). Such ingenuous learning is very effective.

Ingenuous is why I'm here. Just in time, too.

Steve Jobs, Apple CEO, made me cry once again, this January 2007, when I saw his iPhone Keynote from MacWorld, streamed out on the Internet from Apple. That will be a historic presentation. Ye, of faltering faith, shall see.

feed://[Link: apple.com]

On this day, 17Jan2007, that feed offers, among other topics, the following:

"Apple Reinvents the Phone With iPhone
Jan 9, 11:44
Apple today introduced iPhone, combining three products — a revolutionary mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls, and a breakthrough Internet communications device with desktop-class email, web browsing, searching, and maps — into one small and lightweight handheld device. Cingular, the largest wireless carrier in the U.S., will be Apple’s exclusive U.S. carrier partner for Apple’s revolutionary iPhone. Read more…"

In 1972, I was there, at Douglas Englebart's Palo Alto home. I had asked him if the Augmented Human Intellect System he'd produced at Stanford Research Institute (SRI) could be so much more productive that the Infonauts (my invented term) could outdistance all others so fast that the others (such as the Socialist Bloc) could never catch up. He said, "No. The leaders always stumble."

His "Infonauts" quit work whenever the Human Intellect System went down. They were so productive using the system, retreating to paperwork was, simply, out ot the question.

I had just used the mouse (Englbart invented the mouse and pioneered the Internet.} on the minicomputer point-and-click multi-terminal Augmented Human Intellect System he had adapted from the nearby Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). Apple Computer's Lisa, then Macintosh, similarly adapted that PARC system.

I am now pointing-and-clicking on my 13 Macintosh Apple home T.R.O.L.L. Associates Garbogie Internet Station. It helps if, like me of great faith, one had invested in 10,000 shares of Apple when a share cost $7.50. Jobs has been good for me.

My home network can quite easily encouraged to operate like an IR Remote Control (but I still use IR Remotes). The iPhone can easily be adapted to Remote Control service by placing the right call with one touch.

Even though my Internet phone lines have free long distance, I look forward to an iPhone option for cordless connection to my home phone lines.

Well I got lost after the first sentence, which probably isn't surprising since I don't seem to share the same enthusiasm as everyone else. Nonetheless welcome, between your post and your “about me” notes, I believe you’ll fit in here quite well.

you are not the only one, not that I have anything against it, but for me flash and stuff are not as important as how it works. What range.... answers that cannot be given at a marketing presentation. Please take it as it is meant, speed dial is cool :) but any phone can do it. Until I know the phone part is beyond other phones, the PDA part is more then others being slimmer and fancier screen are good but not what I will use when it comes to buy.

Anthony, you just wrote, "Until I know the phone part is beyond other phones, the PDA part is more then others being slimmer and fancier screen are good but not what I will use when it comes to buy."

So, to feel that I am of some help, I respond to your comment above, "Until I know . . . . . . not what I will use when it comes to buy.", I offer you a feed:

feed://[Link: apple.com]

On this day, 17Jan2007, that feed offers, among other topics, the following:

"Apple Reinvents the Phone With iPhone
Jan 9, 11:44
Apple today introduced iPhone, combining three products — a revolutionary mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls, and a breakthrough Internet communications device with desktop-class email, web browsing, searching, and maps — into one small and lightweight handheld device. Cingular, the largest wireless carrier in the U.S., will be Apple’s exclusive U.S. carrier partner for Apple’s revolutionary iPhone. Read more…"

David of Hereford:

In your public relations role, you wrote that, "I believe you’ll fit in here quite well."

I have another neighbor, a Brit, whose classic comments often say more than just her words alone.

I am a Finnish-Swede (Steinback, corrected to Stenback, is Swedish for "Stone Hill"). Finnish ("Suomea", we say), my first language, preceeded my bemused encounter with what is now called "English".

No stranger to British insinuation, I inquire what "here" do you mean when you say "fit in here quite well"?

Until I know the screen's not going to bust and scratch all up when in a pocket full of change and keys, and for that matter that it's going to feel comfortable in a pocket at all, I am not interested. I'll stick with the razr.

I'm afraid dear old Johnny foreigner at the EU doesn't allow us to incinerate much at all these days. So though I'm guilty of the odd allusion or three (too subtle for some I fear, but then you lost me too) this particular "here" simply meant "here" - in this ‘ere place/post/forum/website.

Would you guys mind writing this thread over in good ol' American english, because you 2 freakin' lost me about six posts ago...?

How does "Redneck" sound . . .

ah's afraid dear old Johnny-Boy fo'eigner at th' EU don't aller us t'incinerate much at all these days. So though ah's guilty of th' odd allushun o' three (too subtle fo' some ah fear, but then yo' lost me too) this hyar particular "har" simply meant "har" - in this hyar ‘ere place/post/fo'um/website.

Wow deej, that was harsh ;)

as johnny said ..flame on