people talk/write about not having a keyboard. when you've learned the system, it's much speedier, intelligent writing software, and the easiest path to detailed...
oh shit, i hate to get into apple discussions. the advantages are so serious, and the opposition so blind, it tears my heart.
Let me put it this way, and now i'm talking about Mac systems as well as the iPhone, but i save thousands of euros a year by not dealing with shit. "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
Would you want to write and edit a thousand words on it?
The Communicator wasn't so bad for emails or sms either. It was also pretty damn convenient as an extended-form idea pad. Notepad is not an equivalent, for all kinds of reasons.
So - less of the 'blind' please. Sometimes if someone doesn't instantly love an Apple product to absolute bits, there may be good practical reasons for that.
I bow to those with far more experience, but in the world-view of unsophisticated but harried drones like me, this is a dream. "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
There was a short learning curve, but I soon got to do it without looking at the screen - which is what I do to surreptitiously make notes in meetings occasionally. I prefer to go to meetings 'naked' - just face, hands and voice. Invite me into a meeting room with heads buried behind laptop screens and I'll ask them 'why didn't we do this online?' You can't be me, I'm taken