The day the world changed

I already have a SmartPhone and a LISA , why should I want the kludge of the two?

For those that are not old enough to remember, Mr. Jobs seems to be recycling his own Tunnel-Vision based Spin and Hype. Way back in the 1980's Mr. Job and Crew touted LISA as THE New Wave of Personal Computing, destined to Change the World! It didn't.

In fact the Radio Shack TRS 80, Atari 64 and Osborne were more user friendly. The Digital Rainbow 100 and 200 could interface directly with the PDP-11/20 Mainframes. Apple's LISA could not . Yet, Mr. Jobs said LISA was better the competition, it wasn't.

Now, some twenty plus years later, he's Spinning the same Hype for Apple's Newly Designed Wheel. I suppose he thinks that Dementia has set in for those who were burned the first time, so it's time to try again.

I for one am not interested in another Apple Gen 1 rehash, of their take, on an already existing product. Been There. Done That. Got the LISA...and the PDP-11/20, both are catching dust in my garage.

At least the PDP-11/20 can Truthfully be seen as a World-Changing-Tool, mine was a redundant back-up for the Manned Lunar Landings. My LISA...did/does nothing but prove that yet another generation must re-live the History of Apple's Orphaned Mistakes and Blunders.

Why is it that the iPhone is considered the first such device with rich information, communication and information services? Someone even said it was the first touch-screen phone. I have been using Sony Ericsson P800 and P900 models for over three years, reading my e-mail, viewing my calendar and address book, surfing the web, listening to music, all on a touch screen display. I'll stick with it for now until the iPhone gets a "must have" application