Courtney,

Tell her to stay away from the iPhone 5. UK doesn't have 4G so they can't make use of it. If she wants 4G then she will have to wait some considerable time. What EE (Everything Everywhere) are offering is not 4G.

Mind you, a lack of 4G doesn't make an iPhone useless.

The fact that Maps is crap doesn't help either. If your Mrs wants a phone for use as a phone then a phone is a better choice, and a dam sight cheaper. The iPhone, and all smartphones, have the problem that they tend to be okay at what they do, just not brilliant. Thats the thing with Multi Role devices, "Jack of all trades, master of none".

That should start a few arguments.

Thanks, hval. So, we're talking the original MRCA concept? Thank God they made it into two different aircraft. (See, aviation topic on an aviation thread).

Thanks.


So, Mike, what's typical?

I spent two months a couple of years ago being an Apple technical support type.
iPhones, etc are great if you are a busy exec type and have lots of contacts.
Ask yourself.
Do I need email on the go more often than weekly?
Do I have contact lists on several different platforms at the moment?
Do I need at least 5 major apps which I will use often?
Am I tech competent (i.e. I may not know how to fix things, but I can find a forum online and do what it says)?
If you don't need the above, then you don't need a smartphone.

As an example, people who have them might include estate agents, people running small businesses who aren't always in the office, doctors, etc.

Fox 3,

A great, well informed answer. So what do I tell Mrs C? Logic?

Breaking vow of silence to say: confusion works best. Take people into a snazzy shop and show them a Galaxy Note (huge screen) A Galaxy S3 (fast), a Nexus 7 tablet etc. I used to work on the N8 a bit indirectly so it galls me to say this but the newest Nokia Windows phone has probably got the best interface even though I personally will kill myself before buying one.

She's suffering from the terrific impression made by the gadget and the way that it seems alone on its pedestal. Once other goodies are seen I usually notice that the ardour cools a bit. However, you are probably screwed.

Courtney, see PMs

"iPhone or shoes, sweetie, your choice....!"

iToys seem to be the latest 'must have' for the 'I want it now, I don't care how' brigade. Beware that even 3G coverage is poor, GPRS is slow and data charges are high....

I stick with a good laptop and my trusty Nokia 6310i!

Rushing new software, such as iOS 6 onto the market which simply doesn't work correctly is a crazy way to do business - particularly when the manufacturer hasn't provided a way of reverting to an earlier OS.

One hopes that the 'B' in F-35B doesn't stand for 'beta'....:\

Actually, the F-35 mission systems run iOS 6. On a recent CATBird run, aimed at going downtown against a peer adversary, they nailed the hell out of the target.

Shacked! A JDAM within 2 metres of the deep-fryer. It was counted as a 100 per cent success and a progress payment was issued accordingly.

http://www.coolest-traveling.com/wp-...es-to-eat2.jpg

Hi Mr Boffin, I have only highlighted your post because we are discussing helicopters.

Have you seen this snippet

I was always expecting a gap but will there? Will the Merlin be operational before the first carrier is commissioned?

Political time runs pretty quickly, real time moves a bit slower, then there's geological time, and galactic time, but nothing runs slower than aircraft carrier assembly time.

Just think, Boris, of Boris Island fame, could come and go before the flat-tops are completed. :eek:

F-35 put through refueling paces

Some of the first Marine Corps F-35B pilots are getting practice in a routine but important task in the new plane: midair refueling. Maj. Ty Bachmann, a test pilot, and Maj. Paul Holst, who is preparing to be an F-35 instructor, had a train-the-trainer day at Eglin Air Force Base Tuesday to run the first midair test of the aerial refueling systems on the F-35B Joint Strike Fighter, which is expected to make its first appearance at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma later this year.

The pilots each took off in an F-35 from the coastal Florida Air Force base and flew about 50 to 75 miles off-shore before meeting up with a C-130 tanker out of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., to replenish their fuel in the sky over the Gulf of Mexico. The 300 gallons of fuel they took on wasn't much for a plane, but enough to show that the systems were solid and the training was effective.

Holst, an experienced pilot with about 1,800 hours in the F-18, said it was an overall similar refueling technique “The airplane and the tanker worked as advertised, and everything went really smoothly.”

http://images.onset.freedom.com/yuma...ueling2web.jpg

Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252 assists Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 in an aerial refueling on F-35B Lighting II aircrafts Tuesday. This was the first aerial refueling training flight to be performed on F-35B aircrafts.

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Vigilance control system set to be tested on Merlin helicopter | News | The Engineer

Gives timescales for delivery too - No tendering on this one?

I thought there was a tender already out for Crowsnest?

Please accept my apologies for the thread drift, but a bit of advice for Courtney re his phone question...

show her this phone app, and then tell her that it comes on Androids, and that they're cheaper
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...vibrator&hl=en

Android it is then. :ok:

defence.professionals | defpro.com don't think any of our friends in light blue,will be volunteering to join the Wafus as flight deck ground crew onboard the flat tops. Any time soon;)

Speaking of 45,000 ton flat tops.....

Navy’s Newest Assault Ship Moonlights as Pint-Sized Aircraft Carrier

America-class amphibious assault ship

http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/da...01-660x419.jpg

What's that skimmer next to the flat top ??? Looks awesome:cool:

Looks like the USS New York, built from steel from the WTC.