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I like typing with my thumbs, using my index finger feels too much like hen pecking to me!

I am also HIGHLY addicted to that red flashing light… I was telling Blizz on the weekend that my office phone is on silent as it has a red light as well which lights up when someone calls. That enough is all i need to alert me of the phone ringing. Also means i can ignore it without my boss realising!

I HATE ringing phones - my phone is on silent more often than not.

 
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ozgirl - 10 April 2012 05:15 AM
Mizu Kuma - 10 April 2012 05:06 AM
rider26 - 10 April 2012 04:45 AM

I really want to get Instagram but my old iPhone 3 doesn’t support it. Can’t wait to get a new iPhone.

Chucky, any word on when the iPhone 5 is being released? Hopefully June/July… my phone is dying fast!

Yeah, c’mon august!!!!! Gonna get meself an iPhone and ditch Optus at the same time!!!!! dance

No Mizu, NOOOOO

Why not?????

Had nothin but ease of use with my mac!!!!! I’m over havin to f#$% around with technology that has to be constantly maintained!!!!!

 
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ozgirl - 10 April 2012 05:54 AM

I will when android make a phone with a keyboard. don’t like typing on touch screens.

There are apps on the blackberry like instgram but they are shit!

One of the reasons they’re shit is because they’re made for phones with physical keyboards. Instagram is only made for touchscreen phones, and rightly so.

 
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and why is that “rightly so”?

 
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What Deano said - and my 9900 is a touch screen???

 
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(rolls eyes) Clearly, in context, I was referring to “touchscreen phones” WITHOUT “physical keyboards”. Perhaps if Blackberry ever produced a phone with a physical keyboard AND a similar sized screen to full touchscreen phones, you may have a chance - until then, don’t hold your breath. Instagram works on the “touchscreen” iPod, but not on the “touchscreen” iPod Nano - hmmmmmmmmm, I wonder why that is?

 
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you like rolling your eyes alot dont ya?

Never heard of the Blackberry torch 9800?

 
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:rollseyes:

They do… far out Chucky your arrogance never ceases to amaze me.

I will not be acknowledging you further in this thread.

 
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FFS! Seriously, get a grip! A little bit of common sense wouldn’t go astray.

It’s bloody obvious I was referring to phones with physical keyboards and smaller screens to accommodate them. If Blackberry ALSO makes phones with similar sized screen dimensions to full touchscreen phones, then just like I said, “you may have a chance”.

 
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deanobruce - 10 April 2012 07:20 AM

you like rolling your eyes alot dont ya?

Not particularly. I’d MUCH prefer for some people to use their heads a little more, and stop resorting to petty pedantry.

deanobruce - 10 April 2012 07:20 AM

Never heard of the Blackberry torch 9800?

Of course I haven’t. Why would I have? If I asked YOU to list, off the top of your head, every phone model released in the last few years, could YOU? Seriously, common sense.

 
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Guys, you are getting a little personal here.

How about you say sorry, agree you have different opinions on mobile devices and move on smile

So how about it Oz and Chuck?

 
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Sure, no probs, Azz.

Sorry you got defensive about your choice of phone, Kimmy. I’ve got no problem with Blackberry phones, and was simply stating obvious facts relating to the Instagram App’s screen requirements.

 
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Of course Azz you are right as usual, no point argueing over stupid mobile phones right Chucky?

 
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Ahhh I can feel the love kiss


 
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I agree, Kimmy. For the record, the more Apple diverts its attention towards its mobile devices and away from (what I consider to be) their real strength (the Mac OS), the more I’m starting to despise them.

Hugs?