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<blockquote data-quote="Rob Spence" data-source="post: 23110" data-attributes="member: 80">Re: iPad 2...&nbsp;Up untill last month I had only owned an iPod and also didn&#039;t see any reason to change that. Then, the cell phone companies all started storing the personal private information stored on &quot;smart phones&quot; on their Internet sites when you &quot;synced&quot; or backed up your phone. For years I had a Palm organizer and kept in backed up locally. I had a Windows Mobile based phone last year and could sync it with Outlook on both my desktop and laptop. I hated the phone though. Now it all but impossible to find a phone that will let you back up locally. All the Android phones back up all your private information to Google and we all know how careful they are to keep things private. I, for one, do not want the information on my phone stored on some Internet database. While your phone number may not be in fact private, the fact that it is on my phone IS.So, last month I got an iPhone4 from Verizon and it nicely syncs with Outlook through iTunes on my desktop. Happy! Oh, and it works so much better than my previous phone for all things too! With it I can make &amp; answer phone calls and look up numbers all one handed.. something I could not do with the HTC Touchpro 2.Maybe I will get a Macbook next?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rob Spence, post: 23110, member: 80"] Re: iPad 2... Up untill last month I had only owned an iPod and also didn't see any reason to change that. Then, the cell phone companies all started storing the personal private information stored on "smart phones" on their Internet sites when you "synced" or backed up your phone. For years I had a Palm organizer and kept in backed up locally. I had a Windows Mobile based phone last year and could sync it with Outlook on both my desktop and laptop. I hated the phone though. Now it all but impossible to find a phone that will let you back up locally. All the Android phones back up all your private information to Google and we all know how careful they are to keep things private. I, for one, do not want the information on my phone stored on some Internet database. While your phone number may not be in fact private, the fact that it is on my phone IS. So, last month I got an iPhone4 from Verizon and it nicely syncs with Outlook through iTunes on my desktop. Happy! Oh, and it works so much better than my previous phone for all things too! With it I can make & answer phone calls and look up numbers all one handed.. something I could not do with the HTC Touchpro 2. Maybe I will get a Macbook next? [/QUOTE]

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