iPhone Group --> 9/21/-08

To my surprise today the first thread that was responded to was Kathryn’s thread about word games. There was a user that posted their favorite game and said it was highly addictive and everyone should have it. This is funny because when Kathryn opened the thread she wrote that she wanted to expand her vocabulary. I have played many word games online and I find that many are addictive because the main goal is getting to the next level or trying to beat a high score. I am not too sure about the format or objective of the word game LEXITRON but I am sure it is a typical point basis game. I do not feel that these games would expand vocabulary that much because making everyday common words will most likely be the first thoughts. This is just my opinion on usage of word games and the real meaning behind them.

Another interesting topic that was brought up in a thread was personal information. The thread was first opened by Victor (vgrazi899) who was looking for a program that could help him track his checkbook transactions on his phone. He stated that he had another phone (Palm Treo) that had the program but could not find anything similar on the iPhone. He wanted to link his online activity to his phone so he could be up to date with all the checks he wrote out. To make a long thread short it led to a personal information thread. The thought of other people using your phone and seeing your financial records was a topic. This was easily shot down with the password protection feature. Is this going to be another way of identity theft? There will always be someone out there trying to hack into computers. Is keeping all financial records on a phone a safe move? What happens if the phone is lost or stolen and it does not have password protection? These are all valid questions that Victor would think about before getting a program like this. Better technology always attracts someone that thinks they are smarter and wants to hack into the system. This could definitely lead to valuable information in the wrong hands.