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Posted on 06/08/2009 7:37:30 PM PDT by Swordmaker
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But it still has both inadequate battery life for heavy PDA users, and lacks a good enough antenna for rural Americans.
It is very pretty and has a decent interface. And excellent screen.
and you know this how? The iPhone 3G S is not even available yet. Apple claims:
Talk time:
- Up to 5 hours on 3G
- Up to 12 hours on 2G
Standby time:
- Up to 300 hours
Internet use:
- Up to 5 hours on 3G
- Up to 9 hours on Wi-Fi
Audio playback:
- Up to 30 hours on audio
Video playback:
- Up to 10 hours of video
Even the 2.5G had an antenna good enough for rural usage, as my client’s sales and field reps can attest - they’re quite often the only people in the room at on-site meetings that have usable signal at all.
As for the battery life, we have heavy PDA usage and we have few issues.
Kudos to Apple, but not to AT&T. If you have an iPhone 3G and want to upgrade, you pay $200 more for the new iPhone 3GS than brand new buyers.
You iphone AT&T customers are still prohibited from tethering your phone, using it as a modem. That was one of several reasons (non-removable battery, AT&T service being two more) that I am a happy G1 owner, as opposed to an iphone owner.
When my broadband goes down at home, I use my G1 to tether to T-Mobile 3G, and I am back up on the internet within a minute.
I bought a battery booster for mine. It’s pretty cool. I can’t live without my IPHONE. It’s one of those things that once you have it, you just can’t imagine not having it.
It supports tethering.
You can make these yourself. Yes, that's an Altoids tin.
Incorrect -- it does in many carriers in many countries, but NOT with AT&T in the US. See story here.
Love the new iPhone but have a lot of problems with AT&T right now.
AT&T can’t cope with MMS right now while the rest of the world can?
AT&T can’t tether right now like the rest of the world?
AT&T screws existing customers with a $200 “tax” if you want to upgrade now as opposed to 6 months or more?
I have been an AT&T customer since they were AT&T wireless...Cingular...and AT&T again and I feel as if I am being nickeled and dimed to death by these b@stards. It’s not like I already pay a premium for my iPhone plan (actually FOUR iPhone plans as my wife and two daughters have their own iPhones).
I swear, if another carrier gets a hold of the iPhone, I’m switching faster than Arlen Spector and telling AT&T to kiss my a**.
My greatest complaint about the iPhone is two-fold...
Not having a replaceable battery (only being able to “recharge” the phone by plugging it in to a computer, electrical outless, or lighter) as opposed to carrying a few extra batteries, when you know you’ll have no way to recharge it for a week or more)
And not being able to change the sound of incoming mail messages (like you can with ring tones, and incoming SMS messages), without “Jail Breaking” the phone. Hopefully, this has been addressed in the new OS release...
Mark
only rumors at this point ...
Yeah, I know that. It will be. Not a question of ‘prohibited’
... only rumors of tethering being allowed in the US. just rumors.
Meanwhile, I have been tethering anytime I like on 3G for 7 months with my G1 on T-Mobile.
Call AT&T support and politely ask to be allowed to upgrade. If they repeat the demand for the $200, ask to speak to a "retention specialist." Talk to them about the new Palm Pre and switching to Sprint and how you might enjoy it. They do not want to lose customers. That kind of talk has gotten me lots of concessions in the past...
So why do you care?
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