On 11/01/2007, at 3:06 PM, Kevin Elliott wrote:
I understand, but many areas are picking up EVDO, and UMTS/HSDPA. Many countries are participating in the program. Sure, this iPhone will WORK on GPRS/EDGE, but don't expect total enjoyment of downloadable music and video. Since this is suppose to be the ultimate ipod w/ phone that consumes network, shouldn't we be able to use a 3G network?
Given an ideal wishlist, I agree with you... I just don't see how they can make one phone that would cover most of the world market without dropping down to something more common. The 3G plans in Australia are horrendously charged by the amount of traffic (15c/MB after cap is reached!).
I'm interested in the phone, but I also hope it is more of a benchmark to the mobile phone industry than just being all about Apple. It has been a painful painful 10 years looking at these crappy mobile phones and thinking "if only I could kill whoever programmed this crap".
To me, the most exciting part of the iPhone is an end to this Mobile Java, and getting back to compiled C on hardware. No more stupid VM, no more managed code, no more "cross-platform" that isn't, no more lowest common denominator crippling my high end gear to the same as a $5 rock.
Hey, at least it leaves room for competiton.
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