Kamla, My earlier response to the speed-limit is based on my usage of a Sony k750 (w800 in the US) and the pocket pc phone (MDA) on Tmobile's GPRS network. Sure some sites load slow ... But these are the sites that have a few mb of images just for logos. Most useful websurfing is great otherwise. (Even used Tmobile's GPRS network with a GPS app that downloads parts of the map (google-style, as you scroll down or sideways - Microsoft Live Local Mobile))
The reason faster speeds will make sense eventually is when there are applications that need the bandwidth and also when the phone CPU's and memory reach levels where all this incoming data can be processed fast enough. Also, the iPhone isn't the best geek-toy ... Because it's going to be so limiting to create your own programs on it (Right now, Apple only announced support for applications that would run within Safari web-browser on the iPhone- basically, glorified websites!) One reason I like my pocket pc phone is the ease of firing up VB.Net or C#.net and writing quick applications for what I need. Even for non-programmers! Sure, Microsoft sucks in everything else ... But not when it comes to the quality and quantity of freeware applications available. There is just so much good stuff available! - Vinit > -----Original Message----- > From: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > et] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 6:32 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [silk] IPhone - Thoughts? > > Oh, I don't know about that...my husband uses AT&T in NYC for > data connectivity and it is s-l-o-w. So, no EDGE I guess. > > Folks who reviewed the iPhone like Pogue talk about the > slow connectivity. > > More on EDGE here: > http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1770749,00.asp > > Kamla > > Eugen Leitl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 29, 2007 at 11:37:09AM -0700, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Connecting to the Internet is slow as molasses because of > the Cingular/AT&T network, which is not the greatest. > > It seems EDGE is getting 200 kBps lately. > > Let's see, it's mid 2007, and still no wearable yet. People > are getting excited about... a mobile phone. Crikey. > > -- > Eugen* Leitl leitl http://leitl.org > ______________________________________________________________ > ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org > 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE > >
