Hello, Don Yates. On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:26:16 -0500 (EST) you said:
> I though iPhone was 3G (i.e., international - tho I may not be up on > terms). 3G has nothing to do with regionality. What makes it a "World Phone" is that it works on all four of the (major) frequencies used by GSM cellular systems. 3G (ie, "Third Generation"") has to do with the speed capabilities of its connection, especially regarding data bandwidth. My gut feeling on why the first iteration of the iPhone is not 3G is because it was designed primarily for the US market, and the major GSM carrier in the US (at&t-formerly-Cingular) does not yet have a 3G network deployed. > In any event, it cannot relace my 650: No categories for contacts or, > more impt to me, calendars. All goes into one list. Yuck. Also data > entry is clumsier tho not as bad as Wince. Still, when it works... It > does have the best sound quality of any phone I've used, including ATT's > Treo. Still, I carry both (the iPhone slips beautifully into a shirt > pocket.) My plan is that I'll take a look at it when its software development kit has been out long enough for third party developers have had a chance to play with it and start releasing their stuff for it. Until then, I'll stick with my Treo. > Am I to believe I can't use this thing in Europw? Talk to at&t about that. It's a software restriction, nothing more. -- Jeffrey Kaplan www.gordol.org The from userid is killfiled Send personal mail to gordol "If you're going to worry every time the Universe doesn't make sense, you're going to be worried every moment of every day for the rest of your natural life." "Your point being...?" (G'Kar and Marcus Cole, B5 "What Ever Happened To Mr. Garibaldi?")
