WAMUG Mailing List Digest #1629
1) Re: iPhone
by Peter Bull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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3) Re: iPhone
by Ray Forma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: Peter Bull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: iPhone
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:25:52 +0800
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Thanks for your suggestions. My attack of lust over the iPhone has
diminished considerably due to the hefty price (they will be $100 in 1
year) and hacking the SIM is probably illegal and
I would be seriously annoyed if I turned it into a brick. I have a CDMA
phone and now that their life has been extended by a few months I will
look at replacing it with a Nokia.
thanks again,
On 28/01/2008, at 3:09 PM, Peter Bull wrote:
I saw a real live iPhone at Harvey Normans last week. The sales rep (a
Mac addict) had one. Now I have an extreme case of lust - when will
they be on sale in Australia? how can I get one now? how
much do they cost? He said something about hacking the SIM card - what
does that involve?
Peter Bull
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From: Ray Forma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: iPhone
Peter,
If you are used to the reception reach of CDMA, as I was, then I
strongly suggest that you get one of the phones with a green tick as
a replacement. The green tick phones have superior reception modules
in them, and their reception reach is about twice the distance of
phones without a green tick.
When I got my present LG550 as a CDMA replacement I noticed that no
Nokia phone had a green tick. That may have changed in the meantime.
The LG550 is nearly as good as my 7y-old CDMA phone, but when I
unscrewed the extendable antenna of the old phone, and put my special
length of fence wire in the socket, it added another 5 to 10 km to
its range. The new phone has no removable antenna, so I can't use
that trick. I do a lot of walking, so the car kit that everyone
suggest is not an option, unless someone can supply a <1kg car!
Peter,
I'd be very wary about Next G and the tick nonsense. I switched
to Next G last year before there was any real QC on the part of
Telstra. The bloke in the shop assured me that I would have
coverage "everywhere".
No.
I complained via the Telstra Complaints website and to me my surprise
I was contacted by a real person with actual information and no
bullshit. They offered me a ZTF as a "rural" ready tick phone. A
clunky hard to use piece of rubbish as a it turns out, complete with
extendable aerial which makes no diff.
I was told where NextG would NEVER work ( anywhere on the Great
Northern Highway between Dalwallinu and Mount Magnet, unless I
invested in an expensive long range external aerial or use a satphone
for e.g. - CDMA works fine there) And many other places where
few people live but roads carry large volumes of traffic.
The metro area? Fine he said. No sorry, its not, chunks of the
Hills are silent for Next G (Glen Forrest, Parkerville etc)
Caveat Emptor! Ask to see the coverage map.........
Bill
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