General Mayhem

[jest1]

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AresRightArm wrote:
So I got an iphone on friday, and.......... I am loving it. Think this will be the last phone I will ever own. I think I will own an iphone as long as apple continues to make them.

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i've heard equally good things from a couple of other ppl that i know who have gotten them. this is making things verrry hard as i'm about to shop for a new phone myself..

[Lautakwah]

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jest1 wrote:

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AresRightArm wrote:
So I got an iphone on friday, and.......... I am loving it. Think this will be the last phone I will ever own. I think I will own an iphone as long as apple continues to make them.

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i've heard equally good things from a couple of other ppl that i know who have gotten them. this is making things verrry hard as i'm about to shop for a new phone myself..

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im looking for a new cell also and am considering one of those smartphones because being able to access the internet anywhere is a great way to kill time.  for the iphone once they move over to a  faster network i would definately consider it because paying for unlimited data usage and being stuck with edge is a total waiste when the other networks are so much faster. 

[AresRightArm]

The internet looks great on the phone, you forget you are surfing on a phone. And it is I think only 1 of 2 phones that have built in wifi. So alot of times I have been able to jump on an unprotected network to surf, and edge works great for the google maps and email.

[wtghaha]

Looks like apple is making big bucks on this thing.

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=40753

[jest1]

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wtghaha wrote:

Looks like apple is making big bucks on this thing.

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=40753

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article says, "buy and hold both apple and samsung" 

[Lautakwah]

i gotta admit this thing is pretty cool. Wifi is pretty fast ,but edge is good for only email and txt based shit. Internet access anywhere though is great. I cant wait till my soldered tp the phone battery dies so i can send apple more money.

[onions]

get the warranty. it'll cover your battery replacements. cool thing is, if the ipod was any indication, they'll just replace your iphone instead of replacing the battery.

[oskibear]

For you EDGE haters, this is an interesting prediction from a columnist I like to follow on PBS:

http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2007/pulpit_20070705_002421.html

Your prayers for better network speed may be answered before Christmas.

[Lautakwah]

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oskibear wrote:

For you EDGE haters, this is an interesting prediction from a columnist I like to follow on PBS:

http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2007/pulpit_20070705_002421.html

Your prayers for better network speed may be answered before Christmas.

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if its just a firmware update then awesome, new phone to play with.  if they're releasing new hardware so soon and screwing the early adopters then this will be the first (i own nothing apple previous to this thing) and last apple product i buy. 

[wizll]

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Lautakwah wrote:

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oskibear wrote:

For you EDGE haters, this is an interesting prediction from a columnist I like to follow on PBS:

http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2007/pulpit_20070705_002421.html

Your prayers for better network speed may be answered before Christmas.

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if its just a firmware update then awesome, new phone to play with.  if they're releasing new hardware so soon and screwing the early adopters then this will be the first (i own nothing apple previous to this thing) and last apple product i buy. 

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after reading engadget's review, i still won't buy one :X

then again, I won't buy anything that has an apple on it

[oskibear]

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Lautakwah wrote:
if its just a firmware update then awesome, new phone to play with.  if they're releasing new hardware so soon and screwing the early adopters then this will be the first (i own nothing apple previous to this thing) and last apple product i buy. 

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If I were a betting man, I'd place it on the change being a firmware upgrade.   I'll bet the hardware is in there and they just software gimped it.   As the article mentioned, it would be a great "New and Improved!" feature to showcase around November for the holiday season.

[onions]

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wizll wrote:

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Lautakwah wrote:

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oskibear wrote:

For you EDGE haters, this is an interesting prediction from a columnist I like to follow on PBS:

http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2007/pulpit_20070705_002421.html

Your prayers for better network speed may be answered before Christmas.

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if its just a firmware update then awesome, new phone to play with.  if they're releasing new hardware so soon and screwing the early adopters then this will be the first (i own nothing apple previous to this thing) and last apple product i buy. 

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after reading engadget's review, i still won't buy one :X

then again, I won't buy anything that has an apple on it

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funny, that's exactly how i feel about msft and windows

[onions]

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oskibear wrote:

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Lautakwah wrote:
if its just a firmware update then awesome, new phone to play with.  if they're releasing new hardware so soon and screwing the early adopters then this will be the first (i own nothing apple previous to this thing) and last apple product i buy. 

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If I were a betting man, I'd place it on the change being a firmware upgrade.   I'll bet the hardware is in there and they just software gimped it.   As the article mentioned, it would be a great "New and Improved!" feature to showcase around November for the holiday season.

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that's what apple did for the core 2 duo line of computers and 802.11n networking. they had the hardware in place but gimped it since they 802.11n was close to ... what's the term... certfication? and one can enable it with a firmware update. yeah it cost 25 bucks (or free if you get the n router) but that had more to do wth california law than anything. 

[Lautakwah]

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oskibear wrote:

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Lautakwah wrote:
if its just a firmware update then awesome, new phone to play with.  if they're releasing new hardware so soon and screwing the early adopters then this will be the first (i own nothing apple previous to this thing) and last apple product i buy. 

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If I were a betting man, I'd place it on the change being a firmware upgrade.   I'll bet the hardware is in there and they just software gimped it.   As the article mentioned, it would be a great "New and Improved!" feature to showcase around November for the holiday season.

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i hope so.  samething happened with the original digital rebel and 10d.  the rebel was capable of everythign the 10d was they just gimped the software portion of it...people just released a hacked firmware update for the rebel that unlocked all the features.  also would be cheaper to manufacturer 1 set of hardware vs a gimped one and a full featured one.