Is 1st gen iPhone like Windows Vista?

[kamiboy]

Jesus H Christ. What is it with people on the internet reading the blog of some douche complaining about some idiotic thing and then just immediately jump on the bandwagon without any research or thinking?

3G this and 3G that. iPhone is not 3G for the simple reason that it was not made by chimps. It is a product made to appeal to the largest market possible , not just data hungry businessmen and tech freaks that need their e-mail and what not on the go. 3G is no where near providing the same coverage that EDGE does, so of course the iPhone is EDGE. I mean come on, use your heads. Ordinary people want something that works everywhere and as long as it does they are happy. Unlike the few that keep crying out they don't know or care about the 3G vs EDGE, they just want something that works.

Apple makes products with broad appeal and wants them to just work, everywhere and all the time no hassle. Not something that can give the few that care about faster download their wish at the cost of millions of others being pissed and confused because suddenly the internet on their iPhone stopped working because they are no longer in the covered area.

 

[chelsel]

kamiboy... use *your* head... 3G is backwards compatible with Edge... heck, if they wanted to appeal to the general masses and not the 'power users' they wouldn't have a Mac Pro or MacBook Pro... they'd only have internet surfing itunes players...

Arguing that surfing the Internet at high-speed is only for tech freaks is complete b.s. I bet the person that said that has broadband... if not... get out of the stone ages

 

[kamiboy]

kamiboy... use *your* head... 3G is backwards compatible with Edge... heck, if they wanted to appeal to the general masses and not the 'power users' they wouldn't have a Mac Pro or MacBook Pro... they'd only have internet surfing itunes players...

Arguing that surfing the Internet at high-speed is only for tech freaks is complete b.s. I bet the person that said that has broadband... if not... get out of the stone ages

I see, well 3G is certainly not backwards compatible with anything GPRS related here in Europe and I didn't know that the 3G in the US is different from the 3G we have here. Anyhow, my point is that whining over minor or major technical capabilities of electronic devices is something ordinary people don't do. They just want things to work when they need them to out of the box, EDGE will do that. If 3G is indeed backwards compatible then I don't know why apple didn't include it in the iPhone.

Perhaps there were technical stumbling blocks or compromises they were not willing to take right now. Whining about it is not going to change the fact that the people who matter (the ones that represent the biggest chunk of the market) will not care about lack of 3G and the rest should just wait till the 3G version comes out.

 

[St. Germain]

The campus I work at and the city I live in are blanketed with free WiFi. The areas where I would actually use AT&T to surf don't have 3G coverage, just EDGE. So this is a complete non-issue for me. By the time the whole area has 3G, I'll be ready for a new iPhone anyway. I might feel differently if 3G coverage was all over, but it's not.

 

[chelsel]

My point is that it IS possible for them to add the technology... but they're not because they want to ensure something to announce (high speed) at the next consumer event.

I was just at the grocery store looking for iron rich food for my pregnant wife and I was able to use my Palm Treo with 3G (700+ kbps) to view this web page:

http://rutgers.health.edu/factsheets/iron.htm

It took a good 20 seconds to load the page on a 700k+ Cingular connection... it would've taken over a minute on an iPhone... that just sucks.

Oh well, I will buy the iPhone... at least I get 30 days to try it out and don't have to pay a 10% restocking fee like when I evaluate computers from the Apple store. Who knows, I might keep it... it will probably have great resale value.

 

[v-ault]

I have a 3g LG CU500, and whenever there's no 3g coverage, it goes to edge. I get 3g coverage almost everywhere except for my college. I think it's cause I live in the San Francisco bay area.

 

[Eric1285]

My point is that it IS possible for them to add the technology... but they're not because they want to ensure something to announce (high speed) at the next consumer event.

I was just at the grocery store looking for iron rich food for my pregnant wife and I was able to use my Palm Treo with 3G (700+ kbps) to view this web page:

http://rutgers.health.edu/factsheets/iron.htm

It took a good 20 seconds to load the page on a 700k+ Cingular connection... it would've taken over a minute on an iPhone... that just sucks.

Oh well, I will buy the iPhone... at least I get 30 days to try it out and don't have to pay a 10% restocking fee like when I evaluate computers from the Apple store. Who knows, I might keep it... it will probably have great resale value.

Yeah, EDGE is really slow. When I tether my Moto Q (Sprint) to my MBP, I get like 1.2mbps download speeds (2mbps when I'm in an EVDO Rev A area). I couldn't imagine trying to browse the web with EDGE. When I don't have EVDO on my Q, I usually get so frustrated that I close the browser before the page is half loaded.

 

[chelsel]

Precisely why "it's not the sorta internet... it's not the watered down internet... it's just... the internet... on your phone."

Should really be... "it's not the sorta internet... it's not the watered down internet... it's just... the REALLY SLOW internet... on your phone."

 

[solvs]

My point is that it IS possible for them to add the technology... but they're not because they want to ensure something to announce (high speed) at the next consumer event.

Yes, because that's the only reasonable explanation.

 

[iShak]

not until 3g .. I wouldnt even do a google image search for 'iphone hands-on' for 1g ... (kiddin)

 

[Trent0341]

kamiboy... use *your* head... 3G is backwards compatible with Edge... heck, if they wanted to appeal to the general masses and not the 'power users' they wouldn't have a Mac Pro or MacBook Pro... they'd only have internet surfing itunes players...

My point is that it IS possible for them to add the technology... but they're not because they want to ensure something to announce (high speed) at the next consumer event.

Umm so is it or not? If it is the good point. If it's not (which Im pretty sure) then your an idiot. Stop bitching about it and don't buy it. I dont have 3g were I'm at just like a majority of att users. I'd be willing to bet that areas with 3g coverage also have an abundance of wifi spots making alot of this a non issue.

P.S. It took me 2 seconds to load that page on my home computer so next time save yourself that extremely valuable 18 seconds and just check before you leave the house.

 

[bartelby]

It's first and foremost a phone. You dial a number, you speak to someone.
Who the hell wants to spend a lot of time surfing the web on it?

 

[Gonzlobo]

If it's not (which Im pretty sure) then your an idiot.

I laugh every time I see this mistake. It's you're an idiot, genius.