[Cialug] the other cool new phone

[Bryan Baker]

Yeah, I'm looking to buy an iPhone 3G but I was stuck on an old Sony  
Ericson - my last hitch just ended, so it's time to upgrade anyway,  
and I might as well get going w/ the 3G.

Already an AT&T (Before that Cingular and before that AT&T wile never  
changing carriers) customer. I plan to give them a little crap about  
the lack of 3G here, but it'll come. I am looking forward to having  
the GPS built in, and 16G. If I can actually get a phone that is :-)

I also already have a .Mac account (a dialog just informed me that  
it's officially changed over to MobileMe) which will give me all that  
exchange/blackberry-like push sync goodness, w/o dealing directly w/  
MS Exchange.

If I had a 2.5G iPhone I wouldn't be upgrading (the hardware) but  
since I have an out-of-plan Sony, I will and bite the bullet on the  
new plan rates.

On Jul 11, 2008, at 3:09 PM, Bill Davis wrote:
> Not really a hidden fact.  Go to AT&T web site and use their  
> coverage map, and it will tell you that there is no 3G in Iowa.   I  
> went checked the other day because I was fairly sure we didn't.    
> The AT&T web page about the iPhone points you at the coverage map at  
> one point - that's how I found the coverage map!   They probably  
> have coverage maps in the stores (last I looked).
>
> I have a feeling the salesfolk here will TELL you, too.  Otherwise  
> everyone will come back to the store saying "How come I can't get 3G  
> to work?"
>
> I'd like the GPS in the new phone, and16B instead of 8GB, but I  
> don't plan on upgrading my iPhone until they get 3G here.   I'll get  
> all the new features except 3G and GPS tonight for free when I  
> upgrade my iPhone to OS 2.0 anyway.
>
> 2G (aka EDGE) ain't that horrible, frankly. I use the web browsing  
> while out and about all the time and it's indispensible.  The old  
> "web browser" on my prior phone was a joke.  Safari on iPhone is  
> VERY usable.  And of course anywhere there is an open WiFi hot spot,  
> it will use it (automatically if you've been there before and used  
> it, or it will tell you and ask if you want to use it if not).  Handy.
>
> - Bill
>
>
> On 7/11/08, Tim Wilson <tim_linux at wilson-home.com> wrote: I was in  
> Best Buy the other day, and got to talking to one of the mobile  
> guys.  He said he liked the iPhone better (surprising, considering  
> they can't sell it).  He said they have a live demo of the Instinct,  
> and it feels more clunky than the iPhone.  The interface on the  
> iPhone is more intuitive than the Instinct.
>
> Regarding 3G, it appears to be a hidden fact that Iowa doesn't have  
> it yet.  That really is bad business.  Talk about a good way to piss  
> off your loyal customers.  Until Iowa has 3G, it doesn't make a lot  
> of sense for iPhone owners to upgrade to the new iPhone.  The  
> software updates will be applied to the older iPhone too, so you'll  
> get a lot of the same functionality.
>
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