Comments on: iPhone: How to get from 2G to 3G without killing sales

By: kate london uk

kate london uk — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:31:04 +0000

yer that would make the iphone owners pretty mad!

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By: KC Mpls MN

KC Mpls MN — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:45:11 +0000

Yes, government agencies acting in secret in order to protect corporate profits. Why not let the people know what's in the pipeline so they can make an informed decision? I believe that it was Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin who were the biggest champions of free press in our fledgling colony. Too bad they weren't shareholders, they might've sang a different tune.

By: sanejan,bayarea,ca

sanejan,bayarea,ca — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 06:28:49 +0000

iphone apps 3G is the holy grail of smart phone, the applications that will be produced will make this device the best invention like the computer revolution.

By: Yadgyu, Harkeyville, TX

Yadgyu, Harkeyville, TX — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 23:23:09 +0000

3G is not all that it seems cracked up to be. I have used 2G and 3G devices and there is very little difference when performing multiple tasks.

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By: Chad, Austin, TX

Chad, Austin, TX — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:03:45 +0000

I really don't think that this talk about 3G and 2G is trying to bring Apple down. It was a shocker to me that Apple actually released the device 2.5G in the USA, let alone Europe where 3G is standard fare.

Battery life is the issue, and hopefully they can fix that.

Also, 3G may not seem significantly faster than 2.5G, but it's the latency fix that I'm excited about. When a 2.5G phone, or CDMA phone needs data, it literally has to make a 'call' to get it. You can't be on the phone and it takes time to make the connection. a 3G W-CDMA phone will be constantly connected to data, whether you're on a call or not. Requests for data, given a good signal, are immeadiate, and don't require the phone to initiate a 'data call.'

That, and superior call quality given a good signal, is why I like that 3G is coming.

a 2.5G iPhone to me is like the latest iMac being released with 802.11b wireless only, or Bluetooth 1.0, or a honking big CRT monitor instead of a LCD. Since when has Apple adopted old technologies in new devices, except Apple TV and it's non-HD focus? And we all know how well that did…

By: Adam, San Francisco, CA

Adam, San Francisco, CA — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:35:30 +0000

…and one more thing.

I've been using Apple for 23 years. We had the Mac 128k in our house and just about every Mac after that. I'm a big supporter but I've held out on the iPhone, waiting for 3G among other improvements. It's tough watching my newly converted Mac using friends using and enjoying their iPhones while I sit in wait of slimmer and better things.

By: Dan, Boston, MA

Dan, Boston, MA — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:39:50 +0000

I don't care about the iPhone, 3G or not, but 3G will make a difference in more than just data speed. AT&T's 3G technology (WCDMA) is for voice and data, not just data like Verizon's ED-VO. 3G call quality is much better than GSM in areas with good 3G signal.

By: W. Conner, Portland, OR

W. Conner, Portland, OR — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:01:49 +0000

@Oranges:

The Software Development Kit (SDK) for the iPhone is scheduled to be released by Apple in February 2008, so expect the development community to have applications that are ready for the general populace available by May or June of 2008 at the latest.

By: Bart, Indianapolis IN

Bart, Indianapolis IN — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:48:40 +0000

3G is a non-issue to begin with. To see any real improvement, the service has to be twice as fast. 3G is just a lot of BS from the haters that want to see Apple fail. This is nothing new. Many windoze nerds hate and fear Apple and want nothing more than to see them fail. They come up with all sorts of stupid reasons why the iPhone will fail, but iPhone has more market share in 6 months than their idiotic WIn CE setups have in 6 years.

What would really sell is an iPhone with a cheaper service plan.

Likewise all the FUD about 'push' email. Push email is not real email. The last thing Apple is going to do is fall in line behind Microsoft an enable Microsoft's monopoly to continue with Outlook/Exchange. What iPhone is doing is forcing the Microsoft owned IT groups to open their servers to REAL email which is POP3, etc… OPEN STANDARDS, not Microsoft's PROPRIETARY servers which have nothing to do with REAL email standards like POP3 and iMAP.

The Apple haters diss the iPhone for not supporting Microsoft Outbreak, when Microsoft can't be bothered to support it on COMPUTERS not running WIndows. This is a huge purpose of the iPhone, to bust the Microsft grip on email. Email should be based on open standards, not owned by Microsoft.

3G is barely faster than 2.5 G, and incredibily SLOW compared to WIFI which the iPhone already has and no other phone supports.

By: mioche

mioche — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:33:25 +0000

Guess they're already doing that. Dropping excess in Europe.