AT-T wireless service - Re: Newsgroups and "Charters"

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Re: Newsgroups and "Charters"

Tinman

2007-07-19, 4:33 am

"SMS" wrote:
> Tinman wrote:
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> The iPhone is a nice web browser on Wi-Fi, and music player.

It does video well too, better than the PDAs or smartphones I've owned in
the past. And the iTunes thing makes the music and video features seem more
attractive. As noted I never really kept music updated on my Treo (or
video). The iPhone/iTunes combo seems to make this less likely, if only for
that damn store temping me every now and then.

Moreover I have no issue with the Contacts app, and the calendar is fine for
my needs. That's about the only must-haves for my PDA usage (though To-Dos
would be nice).

There are some things that aren't clear unless you actually sync too. For
example I was a bit concerned about the calendar's apparent limitation with
alarms. I sometimes like to be reminded a week or two in advance but I
couldn't enter anything except preset alerts on the iPhone (5-30 min, 1-2
hours, and 1-2 days before the event). Turns out it syncs any value from
Outlook. I can deal with that minor issue for on-device usage (my appts are
entered via Outlook most of the time anyway--and the ones that aren't
usually have reminders within range of what the calendar on the iPhone can
do).

> Not such a great world phone since you can't use prepaid SIM cards.

Not much of an issue for me. I've never even had GSM service here in the US
before (AMPS->TDMA->CDMA).

And since it's not marketed for business use--can't even activate it on a
business account--I doubt this will be a major issue in general.

> Not a great phone for the U.S. since Cingular's network is so poor
> compared to Verizon's. Not a good phone for using the data over AT&T due
> to the slow speed.

Those are actually bonuses in my case. For starters, Verizon has ZERO native
coverage where I live (NW AZ). So at the moment I'm quite happy Apple went
with at&t (doubt they would have gone with Sprint).

Second, Sprint has no EV-DO nor any indication they will be adding it
anytime soon around here. So Edge is actually an improvement. Granted 3G
would be nice for when I travel, but WiFi is nice too.

>
> Now that it's been hacked to at least allow the use of AT&T SIM cards
> other than the iPhone SIM card, at least you can use it without
> subscribing to the $60 iPhone plans, or you can use it just as a Wi-Fi web
> browser and iPod.

Yep. The reverse is true as well: you can use the iPhone SIM in another at&t
phone, including 3G phones (read at least one report of a someone not only
using it with a Blackjack, but tethering with it too).

Finally I highly doubt what is out for the iPhone at the moment is all
there'll be. Surely there will be improvements, and other apps.

--
Mike

John Navas

2007-08-21, 10:33 pm

On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 02:52:17 GMT, sw <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in
<nospam-BC90A1. 21521618082007@newsc
lstr02.news.prodigy.com>:

>In article <jgkeegan-D9F1F4. 19011318082007@indiv
idual.net>,
> "james g. keegan jr." <jgkeegan@gmail.com> wrote:

I have.
[color=darkred]
>navas swears by his v3xx.

Yep.

>He uses it to determine the signal strength,
>att's coverage and so call "extended GSM" frequencies in the bay area.

Nope.

>He might be too mentally challange to use anything more than a number
>pad, such as blackberry, smart phone, pda or iphone.

Wrong on that too.

Grow up.

--
Best regards, FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS:
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/ Cingu...less_FA
Q>

2007-08-22, 4:33 am

In article < 65rmc3h24s3gkbq7t75f
e4m5igcrldbj0m@4ax.com>,
John Navas < spamfilter1@navasgro
up.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 02:52:17 GMT, sw <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in
> <nospam-BC90A1. 21521618082007@newsc
lstr02.news.prodigy.com>:
>
>
>
> I have.
>
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> Yep.
>
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> Nope.
>
>
> Wrong on that too.
>
> Grow up.

Is that the best you can do? Let's try again, how about a FAQ on
"Extended GSM"?

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