Warning:Off-topic, iPhone opinions solicited

Bullwinkle wrote:
Just remember the First Law of Electronics Purchases: never, ever, buy
version 1.0 of anything (in the case of Micro$oft products, wait for version
3, at least). Remember the Newton? The initial product (accompanied by much
hype) really sucked. The final iterations were actually very good, but in
the marketplace couldn't overcome the early disappointment.

That stated, iPhone is looking pretty good, so far.

A case in point. The initial US launch of the iPhone uses EDGE for data
transmission and the initial reports show it to be very slow - about the
same as using a POTS modem over a dial-up line.

Meanwhile the iPhone is due for launch in Europe within the next couple
of weeks. The Euro model offers 3G for data, something Apple said they
would not support when the American version was launched. Presumably
uses GPRS as its fallback when the 3G signal is poor. All other 3G
devices do that.


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