And yet you and a lot of others here constantly talk about specs on the computer side, when in most cases they are either irrelevant to, or completely dependent on other components, processes, and software, regarding the actual speed at which a computer performs tasks. It's ALL theoretical.
I agree with this. I have been on this site for a long time and I do like Apple products, but I understand there are other great products out there as well. Apple is not perfect and neither is any other company. I enjoy using my iMac and iPods, but I also enjoy using my Motorola Droid. When a company puts out a good product whether it be Mac OSX, iPod, Droid or even Windows 7 I will take a look at it and judge it on it's merits not on it's brand.
I think the biggest issue that people have is with the blind fanboys that put brand before anything else. No matter if the product is good or bad if it has an Apple logo it must be amazing. Apple has great products like the Mac, iPhone, iPod, but it also has also made it's share of mistakes over the years. One could also argue there is an "Apple tax" that one must pay when they choose an Apple product even though on the inside it is no different from the competition.
I like Apple, but I am not a blind follower that bases most of my buying decision on brand alone. I think the people who discredit other products based on brand alone should be labeled a fanboy. That is just my observation and opinion.
There's nothing like being kissed before getting stabbed in the back.I'm surprised nobody pointed out the other major development in the case today: it turns out that Verizon's AT&T map is actually being generous.
http://trueslant.com/marcflores/2009/12/02/att-3g-coverage-is-smaller-than-depicted-in-verizons-ads/
For example, talk about how almost the world uses GSM and that you can use unlocked GSM phones from anywhere on AT&T.
Again, the fact that these were "day 1 things" doesn't change the fact that the iphone today is a very different beast than was the original 2G iphone upon release, and that, even today, there still isn't an "iphone killer." The phone has changed enough to keep ahead of the competition, even if the changes SHOULD have been there from the start.
His point (while somewhat lost in bad grammar and punctuation) is basically true. And your statement that Apple will stay "ahead" of the competition is absurd. The point of his statement is that the missing things that were not there on day 1 put the iPhone BEHIND the competition at the time.
I do not suspect they will do any real changes to the iPhone for a while. What ever they come up with in this summer I suspect will be minor updates being mostly hardware updates in size.
Short of releasing a new phone like a iPhone nano it will be minor updates. The biggest thing I could see them doing is stepping away from ATT and releasing the iPhone on Verizon.
The iPhone already has acces to porn via Safari.Just saw on MDN a story about phone apps...
Here's the link
http://www.daniweb.com/news/story243360.html
It's about porn apps. Apple restricts this on iPhone but Google's Android OS, possibly, not so much.
"One area it could make a difference though is in bandwidth usage. Currently the Android only consumes about 11% of mobile bandwidth compared to 50% for the iPhone. Start throwing porn into the mix and the Android could soon start eating up the bandwidth like it is going out of fashion."
Bottom line, when Droid users start downloading their porn, Verizon will have no map big enough to cover the bandwidth demand that could result. iPhone users bitching about AT&T's network will long for the day being with AT&T if this pans out to be true!
AT&T could then run a tv commercial touting their bandwidth ("fastest 3G) versus Verizon, everyone waiting for their adult movie to download, and AT&T can say, "AT&T has bandwidth. Verizon and Droid, doesn't! Verizon, "There's a Whack for that!"![]()
The current iPhone 3G S is HSDPA.
Many of the world's carriers are currently rolling out HSPA+ or have already rolled it out in 2009. Keep in mind the US is just a slice of the entire global market. Releasing a model compatible with these networks would be an upgrade.
Beyond HSPA+ is LTE. In the US, all of the CDMA carriers are making the leap to GSM by rolling out LTE. (Except for Sprint, which is sticking with WiMAX) AT&T is skipping HSPA+ and going directly to LTE. T-Mobile USA decided they can roll out HSPA+ instead of LTE, and charge less money to customers.
Will Verizon have LTE rolled out by summer 2010?
In the US, all of the CDMA carriers are making the leap to GSM by rolling out LTE.
...in what has been seen by many as a waste of time and money and a generator of bad publicity for the companies.