Ok, so I know one of the new small features is that you can talk on the phone and be on the internet at the same time. My question is, since we don't have 3g in my city yet (this fall), could I still be able to talk and be on the EDGE network?
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iPhone 3G: My Experience.
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So, we went to lunch a few miles away and took the phone with us.
I am sad to report the GPS (at least in Google Maps) is SLOW.
It studders as we drive down the road. We drive a little and then the dot moves. It's not real time.
Damn it.
That blows.
Thanks anyway,
R-Fly
Had a feeling that would be the case with GPS.
However, you did mention earlier it worked great walking and personally, that's my main goal with this. Wandering when I am out of town, etc.
Thank you for filling us in!
Leslie
However, you did mention earlier it worked great walking and personally, that's my main goal with this. Wandering when I am out of town, etc.
Thank you for filling us in!
Leslie
So, we went to lunch a few miles away and took the phone with us.
I am sad to report the GPS (at least in Google Maps) is SLOW.
It studders as we drive down the road. We drive a little and then the dot moves. It's not real time.
oh this is not good news
I can deal without driving turn by turn. Even if it's not super fast it's all I really need. Better than map quest sitting printed out next to me. I'm not retarded so I can drive pretty well
So at what speed did it start to studder at? Is it not real time when u are just walking?So, we went to lunch a few miles away and took the phone with us.
I am sad to report the GPS (at least in Google Maps) is SLOW.
It studders as we drive down the road. We drive a little and then the dot moves. It's not real time.
So at what speed did it start to studder at? Is it not real time when u are just walking?
Well, that could be that it just wasn't able to get reliable fixes from the sats from inside the car (not uncommon, really need to have it up on the dash... heck, my office building has HUGE plate glass windows, I can put my GPS unit up against the middle of the pane and it still won't pick up a single sat!)
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So, we went to lunch a few miles away and took the phone with us.
I am sad to report the GPS (at least in Google Maps) is SLOW.
It studders as we drive down the road. We drive a little and then the dot moves. It's not real time.
Do you think thats the case because google maps doesnt have the maps stored locally and fetching the data while the GPS is pinpointing the location is causing this studder?
The stuttering sounds like what it's like using 3G -
Using 3G on a Nokia N series - the tiles of the map start downloading as soon as you've pretty much paused over a section with the tiles not loaded - you can see it when the loading symbol shows up for each tile.
And it stutters - it moves from one cell to another in violent lurches.
Quite why the GPS version should do that I don't know - if the fix was decent enough, it would only be due to the GPS actually getting a fix every so often - the refresh rate or whatever the technical term is.
Will be interesting to see what happens in a car normally.
I know you've talked about this earlier, but I still think there is a bit to be answered here. I would say this is one of THE BIGGEST concerns with potential 3G buyers.
SCRATCHES. Everyone loved how durable the old iPhone was... Heck, you could almost use it for 4 months and then sell it as 'new'. The thing was sooo scratch resistant on the back.
Could you do a more detailed analysis of the durability of the black plastic. Maybe slide it a bit over concrete. (I knoow, I know, this sounds horrible... but c'mon, in the name of science!)
Thanks
SCRATCHES. Everyone loved how durable the old iPhone was... Heck, you could almost use it for 4 months and then sell it as 'new'. The thing was sooo scratch resistant on the back.
Could you do a more detailed analysis of the durability of the black plastic. Maybe slide it a bit over concrete. (I knoow, I know, this sounds horrible... but c'mon, in the name of science!)
Thanks
Damn you people demand a lot. Might as well have him throw it down the garbage disposal and see if it comes out alright. He said he scratched it with keys and nothing really happened.
Uh but I have a question... *broken record* Is there finally a character counter (or a message counter) for SMS?
Coming late into the thread, this is good to know. So really all that is needed after getting it is something like an InvisibleShield, and that should pretty much be enough for protecting it (those too paranoid (not that it's a bad thing) could grab a case or summat).
Really good to know.
BL.
My question which is kind of important in regards to whether or not I buy the phone...
Can you pop out the SIM and put in another AT&T SIM with a MediaNet plan and will it work with data and all? With the original iPhone this was the case although sometimes you had to reboot the phone.
Many many thanks if you can check this out.
Can you pop out the SIM and put in another AT&T SIM with a MediaNet plan and will it work with data and all? With the original iPhone this was the case although sometimes you had to reboot the phone.
Many many thanks if you can check this out.
You can't do this with the old iPhone, so I can only assume that you won't be able to do this with the iPhone 3G.
Is there an option to disable data so you can only access it via wireless? (if you didn't buy a data plan)
So, we went to lunch a few miles away and took the phone with us.
I am sad to report the GPS (at least in Google Maps) is SLOW.
It studders as we drive down the road. We drive a little and then the dot moves. It's not real time.
My blackberry used to do that with googlemaps, but was perfect with telenav.
