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Trent Gamblin
Member #261
April 2000
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Yes, that is silly kind of but I think that's a restriction pushed by the carriers if you ask me. I don't see any other reason for it.
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BAF
Member #2,981
December 2002
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Yes, but Apple is bowing down to them. I don't see any such restrictions on Android or Windows Mobile. Just sayin'... |
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Trent Gamblin
Member #261
April 2000
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Yeah. It's not a big deal to me, but it's something that potentially (probably?) hurts my game sales. Games too big to download over 3G, so some people don't want to go to the trouble.
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BAF
Member #2,981
December 2002
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It's just another draconian restriction if you ask me. Of course, I would never consider purchasing an iPhone - the most insurmountable of problems being AT&T. Then the draconian restrictions such as 3g use at times, and being unable to sideload apps. The fact that Windows Mobile 7 is moving in the same direction is enough reason to add that mobile OS to my shitlist as well. Looks like I'm on Android for a while... |
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Jonatan Hedborg
Member #4,886
July 2004
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It's interesting that most issues people have with the iPhone is because of AT&T - not the iPhone. I'm just glad we have several provides that sell the iPhone in Sweden (and none of them are as crappy and customer-hating as AT&T). gnolam said: Actually? Yeah, pretty much. Possibly on paper, but I've tried a lot of a phones, and none have the user experience of the 3GS. Sure it has some weak points, but most of those will be fixed in iOS4 it seems.
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axilmar
Member #1,204
April 2001
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My only problem with the iPhone is the lack of Flash video support. There is a huge amount of information out there in videos, so it's really important for me. |
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Trent Gamblin
Member #261
April 2000
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Well it doesn't support all of flash, but it supports youtube (from the youtube player app that comes with the phone, and embedded youtube videos on sites).
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MiquelFire
Member #3,110
January 2003
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Youtube uses HTML5 video tag, with mp4 video. So the player you see is one embedded on a chip on the iPhone. --- |
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Thomas Fjellstrom
Member #476
June 2000
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They recently opened up some video streaming apps and some voice calling to work over 3G. But I doubt it works all that great. AT&Ts network will continue to suck till they have all the new towers up (going to take them a good year or two to finish), and all the new backhaul infrastructure in, AND the new 4G frequencies. But that last one wont help 3G devices at all, well except it'll get some of the 3G users off the 3G frequencies. -- |
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Jonny Cook
Member #4,055
November 2003
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I thought the new iPhone looked really awesome. I don't use cellphones, so I won't be getting it, but if they released an iPod touch with the same features I would certainly want to pick one up. Once the price dropped a bit at least. Now that I think about it, I'll probably just wait until I'm rich... The face of a child can say it all, especially the mouth part of the face. |
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BAF
Member #2,981
December 2002
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Thomas Fjellstrom said: AT&Ts network will continue to suck till they have all the new towers up (going to take them a good year or two to finish), and all the new backhaul infrastructure in, AND the new 4G frequencies. But that last one wont help 3G devices at all, well except it'll get some of the 3G users off the 3G frequencies. Hahahahaha. You think they're going to roll out 4G in a couple of years? Obviously you don't know how painfully slow they rolled out 3G then. |
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Thomas Fjellstrom
Member #476
June 2000
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BAF said: Hahahahaha. You think they're going to roll out 4G in a couple of years? Uh, where did I say they would finish in a couple years? Quote: Obviously you don't know how painfully slow they rolled out 3G then. Yeah, they still haven't got 3G over most of their area yet. -- |
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BAF
Member #2,981
December 2002
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Thomas Fjellstrom said: AT&Ts network will continue to suck till they have all the new towers up (going to take them a good year or two to finish) You jumped right from new towers to 4G. |
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Thomas Fjellstrom
Member #476
June 2000
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That line was specifically about existing networks, not about 4G. They are adding new back haul and new towers to the older 3G network. -- |
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jhuuskon
Member #302
April 2000
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I would like to point out that my S40-based Nokia 6600i can do video calls over UMTS and it costs about 1/4th of the price of an iPhone 3Gs. It also meets all of the technical requirements I imposed on it when i was shopping for a new handset last fall, something the iPhone never can because one of them was (and still is) a proper keypad. You don't deserve my sig. |
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AMCerasoli
Member #11,955
May 2010
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The new relotutions of the iPhone4 it's just incredible!! 960×640 PX!! it's almost the resolution that Monitors had some time ago!!... but iPhone have it in a small screen. I think this time i won't be able to see the pixels like i did with the 3G..
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BAF
Member #2,981
December 2002
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That's about the only thing the iPhone has going for it. Won't take long for others to jump on board anyway, and its hardly the first high res screen (in fact, it's about damn time, how long has the iPhone had an embarrassingly low resolution?). |
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axilmar
Member #1,204
April 2001
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No smart phone that plays Flash videos yet, despite all this technology. |
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Jonatan Hedborg
Member #4,886
July 2004
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axilmar said: No smart phone that plays Flash videos yet, despite all this technology. My old Nokia plays flash just fine. iPhone can play flash videos (via youtube, and their API allows you to use other sources for the same video formats).
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MiquelFire
Member #3,110
January 2003
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Actually, YouTube uses MP4 video format, which Flash can use for video. I think when using Safari on iPhone, YouTube uses the <video> tag. --- |
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Billybob
Member #3,136
January 2003
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axilmar said: No smart phone that plays Flash videos yet, despite all this technology. I thought the latest Android OS played Flash (after downloading an app)? I've got an Android now, but haven't tried Flash yet.
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Kibiz0r
Member #6,203
September 2005
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Surprised this hasn't been posted yet: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/apple --- |
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Arthur Kalliokoski
Second in Command
February 2005
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Clippy would never be that helpful. They all watch too much MSNBC... they get ideas. |
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BAF
Member #2,981
December 2002
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axilmar said: No smart phone that plays Flash videos yet, despite all this technology. Android does. Windows Mobile does. I'm sure others do too. It's just Apple pouting in the corner with a dunce cap on who forbades this. |
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Billybob
Member #3,136
January 2003
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BAF said: It's just Apple pouting in the corner with a dunce cap on who forbades this.
It's fun to watch the battle though
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