Comments on: iPhone: An Internet Device?

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Fri, 16 May 2008 13:43:01 +0000

[…] was an easy prediction for me to make (even back in January) that the iPhone would (eventually) launch in Ireland on the […]

By: Sinéad Cochrane

Sinéad Cochrane — Wed, 30 May 2007 19:55:23 +0000

Yes it has wi-fi, but that doesn’t make it a portable internet device, unless there you’re in a hot-spot, which is rare in Ireland.

By: Glenn

Glenn — Tue, 29 May 2007 06:16:17 +0000

The internet connection works like the PSP so your not running up a hugh internet bill on the mobile internet rates!

anyway I’ve pre booked maritas and mine in the states.

By: Sinead Cochrane

Sinead Cochrane — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:47:30 +0000

I agree with you about battery life, 3G would certainly add some demand. However, with a HSDPA network, 3G speeds clock in at a max of 3.6mps - and trust me, these are not theoretical speeds.

I dont doubt that Apple wont eventually launch a 3G version of the iPhone, perhaps their decision to launch a non-3G handset was to make certain that there WOULD be a successor to the iPhone.

By: Robert Synnott

Robert Synnott — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 10:43:50 +0000

I suspect that their reluctance to use 3G may involve battery life; the iPhone’s battery is verging on inadequate as it is, and 3G would add some demand. And while you’re right about the theoretical speeds for (more modern) 3G, real world 3G apparently doesn’t often attain such speeds.

Possibly the iPhone 2 will have 3G or a successor technology :)