To iPhone or not to iPhone, that is the Question

[drscott]

Paul's getting his new phone today, so I need to decide what to do with mine. The iPhone's really attractive, but a few faults keep me undecided: no Bluetooth stereo headphone protocol, no cut-and-paste, slow data network. The first two will probably get fixed with software updates, but the network hardware won't, and it's rumored the new model with much faster network hardware will appear in April '09.

I don't mind paying Steve $100/year for being on the leading edge, but $400/year is too much.

So I'll look through the alternatives, and consider keeping my old phone until next year's iPhone 2.0.

Comments

[abqdan.livejournal.com]

I suspect this is actually the intention of the update. I still cannot understand the deal Apple (hi-tech, hi-style company) made with AT&T (low-tech, bad reputation company).

Given the open nature of the operating system, I don't think they'll really be able to break these phones permanently, and I expect to see new patches out from hackers in a couple of weeks repairing (and again unlocking) the affected iPhones. This is going to concentrate the ire of hackers on Apple for a while; I hope they don't decide to take it out on iMacs as well.

Shame on Apple for the AT&T deal, and for creating this 'update'. And shame on the FCC for not forcing all wireless companies to unlock the billions of dollars worth of equipment we buy so that we can have cell phone service.