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Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Surprise, surprise. David Pogue of the New York Times got an iPhone and has released this wonderfully entertaining iPhone review and gives us great insight on the iPhone just days before its release. The bomb that we said was going to be a tough impact on users has now been confirmed by Pogue. “EDGE is slow and horrible.” (Walt agrees, too.) Got that folks? When you’re not near a hotspot and you have to rely on AT&T’s dated EDGE network, that Google map trick ain’t going to work half a bean for you. You may find that four star restaurant faster on foot than by the iPhones EDGE connection! Or how about those inline photos in your E-mail? Hope you don’t have friends that don’t understand how to resize large photos before hitting that send button to you. Basically, the only time you’re ever going to want to use the iPhone data features is when you’re in a hotspot. Just like Steve did at Macworld.
Just something to think about while in line and waiting to plop $500 down for a phone with a slow data connection (with that required monthly data plan). Oh ya, don’t forget, all third-party apps are, yup, Internet driven. 