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more on All hail the new iPhone - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 19:56:32 -0500
BTW, I realized a major problem with the Iphone may be the non- replacable battery. Often I find my self using my spare battery
Begin forwarded message: From: Ole Jacobsen <ole () cisco com> Date: January 13, 2007 6:51:37 PM EST To: David Farber <dave () farber net> Cc: ip () v2 listbox comSubject: Re: [IP] more on All hail the new iPhone - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Reply-To: Ole Jacobsen <ole () cisco com> My personal take: Sadly, most cellphone handsets are "given away" (for some value of give) in exchange for carrier "loyalty" (read contract) and lockage. So, that's how you sell phones, in the US and perhaps most of the world. But there IS another model. Go to Singapore, Bangkok, London, Amsterdam, and many other cities in the GSM world and you will find plenty of outlets selling unlocked phones (including of course online). And this is where I think Apple could have made a difference: "Upgrade your phone today!" (assuming you already have service), and bingo, if your phone is cool enough it will sell and could have been launched worldwide, just like an iPod or iMac. This would have required support for 3G (2100Mhz WCDMA, aka UMTS) and perhaps some negotiations with carriers such as Vodaphone Japan (now Softbank), or DoCoMo which does not offer "service with bring-your-own phone), Or, if we acknowlede that Japan is a really hard place to break into and you give up, at least with 3G the rest of the world's iPhone users could roam there. Jobs did say "3G is coming", but I am really disappointed that the 3G band was not included in this first round. There are already MANY 3G sets on the market, getting an iPhone would be a step backwards for me in terms of worldwide coverage. The note that Cingular will no longer unlock phones is downright disturbing! Ole Ole J. Jacobsen Editor and Publisher, The Internet Protocol Journal Cisco Systems Tel: +1 408-527-8972 GSM: +1 415-370-4628 E-mail: ole () cisco com URL: http://www.cisco.com/ipj ------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ipArchives at: Archives: http://archives.listbox.com/247/
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