I see most topics covered here but I dont see much about technology.. raise your hand if you have an iPhone 3g? Love it? Hate it?

NEW -> Contingent Buyer Assistance Program
I've got one, and I still love it, but would take my original iPhone back if I had the chance since I have to keep 3G turned off to get good reception.
 
I don't have the new one, but do have the 2nd gen I bought at the end of last year. LOVE IT !



I just downloaded the new software and appreciate now having "push" email. The App store is very cool and and I've downloaded a ton of free crap that I don't need....but have fun with.



One a scale of 1 to 10 ?



10 !



This will be serious competition for RIMM.
 
O... I is JELLIS!



:lol:



I will get one, but just need my current plan to expire....

Where is my Startrek communicator and Tricorder... (*takes off Nerd helmet...*)



-bix
 
I still have my old iPhone and am in no hurry to upgrade. LOVE my Apps. Pandora rocks, (ha ha ha, get it?) and I like the flashlight App. Came in handy when I was trying to read the playbill during The Sound of Music last Friday night!
 
OK, stupid question time: Which is better, iPhone or BB Pearl?



I've had a Blackberry Pearl for the last, erm, 20 months and really like it...I know diddly about iPhones, has anyone switched from a BBP to iPhone?



Our plan expires in January so I need to try and educate myself on what to do once it does...
 
[quote author="PeterUK" date=1216996074]OK, stupid question time: Which is better, iPhone or BB Pearl?



I've had a Blackberry Pearl for the last, erm, 20 months and really like it...I know diddly about iPhones, has anyone switched from a BBP to iPhone?



Our plan expires in January so I need to try and educate myself on what to do once it does...</blockquote>


I had Blackberrys for a long time and I dont think they are as user friendly or as encompassing as the iPhone. But thats just my opinion :)
 
[quote author="NancyBotwin" date=1217029943][quote author="PeterUK" date=1216996074]OK, stupid question time: Which is better, iPhone or BB Pearl?



I've had a Blackberry Pearl for the last, erm, 20 months and really like it...I know diddly about iPhones, has anyone switched from a BBP to iPhone?



Our plan expires in January so I need to try and educate myself on what to do once it does...</blockquote>


I had Blackberrys for a long time and I dont think they are as user friendly or as encompassing as the iPhone. But thats just my opinion :)</blockquote>
The only problem that keeps us from getting an iPone right now is the AT&T;service (I think that's who they use).

We have had AT&T;before, and we really didn't like them.

We currently have Verizon, and we are happy with their service and their coverage.

99% of the time we have a cell phone signal - even in very remote places.

(Although that can be a problem when you are hiking through the rain forests in Hawaii

and your husband is still on the cell phone! - I was praying for the signal to drop.)



As soon as the iPone works with Verizon - I'm jumping.
 
[quote author="CalGal" date=1217038525][quote author="NancyBotwin" date=1217029943][quote author="PeterUK" date=1216996074]OK, stupid question time: Which is better, iPhone or BB Pearl?



I've had a Blackberry Pearl for the last, erm, 20 months and really like it...I know diddly about iPhones, has anyone switched from a BBP to iPhone?



Our plan expires in January so I need to try and educate myself on what to do once it does...</blockquote>


I had Blackberrys for a long time and I dont think they are as user friendly or as encompassing as the iPhone. But thats just my opinion :)</blockquote>
The only problem that keeps us from getting an iPone right now is the AT&T;service (I think that's who they use).

We have had AT&T;before, and we really didn't like them.

We currently have Verizon, and we are happy with their service and their coverage.

99% of the time we have a cell phone signal - even in very remote places.

(Although that can be a problem when you are hiking through the rain forests in Hawaii

and your husband is still on the cell phone! - I was praying for the signal to drop.)



As soon as the iPone works with Verizon - I'm jumping.</blockquote>


According to a reliable source you can (hack) unlock the 1st generation of the Iphone and use other carrier's services. Apple knew the flaw of the 1st generation and introduce the later secured versions where Apple and AT&T;could monopolize the market. The 1st generation is being sought after big time and owners are selling it at the same price or slightly less than what they had paid for initially. For a used phone that is damn good of a selling price. People seeking the 1st generation phones are mostly interested for the purpose of hacking and reselling it for a profit to users who does not like AT&T;.
 
Yeah I am using a friend's iPhone on tmobile. Its the first gen, so edge is a bit slow. I'm not sure how much I like it. I <I>LOVE</I> the web browsing capabilities, and i'm using NetNewsWire for blogs and its fantastic too.



The phone app is just kinda 'eh' though. I may go back to a windows mobile phone, or wait for android. We'll see.
 
[quote author="25w100k+" date=1217046181]Yeah I am using a friend's iPhone on tmobile. Its the first gen, so edge is a bit slow. I'm not sure how much I like it. I <I>LOVE</I> the web browsing capabilities, and i'm using NetNewsWire for blogs and its fantastic too.



The phone app is just kinda 'eh' though. I may go back to a windows mobile phone, or wait for android. We'll see.</blockquote>




I *love* the visual voicemail, though, while i agree the phone is ...eh...



being able to pick the mail to listen to, skip back and forth, etc, is great
 
ISM, I just downloaded that flashlight app ! How funny. I also downloaded tape recorder...you can speak into the phone and then play it back and it stores all of your voice notes. Pretty neat. The Bloomberg app is great too.



My biggest gripe is that I can't take a pic with the iPhone, then send it to another phone. I can only email the pic. Same goes for if someone is trying to send me a pic to my phone, I only get a notification that I received one, then the phone tells me what website to log onto and a password....so I can view the pic. That is really annoying.



Does anyone know if there is a app I can download to allow this function ? Phone to phone pics?
 
The hub & I have Verizon & love the coverage and the service

is great. Trouble is the service needs to be great. We got identical

phones and have taken them back and gotten both of them replaced,

which was done with speed and politeness.



His inexplicably turned itself off.



Mine inexplicably lost audio. But text still worked. So I was forced

to text, which I had previously refused to do. Now I really like to text,

and find it has a different response entirely than phone. But I'd never

recommend this phone. The previous version of the same phone

was very durable and reliable--until it stayed in my pants pocket and

got washed and dried in the dryer. This treatment I do not expect anything

to survive.



the Verizon guy said there is a gonna be a new phone out to military

specs. I said that's for me!!!
 
Man.. I want the iPhone soooo bad, but i am on Verizon. My wife's entire family is networked on verizon so i cannot switch over to AT&T;. Any chance that the iPhone will be available for Verizon soon? I've got a Black Berry Pearl, but the screen is too small.
 
[quote author="PANDA" date=1219394379]Man.. I want the iPhone soooo bad, but i am on Verizon. My wife's entire family is networked on verizon so i cannot switch over to AT&T;. Any chance that the iPhone will be available for Verizon soon? I've got a Black Berry Pearl, but the screen is too small.</blockquote>


Buy a used 1st generation and hack into the code so you can use any carrier of your choice.
 
[quote author="bkshopr" date=1219395245][quote author="PANDA" date=1219394379]Man.. I want the iPhone soooo bad, but i am on Verizon. My wife's entire family is networked on verizon so i cannot switch over to AT&T;. Any chance that the iPhone will be available for Verizon soon? I've got a Black Berry Pearl, but the screen is too small.</blockquote>


Buy a used 1st generation and hack into the code so you can use any carrier of your choice.</blockquote>


How do hack into the code? and is this legal? Where can i find the best deals on the 1st generation iPhones? Should i be looking on eBay? Sorry BK, I've used up all my questions for the week.
 
The iPhone won't work on the Verizon system. AT&T;and T-Mobile use different cellular technology (GSM) vs. Verizon and Sprint (CDMA). The only way this could work is if you opened up the iPhone, replaced the radios, rewired the phone, and wrote new drivers for it to work on CDMA. Not an easy task.



So, for the meantime, Panda, you're not able to use the iPhone. I read somewhere that Verizon had been offered the iPhone in the beginning and turned it down. Maybe they will come out with something that's similar in the future? There is talk that Verizon will offer the new Google phone. That could be interesting.
 
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