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Anyone have one yet? I'm still using the original 8gig model. I'm considering an upgrade to the 32gig model. I understand you can tether it to a laptop to get mobile 3g connectivity on your cpu. Just looking for input...thanks
 
highvoltage said:
Anyone have one yet? I'm still using the original 8gig model. I'm considering an upgrade to the 32gig model. I understand you can tether it to a laptop to get mobile 3g connectivity on your cpu. Just looking for input...thanks
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I'm not sure about that, but there are a lot of improvements. If you can use it as a "modem" that is one feature that a lot of people have been waiting for. Of course, AT&T may not be rigged to let you take advantage of that service much like they are allegedly not set up yet for iPhone MMS service.
 
Tethering was part of the 3.0 software update but won't be activated through AT&T any time soon. That was primarily for the non-US market.
 
I have it, but only have the origional model to compare it to. It does everything much faster, but I'm not sure its worth a $199 upgrade. I'm comparing it to my sisters original. Its my first one. Shes gonna wait for next summers model.

Tethering is not supported by ATT, though is easily hackable (for now) and apparently some of them dont break the TOS. Neither is MMS. Rumor has it ATT's network is just way over saturated. They are, according to cnet, moving into a different spectrum, in order to alleviate slow network and dropped call issues, and these wavelengths will also better go around buildings and through walls. They are also rolling out higher speeds for 3g, but whoever knows when these things will get to you, I would guess not for a year at least... just in time for a new i phone...
 
sirahren said:
Tethering is not supported by ATT, though is easily hackable (for now) and apparently some of them dont break the TOS.
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Just a heads up, there are multiple discussions on the AT&T Wireless forums about people who used teathering with other cell phones, and when AT&T found out they got slammed with big time data surcharges for doing it. Just be aware of the possibility if you hack you decide your iPhone. ;)
 
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... when AT&T found out they got slammed with big time data surcharges for doing it. Just be aware of the possibility if you hack you decide your iPhone. ;)
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I wonder how they do the accounting for AT&T spying on all the internet traffic for NSA. :D
 
mdauben said:
Just a heads up, there are multiple discussions on the AT&T Wireless forums about people who used teathering with other cell phones, and when AT&T found out they got slammed with big time data surcharges for doing it. Just be aware of the possibility if you hack you decide your iPhone. ;)
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Thanks... good to know. I wasnt, because I'm the guy who carries around his work Tilt, his iphone and his wireless 3g card. Sure would be nice to consolodate those someday!
 
I know Sprint doesn't really care about tethering. I have it for free as part of my SERO plan and have been using it for close to three years now with no issues. Most of their phones support it, and if you do have to pay for it, the charge is minimal ($15, IIRC). Tethering lets me use my phone as a modem for my laptop, so I can process credit cards online at gun shows without having to buy one of those ridiculously expensive wireless swipers (~$1000).

Sprint is usually ahead of the game in terms of data network, and halfway decent when it comes to voice. The great thing about Sprint is that if their network sucks in an area, you can roam for free on Verizon with most plans and Verizon always has the best voice network, in my experience.

The bad part is that Sprint is not doing very well in keeping up in the phone race. They flat out will not activate a phone on their network that does not say "Sprint" on it. The Palm Pre that just came out is supposed to be decent, but I am waiting on the HTC Touch Pro 2. That thing looks awesome. While the HTC hardware may be arguably better, it's really hard to compete with the iPhone App Store if you are into that kind of stuff. I personally prefer a more business oriented phone, which is why I want the TP2 so bad.
 
The new iPhone will be able to tether in the future, but I believe it will be around $70 bucks for tethering and possibly texting plans. That does not include the data plan, which is currently required for all iPhone users. The way around the tethering contract is to jailbreak you phone, which allows you to install any third party stuff you wish. I've done that on my 3G model, and can tether without AT&T knowing anything about it. So that's one way around that, once the 3.0 Jailbreak is released (supposedly tomorrow). Honestly, Jailbreaking is one of the best things you can do to your phone. If done properly AT&T doesn't know anything has changed, and you can add all the cool stuff you want to. ROM's, emulators, tethering, themes, wallpapers, OpenSSH access, the list is almost endless. Definitely well worth the extra effort, at least in my opinion.....

As for the MMS, AT&T is claiming that they have to add "Opt Out" options to all the accounts before they can roll out the MMS service. Sounds like a bunch of crap to me, but they say it'll all be ready to rock this summer. However, one of the local stores I talked to said they think it might be released as early as next month, as a "surprise" move. Don't know for sure though, so don't quote me on that. As for price, what I've heard is that it's going to be included in the current text plan, so there will be no additional charge. Apparently, even though you haven't had access to it, you've been paying for it from day one.
 
sirahren said:
Neither is MMS. Rumor has it ATT's network is just way over saturated. They are, according to cnet, moving into a different spectrum, in order to alleviate slow network and dropped call issues, and these wavelengths will also better go around buildings and through walls.
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I have the first gen model (jailbroken, T-mobile) and it sucks that I cannot receive pic messages:grumpy: I know of swirly mms but have not upgraded system yet. Thinking about waiting for the 3G-S to become unlock and purchase one then.:thumbup:
 
A couple of more things. According to rumors, Apple originally gave Verizon first crack at the iPhone in 2007 and they chose not to do it allegedly because of Apple's requirements. One of the big ones was probably that Verizon would have to go GSM, which they are now going to do anyway. With that said, I do believe that AT&T's exclusive contract expires in 2010 and there are already 2 players in the US market that sell the iPhone elsewhere....T Mobile and Vodaphone, which owns half of Verizon Wireless. either of them could just migrate the systems that they are suing overseas, albeit after the GSM change for Voda/Verizon. I wouldn't be completely shocked if Telefonica of Spain, another big iPhone reseller, decided to take a crack at the US with the O2 brand they have in the UK if they could buy someone out like Sprint or Alltel and convert them to GSM. The have been competing for a couple of years in Mexico with Carlos Slim's TelCel company and that either takes some great big cojones or a complete lack of common sense whichever the case may be.:D Rogers of Canada is also an iPhone reseller as is Orange of France, so who knows who might want to jump into the market? Remember that Verizon and AT&T are, respectively, like the 14th and 15th largest cell companies in the wrold as far as numbers of subscribers and Sprint/Nextel doesn't even make the top 20 list, so they are not invincible without some kind of government protection if one of the REALLY big guys want to come in like T Mobile did a number of years back. Telefonica's O2 brand went from being a startup to being the biggest carrier in the UK in less than 10 years mostly at mighty Vodaphone's expense, in Voda's own home country at that, so it is not unthinkable..
 
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Verizon I believe is going directly to UMTS and may be bypassing GSM entirely.
Rumors, they don't ask my opinion
 
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