“Australia will have the fastest Apple 3G iPhone in the world, a senior executive of Telstra has told ChannelNews. ‘We know what is coming we have seen the new device and it will be available on our network as soon as it is launched in the USA. By Xmas this phone will be capable of 42mbs which will make it faster than a lot of broadband offerings and the fastest iPhone on any network in the world,’ they said,” David Richards reports or ChannelNews.
“The 3G version of Apple’s iPhone will become available very soon after its June 9 unveiling by CEO/chairman Steve Jobs at the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco say Apple insiders. ChannelNews has also been told that Telstra already have 3G phones for testing,” Richards reports.
Full article here.
@Mad Mac Maniac,
“Plus BIGGER is better.”
I know. That’s what your girlfriend said when I asked her why she liked sleeping with me more than you. She also made some reference to microsoft when talking about you, but I don’t think she meant the company.
With the new Intel chip Mac’s, you can’t trust your computer anymore because a installed software may install something into EFI. A powerful firmware level with complete access to your hard drive and the internet with out the OS even knowing about it.
And what about glossy screens? Over 80% prefer matte screens over glossy.
(anti-glare screens were not invented for nothing you know)
Apple hasn’t been listening lately and sure their stocks are up on speculation, but if their products fail to deliver on people’s needs, why spend money on them?
I’ve nearly given up on a lot of Apple lately, it’s like they went off on a dirt road into the desert somewhere.
Area 51.
Jesus mad Mac Maniac, as I was replying to you twaddle about the design of the iPhone, you post more diatribe.
How does a non-use replaceable battery result in premature hardware replacement? Do you not know you can get the battery in any iPhone, iPod or MacBook Air replaced at any Apple Store or Third Party Apple Provider?
Get the facts before shooting your mouth off boy, and you might walk away from this with some of your credibility intact.
Also, Apple do a fine job of showing the consumer what they need. As Henry Ford famously said about producing cars for the first time “If I’d asked my customers what they wanted, they’d have said a faster horse.”
Consumers need guidance. if the products are good, the consumers will buy. iPhone has been a phenomenal success. Case closed.
Do you not know you can get the battery in any iPhone, iPod or MacBook Air replaced at any Apple Store or Third Party Apple Provider?
Boy how I love it when they fall into the trap.
Yes I KNOW the battery can be replaced, but unless the masses come across this information, THEY DON”T KNOW AND ASSUME THEY NEED A NEW DEVICE!!
With a battery slot, EVERY USER AUTOMATICALLY KNOWS THEY CAN REPLACE THE BATTER THEMSELVES. And instead of waiting forever while their machine gets sent off, losing valuable time and not to mention privacy issues, the common user can replace the battery themselves at the local electonic supply store.
CHECKMATE!! FOOLS.
“Over 80% prefer matte screens over glossy.”
Where’s the link to a reliable source?
(Self surveys don’t count.)
The problem with Apple is they are making their product so VERTICAL, that you can’t do anything unless you go through THEM.
This allows them to control your hardware turnover and prices.
I don’t know who is worse, Microsoft or Apple.
At least with M$ one has a choice of hardware vendors.
With Apple you have little hardware choice.
God I love them, but it’s getting really bad lately.
Some user names are more telling that others. We should be more attuned to that…
Over 80% prefer matte screens over glossy.
I know you know the answer because you have been here a long time and have seen the link before.
But for the rest here it is.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061018-8022.html
Feel free to Google “MacPolls”, “MacSlash” for “glossy” “matte” and see for yourselves WHAT THE MAC PUBLIC WANTS!!
Matte screens rule!!
“Yes I KNOW the battery can be replaced, but unless the masses come across this information, THEY DON”T KNOW AND ASSUME THEY NEED A NEW DEVICE!!”
Never assume, it makes an ASS out of U and ME.
Dude, put the crack pipe down. If you don’t ask questions, you never find answers. If consumers would rather blindly walk in and buy a new device instead of asking a simple question (can the battery be replaced?) then that’s their problem.
I bet you’re the guy who took McDonalds to court because the coffee was too hot, and now every coffee shop has to put WARNING: HOT COFFEE on every cup of hot coffee so idiots like you don’t scald themselves.
Can we ignore Mad Mac Maniac and move on? (his reference to glossy screen complaints was the tip-off to me).
I’ve got a REAL problem – take a look at where my house is located:
See the red “X” in the middle of all that white space? – that’s where I live. I’d LOVE to get an iPhone but wouldn’t be able to use it in my home or neighborhood. My wife has one, but only uses it for phone calls when she is “out and about”.
Anybody have any suggestions? Should I call AT&T;and ask them to “fill in the white space”?
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As excellent as the first version of the iPhone is, it’s not ‘everything’ that Apple wanted it to be…else there would be no need for another version. Since Apple is coming out with a new improved iPhone, the first one must have needed some tweaking.
As outstanding as iPhone 2 will no doubt be, there will also be areas that Apple will want to improve upon and they will no doubt come out with an iPhone 3… and so on. Not a big deal is it?
I did not purchase iPhone V1 because I knew that Apple would likely learn some things from their first move into the cell phone market (not counting the *wonderful ROKR…but they obviously learned from that too!) and would make some improvements to V2. Even though all we have to go on is RUMOR at this point, I will be in line at my Apple store to purchase the new improved iPhone the day it launches.
Apple CAN do ‘wrong’ the first time and they have done so in the past… but on those occasions, they usually fix the issues with v2 and stand behind v1 with excellent service.
(I cite the aluminum iMac and its “random shutdown” issue as one recent example)
While I don’t agree that iPhone needs a ‘real’ keyboard, nor do they need to come out with new models every 6 months, there are improvements to be made. … and I wait with eager anticipation for those improvements as embodied in iPhone 2!
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And luckily for us stock holders, Apple has obviously delivering spectacularly all over the place (although we are still waiting on AppleTV to deliver true potential). MacBook Air? Flying off the shelves (out of stock for the most part); iPhone? Already discussed to death. Macs? growing twice as fast as any competitor in the market.
Apple, please don’t change anything. My AAPL stock has doubled just about a year. I want it to double again!
MaMac Maniawrites, “And what about glossy screens? Over 80% prefer matte screens over glossy.” And over 80% prefer – or at least buy – Windows. What does that prove?
Actually, I’m starting to warm to a glossy, if done right. My 17″ LCD/TV monitor went on me after only three years, so I was thrown back in the market. None of the mattes caught my attention. I went for an LG 22″, but took it back due to color shifts when even slightly off access. It was also *very* reflective. I took it back, then ordered an HP W2007. Nice colors, color shifts and reflectivity not as bad. I think I’ll keep it.
A former colleague, once dismissive of Macs until a catastrophic failure of his Windows PC, made the leap to a 24″ iMac and loves it. I’ve yet to hear him say “If only it weren’t glossy…”
“Over 80% prefer matte screens over glossy.
I know you know the answer because you have been here a long time and have seen the link before. But for the rest here it is.”
Lenovo ran an unscientific online poll. The link to the poll is 404 Not Found.
You Failed Again. CHECKMATE ! !
BTW, have you considered chlorpromazine?
I just finally got a jailbroke iPhone and all I can say id Phuuuuuuquqe! What an amazing machine. The guy I got it from here in Oz has been selling 1000 to 2000 a month! For $995! AUD which is pretty on parity with the USD now. It works seamlessly with my carrier (Optus – who has a recorded iPhone announcement when you call for support. They have techs in place already to support the iPhone. One helped me get the data plan ($50 unlimited) all set up with no problems. No hesitation.
And the phone!!1 The best reception I have ever had with any phone. I live close to an event horizon for mobile phone reception.
M3 (cubed) you need to actually hold one in your hands before you complain. That is all I will say to your litany of diatribes that IMHO made no cogent point except that you pulled a Hillary – you got heaps of attention but still lost in the end.
That is not a sexist comment BTW, it is a behavioural observation.
Cheers…
Why would Apple make a small phone? Mobile phones are crap, and apple don’t make them. The only reason the iPhone has a mobile built into it is because that’e the only way Apple can get a lot of people to buy them, essentially it’s just an iPod touch with a phone tacked on–the phone part is among the least important bits and only there to fill the gap until we have overcome the retardation caused by the cellular companies protection of their businesses. Cellphones are 1990s crap.
@The DataDude,
HAH! I’m coming to get you!
If they are making it that fast, you’ll be able to hook it up to your Mac for an internet connection. You heard it here first.
@Cubert
>> HAH! I’m coming to get you!
No problem – just bring along a 3G iPhone for me
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Mad Mac Maniac is ZuneTang® trying out a new persona. Zuny just can’t keep up with his MS BS anymore.
@simple
exactly !
or Afib is that you…?!
Mad Mac Maniac.
The dumbest fucking troll in a long while,
(and secretly loves Vista.)
Mad Mac Maniac is MacDude/Peterson
EFI fear, glossy screens, double spaced posts, poor spelling and grammar.
Same story, different handle. This has been his schtick for years on this site.
This is not so much a news item about Apple’s 3G iPhone. It’s more a fatuous, self-promoting and probably wildly-exaggerated bit of waffle from Telstra.