Short AT&T
There service sucks and now people can legally jailbreak the iPhone. I expect hundreds of thousands of people will opt for this once their contract runs out. The monopoly power for AT&T is eroding, thank goodness.
Author:Trevor
Date: Thursday, 29. July 2010 16:50
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Thursday, 29. July 2010 19:09
Not so fast — the iPhone, as is, will not work on either Verizon or Sprint, period. Sprint and Verizon use CDMA and EV-DO as a physical layer for transmission, whereas AT&T uses GSM and HSDPA, like in Europe.
Going to T-Mobile isn’t an easy proposition either. Although both use the same frequencies for their GSM communication, they use different bands for HSDPA (ATT = 1900mhz, TMo = 1700mhz). The iPhone’s radio does not support TMobile’s bands for 3G, so using the iPhone on T-Mobile’s network would get you really, really slow data, as it would have to fall back to GSM only (about the speed of a 56K modem).
Thursday, 29. July 2010 19:13
The real purpose of a jailbreak is to install non-Apple-approved software. A jailbroken iPhone is so much cooler than a non-jailbroken one. You can do WiFi tethering, real multitasking, switch out your home screen, use the Google Voice dialer, etc.
AT&T isn’t bad in all places — in northern NJ it’s pretty good, and way cheaper than Verizon for data plans. I just purchased a Samsung Captivate for use on AT&T, and I love it! I prefer Android to iOS because I can live without Apple’s draconian restrictions on my productivity.
Friday, 30. July 2010 17:09
Hey, that’s pretty smart. Maybe it’s a good thing I didn’t put my money where my mouth was…