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Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 1:40 pm
by Sabre
ya, if you're stationary near an AP ;)

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 1:53 pm
by complacent
Sabre wrote:When they unlock high speed Internet, I'll be ALL over it.
You mean when they ship the device with either a 3G GSM or CDMA chipset, right? ;)

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 2:14 pm
by Sabre
exactly :) High speed as apposed to.... almost modem speeds!

I have heard rumors that there is actually 3G support.... but that it's not turned on for battery life reasons...

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 2:52 pm
by complacent
Sabre wrote: I have heard rumors that there is actually 3G support.... but that it's not turned on for battery life reasons...
'Fraid not, amigo :( Teh chipset will not support 3G.

Perhaps next rev?

<----Still wants a Verizon or even Sprint version... Or if ATT&T scrapped their entire operation and built an actual performing 3G network with uptime and call quality like Verizon, I'd probably switch over.


I guess I'm not getting an iPhone, eh?

:cry:

<---- One saddened aapl fanboi.

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 3:12 pm
by Libra Monkee
Also, there's a comprenhesive list of iPhone bugs.

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 3:12 pm
by chicken n waffles
*points and laughs at colin*

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 3:36 pm
by Sabre
complacent wrote:Teh chipset will not support 3G.
Then why have this?

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 3:49 pm
by complacent
Sabre wrote:
complacent wrote:Teh chipset will not support 3G.
Then why have this?
IIRC, most new phones/plans with AT&T are using the same cardstock. It was probably just easier to use the same cards as the rest of teh phones.

Without the 3G radio, there really isn't much to be done. You can't download a new piece of firmware as an update.

Okay, I'm stepping off my soapbox now. Back to your regularly scheduled thread.

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 4:05 pm
by Mr Kleen
silly software guy, a 3G SIM card isn't a 3G radio :wink:

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 4:34 pm
by Sabre
ok, guys... I know the difference between software and hardware ;) I was told by someone(who would know!) that the hardware existed in the phone, but it was turned off through firmware... then I saw that picture and I thought it provided a little bit of confirmation that it might be true.... Maybe it is all wishful thinking, who knows! Maybe when they were deciding which carrier to go with they incorporated all the hardware they needed for all of them and then just turned off that hardware when a carrier was selected.... All possibilities!

Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 8:43 am
by Mr Kleen
nope, no 3G radio hardware in the iPhone (yet). there was a lot of speculation that 3G was a firmware update away but this (sadly) turns out not to be the case.

Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 5:18 pm
by complacent

Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 10:13 pm
by Mr Kleen
:finger: your Duke, :censor: :!:

:rolllaugh:

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 10:42 am
by schvin
anyone know if it's true that everything runs as root on the iphone?