iPhone 3G S shipping June 19
Most popular 3G phone said best for users
Stephen Pate, NJN Network, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, June 18, 2009 with story from ComputerWorld and IDG
If you didn’t get your order in for the new Apple iPhone 3G S which launches today, you’ll have to wait. ATT&T in the US and Rogers in Canada report sold out on the new phone. If you can’t get one, you can read about it.
OS 3.0
If you have an older iPhone or iTouch, the new OS 3.0 is shipping. Galen Gruman at ComputerWorld does a run-through on OS 3.0 and generally likes it.
“The hype over the new iPhone 3.0 OS has matched Apple Inc.’s previous frenzied heights. We’ve all been guilty of getting excited over a new version that added long-desired capabilities such as copy and paste and content searching, but now that the new OS is real (it became available yesterday), does it live up to our hopes and dreams? For the most part, it does.” (ComputerWorld)
He likes the cut and paste feature which works across apps. The new OS slowed down his iTouch at first but then seemed to resume its normal speedy little way. Spotlight is the new search engine for your hand held. OS 3 now supports mail, messaging, Notes and Safari in landscape mode. While Gruman didn’t get everything he wanted, he is satisfied with the $10 upgrade.
iPhone 3G S
Get one if you can. The lined up in Paris this morning.
The US and Canadian prices are identical – $199 for the 16 GB version and $299 for the 32 GB version. With a 3 megapixel camera, video cam and English muffin toaster – it has everything we need in a modern appliance.
Senators balk
“U.S. senators today struggled at a committee hearing to understand AT&T Inc.’s explanation for how exclusive deals for phones like the iPhone stimulate innovation. (IDG)”
Looks like the exclusive deal with Apple and AT&T may end sooner than later. Competition is a pillar of the American economy. AT&T lobbyists must be losing ground in Washington.
“”I accept the benefits you articulated but I’m having a difficult time trying to envision why an innovator, given the size of the market and the number of outlets, is not going to innovate to produce a product that is equally competitive [to an exclusive phone] … because it wants to appeal across different providers,” said Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.)”
“One panelist argued that the Carterfone precedent should apply to this issue. More than 40 years ago, in a landmark case known as Carterfone, the FCC decided that network operator AT&T must let people own their own phones and attach other devices to the network. The result spurred innovations such as the fax machine.”
“We take for granted the right to own and attach telephones to the wired network. That freedom should extend to wireless networks,” said Robert Frieden, professor of telecommunications and law at Penn State University. He noted that TV broadcasters don’t restrict people from watching cable or DVDs and computer makers don’t regulate which ISP people can use or what services they can access. Wireless customers should have the same freedoms, he argued.”
“The committee is inviting public comments about the issue over the next week.” ComputerWorld
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