The AT&T network reliability is holding me back from switching from VZ/Storm to ATT/3GS. I’d rather have a phone thats is just ok but has great coverage and data services, than a cool phone on a shanty network.
Since swapping from my first gen to the 3GS iPhone I have not had one dropped call, not one. I’m in Atlanta. My only complaint is still the battery life. When it’s idling it has a notable improvement over the 1st gen iPhone, and when you’re running it in 2G for talking it does as well, but nothing like was claimed. I would say probably 6-7 hours of talk time on the 2G network. The real problem comes from the apps. They still drain the battery much, much too fast. And even though this isn’t a part of the 3GS, I just wanted to say that the push features of 3.0 are great now that developers are finally starting to utilize them.
I am a 3G user and cant upgrade because I was four months into my contract when the 3GS came out. It’s crazy that Apple wont even discount the 3GS for existing customers. I would even accept a partial discount and extend my contract another two years but that’s not an option with greedy ATT.
We have over 1400 signatures already, and signers include Lawrence Lessig,
Clay Shirky, Cory Doctorow and other notable authors, librarians, and
scholars.
The petition opens:
“We believe in a way of life based on the free exchange of ideas, in which
books have and will continue to play a central role. Devices like Amazon’s
are trying to determine how people will interact with books, but Amazon’s
use of DRM to control and monitor users and their books constitutes a clear
threat to the free exchange of ideas.”
Please have a look, and if you support the cause or think it would be
interesting to your readers, a blog post would be great!
July 20th, 2009 at 7:00 am
i love my 3gs, no complaints at all, much bette r& faster than the orig 3g
July 20th, 2009 at 11:37 am
The AT&T network reliability is holding me back from switching from VZ/Storm to ATT/3GS. I’d rather have a phone thats is just ok but has great coverage and data services, than a cool phone on a shanty network.
July 20th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
Im loving the 3GS, After coming from a storm with very flakey firmware the only annoyance I have with the iPhone is its sub-par battery life!
July 20th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
Since swapping from my first gen to the 3GS iPhone I have not had one dropped call, not one. I’m in Atlanta. My only complaint is still the battery life. When it’s idling it has a notable improvement over the 1st gen iPhone, and when you’re running it in 2G for talking it does as well, but nothing like was claimed. I would say probably 6-7 hours of talk time on the 2G network. The real problem comes from the apps. They still drain the battery much, much too fast. And even though this isn’t a part of the 3GS, I just wanted to say that the push features of 3.0 are great now that developers are finally starting to utilize them.
July 20th, 2009 at 8:56 pm
I am a 3G user and cant upgrade because I was four months into my contract when the 3GS came out. It’s crazy that Apple wont even discount the 3GS for existing customers. I would even accept a partial discount and extend my contract another two years but that’s not an option with greedy ATT.
July 22nd, 2009 at 11:17 am
I stood in line to get my 3gs and I love it. From the spotlight search to PANDORA RADIO (an app in the music category) its the best!
August 5th, 2009 at 11:01 am
Re: In response to Amazon’s remote deletion of 1984 and Animal Farm
Hi there,
Saw you’d written about the Amazon / 1984 flap, and I thought you might be interested in the petition we launched yesterday:
http://defectivebydesign.org/amazon1984
We have over 1400 signatures already, and signers include Lawrence Lessig, Clay Shirky, Cory Doctorow and other notable authors, librarians, and scholars.
The petition opens:
“We believe in a way of life based on the free exchange of ideas, in which books have and will continue to play a central role. Devices like Amazon’s are trying to determine how people will interact with books, but Amazon’s use of DRM to control and monitor users and their books constitutes a clear threat to the free exchange of ideas.”
Please have a look, and if you support the cause or think it would be interesting to your readers, a blog post would be great!
Thanks,
-Holmes Wilson Free Software Foundation