the iPhone's annoying tendency to randomly switch between Edge and 3G even while sitting on a desk and not, say, in a moving car.
That makes sense. It would be extra annoying if that affected billing.
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Calli - May 08, 2009 6:45:51 am PDT #9942 of 25501
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
le nubian - May 08, 2009 6:56:40 am PDT #9943 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I am a Nokia fan and I had the N95 and now have an N85 and I really like it. I do have a bluetooth portable keyboard for when I get the urge to type and type.
Sean K - May 08, 2009 7:14:04 am PDT #9944 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
iPhone!
omnis_audis - May 08, 2009 7:22:18 am PDT #9945 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
I have never had a targeting problem of switching from 3G to edge. (I might mention, I have 1st gen, so there is no 3G on my phone).
Ya, battery could be better. I charge it every night, because, it doesn't matter to me, I'm not talking when I'm sleeping. Unless you forget your charger, like when I was in hospital, and then I was very gentle on usage until someone brought me a docking cable/charger.
But, I'll reiterate what Sean said... iPhone!
Sean K - May 08, 2009 7:23:56 am PDT #9946 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
What Jess said about the "targeting" problems, though. When given a choice for web surfing, I'll take the wifi over 3G. And I think the wifi actually drains the battery less than 3G. Becaus yes, standing still, the iPhone will switch back and forth between 3G and edge. And during the second or so it takes to register on the new network? No data transfer.
I've also seen signal strength on the two non-wifi networks fluctuate quite a bit for no apparent reason, but all my phones have done that. I like to imagine it's the wind, dispersing the signal particles out of their proper particle stream.
Jessica - May 08, 2009 7:42:53 am PDT #9947 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I like to imagine it's the wind, dispersing the signal particles out of their proper particle stream.
Or the iPhone is so advanced it runs on neutrinos and hidden photons.
Sean K - May 08, 2009 7:48:40 am PDT #9948 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
And tachyons. When you're having signal problems, it's because the tachyons are slipping backwards through time.
Jessica - May 08, 2009 7:49:20 am PDT #9949 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
If only someone would release the iReversePolarity app, all my signal problems would be solved!
megan walker - May 08, 2009 7:50:19 am PDT #9950 of 25501
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
FYI, all major US textbook publishers are currently working on agreements with Amazon re the kindle.
There is already a different price structure for e-books vs print (I think it's about 60%). This difference is made up for in the fact that e-books actually reduce the size of the used-book market.
Steph L. - May 08, 2009 7:50:22 am PDT #9951 of 25501
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Just don't cross the iStreams.