iPhone and connect to the web on my phone
The iPhone has gone on sale in the USA with AT&T as the exclusive mobile operator.
Bill Perry, who manages global developer relations for mobile and devices at Adobe along with plenty of others waited in line for over nine hours to get their hands on the new fabled gadget from Apple.
Alasta at Geekzone believes Vodafone New Zealand will probably never carry the iPhone. However he does mention that in the far-off future, Telecom maybe able to support a UMTS revision of the iPhone, once they get their newly proposed UMTS network operational.
Daryl at Kiwiscanfly posted that Apple is in talks with Vodafone Europe – so then maybe Vodafone NZ will distribute the iPhone eventually.
The iPhone, promoted as one of the best user experiences for accessing the internet via a mobile device, has plenty of features such as widgets for accessing YouTube, however the Safari Browser on the new phone does not display any Adobe Flash content.
This is obviously going to cause huge issues; 1. with developers of internet content and; 2. with the public wishing to access rich web based content from their new iPhones.
Bill Perry writes a very interesting iPhone first-look review at what users can expect when they try to access the large amount of Flash content currently available all over the internet.
on July 9, 2007 on 8:16 pm
Just noticed this guy who travelled from Australia to the USA, just to pick up his new iPhone!
on July 9, 2007 on 8:45 pm
Some interesting debates here about Adobe and Apple and the iPhone and possibilities why the iPhone does not give users access to the “Flash enabled Internet” we have all become accustomed to when browsing the internet on PC’s and Mac desktops and laptops.
1. iPhone Threat to Adobe, Microsoft, Sun, Real, Brew and Symbian.
2. Rival manufacturers chase iPhone
on July 9, 2007 on 8:48 pm
Funny video here on youTube about the type of Internet Browsing Experience you can “enjoy” on the new Apple iPhone!
on July 9, 2007 on 8:59 pm
Obviously Everyone has a lot to win and to gain with the way outcomes will pan out over the iPhone, and the lock-in it brings to the Service Provider and Hardware Manufacturer inviting the user to join their new business model.
Meizu of China may have already copied the iPhone.
LG believe Apple copied their Prada phone in the first place.
And hackers have already begun to crack the iPhone from being locked to Apple iTunes and a singular telecom provider per country.