Apple iPhone

[briggs_ice]

hi... :upside:

 

i already got my iphone 3GS from singapore M1... :thumbsupsmiley:

 

nilagay ko yung smart sim ko, ok naman... :hypocritesmiley:

 

ok na po ba yun?

 

sorry,,, medyo bago pa sa iphone...

[boomouse]

http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2010/03/03/why-apple-is-suing-htc-rather-than-google-or-android/#more-4219

 

Why Apple is suing HTC rather than Google or Android

March 3rd, 2010

 

by Daniel Eran Dilger

 

Apple’s patent assault on HTC (the maker of most Android and Windows Mobile phones) has gotten the tech media in a tizzy. Why isn’t Apple taking on Google or Android instead, and is this action the sign of a tough new Apple that hates Google and open source and wants to k*ll Android? That’s all wrong, here’s why.


 

There are several interesting aspects to this case. The first is that Apple is suddenly taking the lead in proactively policing its intellectual property. This is a change in behavior, but not something that the company’s executives were ever shy about threatening.

 

In unveiling the iPhone three years ago, Steve Jobs pointed out that Apple had patented various unique aspects of the device to forestall wholesale copying, at least to the point where Apple could remain five years ahead of the market. More recently, chief operations officer Tim Cook said his company would be ready and willing to take on anyone who violated its patents.

 

That comment was picked up and bandied about by pundits to suggest a war between the iPhone and Palm’s then new Pre, but Apple did not ever sue Palm. Such a lawsuit would be pointless, as it would only consume Apple’s attention while likely taking Palm out of the running in smartphones. Since Palm has never been a credible threat, this would only help Google’s Android consolidate its position as “the other smartphone platform.”

 

Emotional idealist pundits were so adamant about well-wishing for the Palm Pre a year ago that they fell for the hype and took the company far more seriously than they should have. Back then, I laid out exactly why Apple saw no real threat in Palm, nor any advantage in engaging the company in a high profile fight, neither in the market nor in court.

 

Apple vs Nokia

Apple has sued Nokia over iPhone-related patents, but that was in response to Nokia’s own lawsuit. The difference between the two companies’ patent actions is that Nokia was suing Apple in an effort to extract higher royalty fees for patents related to openly licensed technologies. Apple was simply suing to stop patent infringement.

 

Nokia was demanding both much higher fees from Apple for its 3G and WiFi patents than for other companies (a hypocritical position given that Nokia takes a lot of credit for offering such technology under supposedly nondiscriminatory licensing terms), and also attempting to gain the ability to use Apple’s proprietary, patented iPhone technologies.

 

Apple responded to Nokia by filing a suit aimed at blocking it from continuing to use Apple’s iPhone technologies at all. As Steve Jobs might say on stage when asked that type of question directly by somebody when the press was ostensibly listening but apparently not actually paying attention, “Apple isn’t in the business of licensing technology.”

 

Apple vs Android?

While Apple handled Palm very differently from Nokia, it appears that the iPhone maker’s work in mounting “a good offense as its best defense” against Nokia was in part recycled in order to take on HTC, that maker of the Google-branded Nexus One.

So why did Apple sue HTC rather than Google or the Android Open Handset Alliance? That answer seems simple enough: HTC is the linchpin not just for Android but for Windows Mobile, or as Microsoft likes to say these days, “the vaporware now known as Windows Phone 7.”

 

By pulling HTC into a legitimate legal skirmish over patent infringement, the wheels come off both sides of the cart, sending other Android makers into creative mode (where they have to envision a smartphone that doesn’t look exactly like the iPhone) and sending WP7 into turmoil (because Microsoft has bet all of its marbles on a plan that sacrifices today’s WiMo to resurrect it as WP7 in a make-or-break effort that is modeled to look as close to the iPhone as possible).

 

As you’ll recall, that was also Microsoft’s Zune strategy (at least in hindsight): dump the existing, moribund effort to widely license PlaysForSure across an industry of independent media player hardware vendors offering “choice,” and concentrate on one design that is based as close as possible to the successful iPod as Microsoft could dare.

 

The problem, of course, is that this did not work in 2007, or 2008, or 2009. So Microsoft is trying it again in 2010, bringing to mind that thing Einstein said about expecting a different result and insanity. Even more ridiculous is that Microsoft was also laughing at Google’s Nexus One as being a stupid thing to try to pull off while not also offending its other licensees.

 

Microsoft frets Google’s Nexus One will suffer Zune’s failure

Apple vs HTC

Unlike Palm, HTC is a credible threat. The company poops out new models every few months, and is strategically aligned with both Google’s Android and Microsoft’s WP7 vaporware. Also recall that this company was credited with building 80% of all the WiMo phones that ever were.

 

So HTC is a two headed hydra, one that could survive the death of either WiMo or Android and still remain alive. This is the absolute best target for Apple to focus on in demonstrating the power of the iPhone death star; it’s like shooting Guido while also taking out Jabba the Hutt with the same bullet.

 

If Apple loses, at least it can’t say it didn’t take its best shot. If it wins, it forces Microsoft back to the drawing board, delaying WP7 and effectively quenching any fire left in that company’s mobile loins.

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A win would also force Android developers to think differently, rather than simply aping the iPhone as closely as possible. Remember that when Android first appeared, it was clearly targeted at WiMo, both in terms of hardware designs and overall strategy. More recently, it’s all about creating an iPhone clone that pundits can proclaim as almost being the “iPhone-killer.”

 

Apple’s strike at HTC is also representative of an assault by America on Chinese (Recall that Taiwan is the ‘Republic of China’) cloners. If Apple wins, overseas companies hoping to simply duplicate Western technology will give some pause before following in the footsteps of HTC.

 

Apple can beseech the ITC to block infringing HTC phones, requiring that the company either make US and non-US models, or simply make one global model that isn’t just a rip-off of the iPhone.

 

Apple vs Open?



Meanwhile, the pundits who professionally attack Apple as their contracts legally require them to do have come out with a number of reasons why the company shouldn’t act to protect its intellectual property. Among them:

 

Steve Jobs once said “great artists steal.” Actually no, Jobs was quoting Picasso, who originally used the phrase to talk about “stealing” great ideas in art. Referencing that idea, Jobs added, “we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas.” Great ideas in art are not patented technologies. Apple’s great ideas have always been shamelessly stolen, so it’s not like the company is a bottom feeding troll. What Jobs was clearly indicating was Apple’s liberal openness to new ideas. He was not advocating intellectual property theft.

Apple chooses not to enter lots of markets because it has to respect intellectual property. For example, the reason Apple doesn’t have DVD ripping in iTunes is not because it can’t figure out how, or because it doesn’t want to offer such a feature (as it does for CDs), but because it has to respect its licensing agreement with the DVD Forum.

 

Another example is iTunes Reply, a cloud streaming service which the company developed but has had to keep on hold as it has worked to sell it to labels and studios for the better part of a year now, waiting for their approval because it’s their content, not Apple’s. Apple doesn’t steal in the literal sense of the word, but it is very open to pouncing upon great ideas that are not protected by copyright or patents or legal licensing agreements that preclude it.

 

The simple-minded fringe of Android’s fans would prefer to think that Jobs is simply saying that Apple takes and does not give, as they smugly refresh their WebKit browsers looking for some news on whether any real games or non-hobbyist apps will ever appear for their Java-clone platform. Their love of “openness” is not even challenged by their use of a platform that bundles its core real value as non-freely licensed binaries. Too bad they’re too enraptured with GPL ideology to realize that the “with Google” inside Android is the non-free part; they might realize that their position is beyond ridiculous.

 

Google fans fail to contemplate why Android is free

Apple froth froth Xerox froth Microsoft look-and-feel froth froth. When they really get excited, the Apple haters start padding their frothing with selective memories of anecdotes they’re read from the 1980s. One is that Apple itself copied the Mac from Xerox back in the early 80s, and therefore eternally lost its right to ever protect its own intellectual property.

 

No, in reality Apple exchanged a million dollar investment deal with Xerox to allow it to commercialize PARC technology that Xerox was afraid to bring to market itself. It then hired away Xerox PARC people who were tired of working on advanced technology that nobody would ever see, not unlike the minor iPhone engineering exodus that resulted in the development of WebOS at Palm. What Apple brought to market with the Lisa and then Macintosh was dramatically different from Xerox’s own, a fact proven by the market when Xerox decided to bring its own product to market, unsuccessfully.

 

In contrast, Microsoft, acting as a trusted software partner with Apple in the Macintosh program, essentially took Apple’s technology verbatim and brought it to IBM’s PC platform. Apple sued Microsoft along with a couple other companies who were doing the same thing. However, Apple did not sue other companies who were developing a windowing operating system for independent hardware platforms not aligned with the IBM PC monopoly, including Atari’s ST, Commodore’s Amiga, and the original BEOS from Berkeley Systems used by the C64. None of those were attempting to steal the value of Apple’s work on the Mac and apply it to IBM, the company’s largest hardware competitor.

 

But that’s exactly what Google is doing today: ripping of the iPhone experience and then giving it away to WiMo hardware partners like HTC. Unlike Microsoft, Google isn’t doing it to sell the operating system software (there’s no money in that, as Microsoft has proven over the last decade of trying to license WiMo). Google is doing it to monopolize mobile advertising in an assault on WiMo. It just so happens that achieving one’s goals through theft is easier than doing original work. But it isn’t legal, nor without consequences.

 

Apple’s Billion Dollar Patent Bluster

Whither the Apple Google Partnership?

So with Android, Google is being a bit like Microsoft in stealing the Mac experience for the PC, and a bit like Microsoft in backstabbing its former partner to take over all the business for itself, both in the sense of how Microsoft jilted Apple in Mac software, and how it betrayed its alliance with IBM’s OS/2 in order to promote its own Windows. But the thing is, Google can be a rogue monopolist with immunity because this isn’t technically illegal in any sort of actionable way until laws are egregiously broken, and nobody seems to be big on policing anti-trust laws anywhere but Europe.

 

Additionally, it would be a big mistake for Apple to take on Google directly. The two have a healthy alliance in a number of respects. Google pays Apple millions of dollars to funnel it search requests from Safari, both on the desktop and on the iPhone, iPod touch, and soon, the iPad. Apple also uses Google to power iPhone Maps and a variety of other services. Neither company would benefit from losing the other partner, and this is business, not an irrationally melodramatic soap opera with vindictive malice being the primary motivation for all activities (even if the tech press likes to paint everything that way for your entertainment).

 

It does appear that Apple is working to hedge its bets however. Rumors say the company is considering (or at least threatening) to align with Microsoft on search. Right now, Google IS search, but if Apple’s high profile customers were shifted to Bing by default, not only would few of them even notice, but Google’s monopoly on search would be instantly erased on mobiles and significantly tarnished on the desktop. Microsoft would gain major crowing power, and suddenly be able to begin leveraging its other monopolies far more powerfully against Google in search. Microsoft would suddenly be able to be taken seriously in search, something that hasn’t been the case for a decade.

 

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This all happened before

This is a delicate balance for Apple. The last time it helped Microsoft that dramatically was in application software, back in 1982. Steve Jobs noticed that Bill Gates couldn’t break into the DOS apps business despite lots of trying, so he offered Microsoft the opportunity to leverage the Macintosh to gain visibility. This kicked off Microsoft’s Office business, and by the end of the decade, Microsoft was finally in a position to leverage its DOS monopoly to promote its Mac apps (Word, Excel and Powerpoint) on the IBM PC in place of the existing leaders in productivity apps (WordPerfect and Lotus 1-2-3).

 

Microsoft paid Apple back by doing its best to k*ll the Mac, and it took a decade for Apple to bounce back to the point where Mac OS X is now a painful thorn in Microsoft’s side and Apple’s own iWork for iPad is now shaping up to be the first real multitouch office suite.

However, that memory of the unintended consequences of aiding an unscrupulous partner isn’t lost on Jobs, and his company simply won’t allow another company to convert its functional partnership into an abusive relationship again (which is also why Google Voice isn’t on the iPhone). But the answer to this problem does not lie in suing Google, because Google does not really even own Android. Nor can Android be sued, any more than Linux.

 

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But this is not anything like Microsoft suing Linux

Microsoft couldn’t sue “Linux,” because it’s just an idea, not a legal entity. Instead, Microsoft mounted a PR campaign to strike fear, uncertainty and doubt in the minds of companies that might use Linux by announcing that it had a bunch of patents that were being violated by open source software, all while refusing to say what any of those patents were. Had it done that, the Linux community could have written loops around Microsoft’s patents to avoid any infringement.

However, Microsoft didn’t want to end infringement of its patents, it wanted to stifle Linux development. Apple isn’t in the same position, because it isn’t presiding over a monopoly under assault by open source alternatives. Apple is promoting a premium product that is sold as an alternative to lowest common denominator mobile platforms. So Apple actually does want to end patent infringement. But it also wants Android development to continue, because the best way to keep monopolies from occurring is to have lots of competition.

Android has played a significant part in killing any prospects for WiMo, and is currently offering some challenge to not just Apple but also RIM and Symbian and WP7, as well as fractionalizing developer interest in Flash and Silverlight on mobile devices. Apple can best thrive when there are the most competitors involved, each duking it out for customer attention and developer interest. That makes it easy for Apple to differentiate itself as the premium option.

 

A monoculture of Android, WiMo, Symbian, Flash, or anything else would make it much harder for Apple to sell itself as a viable premium alternative, just as Apple has long languished in many markets as the outsider platform with the Mac.

 

Microsoft’s Unwinnable War on Linux and Open Source

It’s the hardware

Apple, like HTC (and by extension Android as a platform in general terms), makes its money selling hardware. Google doesn’t really create or sell any Android hardware, it just rebrands HTC stuff, just like a number of other companies do (such as Palm’s old WiMo-era Treos).

 

By aiming its patent infringement case at HTC directly, Apple not only prevents Google from taking the value of its iPhone research and giving it away to the Chinese simply to monopolize the mobile adware market, but it also sends a warning shot across the bow of other Android makers hoping to shamelessly clone the iPhone.

 

Motorola and Sony Ericsson, the “death’s door Android licensees,” are not going to tempt fate in trying to copy the iPhone after seeing Apple embroil HTC in a long term lawsuit that neither of them could afford to wage. Nokia, LG and Samsung are all going to similarly be wary of ratcheting up a war surrounding smartphone patents. They’ll also be that much more concerned about the long term prospects of Microsoft’s WP7, which is, at least on the surface, as purposely infringing as Microsoft can get without actually delivering any substance.

 

Apple has no interest in suing Android out of business. It represents the same progressive use of open source code as the iPhone OS, from its *nix kernel to its WebKit browser. Android prevents just enough other hardware makers from going on their own to keep Apple distinguished as the only viable company marketing its own unique platform, while at the same time bleeding those licensees in a war to stand out as Android makers.

 

The Motorola Droid’s biggest enemies are the Google Nexus One and other HTC models. Apple doesn’t want to focus all that fighting at itself. It merely wants Android hardware makers to develop their own technology rather than infringing the iPhone’s patents.

[Itto Ogami]

http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/04/tawkon-iphone-radiation/

 

Tawkon Measures The Radiation Spewing From Your iPhone. No Wonder Apple Doesn’t Approve It.

 

Here we go again . . . Apple App Store Fail No. 5102928. A few weeks ago stealth Israeli startup Tawkon gave me a sneak-peak developer build of what I believe is the most important app on my iPhone. What does it do? It analyzes the cellular radiation your iPhone emits at any given moment, at any given location, whether in standby mode, or within a call.

 

Sounds like science fiction, right? Well, that’s where Israeli hardware and software engineering prowess come into play (more on that in a second). Sadly, Israeli military training may have met its match . . . the infamous iPhone App Store approval process.

 

The purpose of Tawkon’s app is to provide the user with an indication—or “prediction” as they call it—of the radiation level being emitted by the iPhone. This level changes based on environmental conditions, distance from cell towers, and even the manner in which the device is held. To illustrate: the iPhone’s antenna is located at the bottom of the device. If the user cradles the phone too tightly in the palm, the antenna has to work harder, thereby increasing radiation. The 3GS models have improved chipsets, so radiation would be lower on them compared to previous versions, and Tawkon takes this into considering when calculating its prediction.

 

When launched, the app instantly provides users with an indication of the radiation level in the iPhone’s stand-by mode. A green/orange/red pulse makes this dummy-proof. For example, radiation levels in my office are minimal, but are much higher in the men’s room which is deeper in the building, where more concrete forces the iPhone to work harder to hold a connection to the nearest cellular base station.

 

To find out what the radiation levels are during a call, the app lets users launch a call through the iPhone’s address book. It then monitors the radiation levels in real time and sends prompts via vibration and a tone should they reach the high-end of its threshold. The app also employs the iPhone’s proximity sensor and provides suggestions such as moving location, using a headset and even changing the iPhone’s orientation to your face.

 

So how does Tawkon do it? Algorithmic magic analyzes your phone’s dynamic SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) levels, location, environmental factors, as well as unique smart-phone capabilities such as bluetooth, accelerometer, proximity sensors, GPS and compass. The level of radiation a person is exposed to during calls is determined by analyzing several dynamic parameters, including the impact of environmental factors such as distance from cellular towers, network and weather condition, terrain, antenna’s proximity from the body, antenna orientation (if the user is holding the phone vertically or horizontally) and travel speed.

 

It’s perfectly natural to be skeptical about Tawkon’s app, so let me lay out a couple of things to set the record straight: first, Tawkon is not looking for controversy. They contacted me weeks before they submitted the app to the App Store with the sincere hope of not being stonewalled. Ironically, were this a gag app, not only would there have been no controversy, the app’s revenue potential may actually be higher. Second, I have no way of testing whether the app’s output is actually correct. However, I took the time to meet the three founders and feel comfortable stating that they struck me as serious, highly capable hardware and software engineers who’ve spent 18 months developing a technology they believe holds real compelling value for users. They claim the app has gone through lab testing to ensure its output is correct. For what it’s worth, I take their word for it.

 

Tawkon’s app has been in the approval process for a couple of weeks with the App Store denying approval on the grounds that a diagnostic tool of this nature would create confusion with iPhone owners from a usability perspective. This reasoning was communicated by an App Store representative on a phone call with the Tawkon team. I find this claim questionable as I’ve been using the app and there’s nothing problematic about it in this respect.

 

Tawkon is keeping optimistic, holding hope that Apple will approve the app which they intend to sell for between $5-$10. In the mean time, it’s plugging ahead in its development of Blackberry and Android versions.

[Kurtsky Keigee]

the most overrated gadget made ever. overy hyped and just a fashion icon. sobrang mahal pa!

[mgigolo]

bakit ba ang mahal nitong telepono na ito :ph34r:

[boy_totnak]

Hello 2 ol!

Gus2 k sna pa unlock iphone 3gs 16gb k lock s globe kya lng sabi ng technician from robinsons imus hindi p daw kya majailbReak at maopen 4 other networks dhil dw mggng intermittent ang phone. Tama b un? Sn b pwd n mgpaunlock at jailbreak ng 3gs? Thanks in advance

[Itto Ogami]

from ENGADGET:

iPHONE DESKPHONE DOCK

 

 

[masterdandz]

bakit ba ang mahal nitong telepono na ito :ph34r:

 

sulit naman po kc, specially if you have wifi at home or at your work place... but its not a good idea to have wifi at the office... mahirap magtrabaho! ehheheheh;D

[masterdandz]

Hello 2 ol!

Gus2 k sna pa unlock iphone 3gs 16gb k lock s globe kya lng sabi ng technician from robinsons imus hindi p daw kya majailbReak at maopen 4 other networks dhil dw mggng intermittent ang phone. Tama b un? Sn b pwd n mgpaunlock at jailbreak ng 3gs? Thanks in advance

 

i havent had this yet too, pero what globe told you is 90% lie... una, na-jailbreak na ng officemate ko ung iphone 3GS nya, but he wasnt complaining any intermittent issues... but he was complaining that his iphones battery is quite easier to drain after the jailbreak process... gago naman kc un, sun sim ang ginamit pagkatapos i-jailbreak, tapos panay tawag, panong di madedrain ung battery nya?! my friend from SG said that if the jailbreak process fails it might cause problems but my officemate said that you can just hit restore factory settings if you dont want the jailbreak anymore... but im still not taking the risks. if you really want the jailbreak, you can check it out at youtube to see how it works.

[i-rivere]

from ENGADGET:

iPHONE DESKPHONE DOCK

 

 

 

this is useful esp. if you are using your iphone as a hotline :upside:

 

:lol:

[cool_as_ice]

is this the iPhone 4G/HD?

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/04/4g-twitpic-rm-eng.jpg

 

Is this the iPhone 4G (or iPhone HD)? There's no way to tell for sure, but these photos which made their way into our hands certainly do a convincing job of making us think that's very much the case. Apparently the phone was found on the floor of a San Jose bar inside of an iPhone 3G case. Right now we don't have a ton of info on the device in question, but we can tell you that it apparently has a front facing camera (!), 80GB of storage (weird, right?), and isn't booting at this point (though it was previously, and running an OS that was decidedly new). It's not clear if this is definitely a production model, or just a prototype that found its way into the world, but it's certainly a compelling design, no matter how you look at it.

 

..read more..

[enlightenme]

http://gizmodo.com/5520164/this-is-apples-next-iphone

 

OO daw kasi may letter from APPLE na pinapasoli yun unit. hehehe! ang ganda... can't wait to get rid of my iPhone edge. ehehehe!

[imjustadude]

Nice! Looks like exciting news

[murofasarap]

if this is the new iPHONE, i will surely get one

[elmer_fudge]

gamit ko pa rin iPhone 3G ko. around 2 years old. can't wait para lumabas na ung 4G!

[immacul8bitca]

I unlocked my phone a few days ago and now running on OS 3.0. I noticed the battery gets drained faster now. Is anyone experiencing this?

[cool_as_ice]

Another iPhone 4G prototype leaked?

Now it went overseas (vietnam)... READ HERE (w/ VIDEO)

 

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/05/34bea525bf11ee138094bea507bbdd8a4600747728eba55a9e92o1.jpg

 

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/05/4th-gen-iphone-4-up.jpg

[rhey87]

san nkakadownload ng mga free apps para sa iphone? thanks

[S14]

anyone know hanyone knows how to disable the wifi and internet connection? i have try turning off the 3G and wifi but it seems to be connecting still

[DreadLocke]

Apple has released the developer version of iPhone OS 4.

 

hmmm, what to do? Install or Should i wait(bugs and errors to clear up)

[cool_as_ice]

Apple unveiled the latest iPhone model Iphone 4, which features:

 

http://images.apple.com/iphone/images/specs_colors_20100607.jpg

 

• measuring 0.37" thick
• Retina display - The 960-by-640 backlit LCD display boasts a pixel density of 326 pixels per inch, making it the highest-resolution phone screen ever
• Facetime - Video calling
• Mutitasking
• HD Video recording & editing
• 5-megapixel camera w/ LED flash
• and more..

 

need to start saving now..

[Itto Ogami]

pls note that the video chat feature

is available only in WiFi, and between

iPhones only.

 

they still have to work out details

with the carriers if they're gonna

push through with real video calling.

 

i find 3G video calling crappy.

i want to see if the 4G version is

already smooth & HD-quality.

 

would be nice to see iPhone4 go

head-to-head with HTC EVO 4G.

 

Edited June 8, 2010 by IttoOgami

[boomouse]

anyone know hanyone knows how to disable the wifi and internet connection? i have try turning off the 3G and wifi but it seems to be connecting still

 

I have a small app named 'Toggle' installed in my jailbroken iPhone. A swipe across the network name at the top of the screen brings up a window that you click on to turn on (or off) 3G/EDGE, wifi, bluetooth and even terminate running processes. I have also discovered the best guy for this kinds of things in a shop at the Makati Cinema Square. His shop is directly to the right of Starapple (if you are facing starapple). I'm quite handy with OSX and a Mac but I haven't had the time nor experience (and I don't want to risk bricking any phones) for the handheld Apple devices. This guy seems like an expert like no other I have seen. Both software and hardware on iPhones and iPod Touch.

 

With toggle, using even a prepaid SIM from Smart is viable because you can prevent the phone from connecting to the 3G or EDGE network without your knowledge. It still costs P10 per half hour but at least you're aware that you are being charged. This was a problem even with legit Globe users especially the post-paid clients who suddenly have a conniption once they get their bill which was ran up by apps that connect as if the phone was always on an unlimited data plan.

[sleekee]

dont you guys think that the iPhone 4 design (shape and dimensions) are a bit old school? parang naging sony ericsson na yng shape... i think i like the 3G models more than the new design. i was hoping na yung bagong iphone would be something mapapa WOW ka visually. pero medyo disappointing. although the technical specs are good, the design is visually not very impressive. ska yung video calls matagal na available sa ibang phones. i used to have a SE w960i before i switched to iphone, at meron na yun capability for video calls.

[liu bei]

the new iphone 4.0 has a micro sim card slot which is not compatible with our sim cards here...so if Globe will get the contract again from apple...they might issue micro sim cards to those who will avail plans that have a high monthly dues...what do you think guys?