Comments on: iPhones Continue to Hammer Networks http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/11/iphone-use-is-on-the-rise/ Startup and Technology News Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:27:56 -0800 hourly 1 By: Tom http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/11/iphone-use-is-on-the-rise/comment-page-1/#comment-2469632 Tom Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:57:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22152#comment-2469632 Why use the iPhone? Yes the service with ATT is poor in areas where you would expect things to outstanding. I spent a couple years working on some of the 3G upgrade projects for their network. General Dynamics has the bulk of the contract, and the PM's don't have a clue what they are doing. ATT really needs to get some better selection criteria for picking a General Contract to facilitate build-outs. The reason I use an iPhone is simple.... Change. I like having a different interface than my VX9900 or any of the "Smart Phones" I've had in the past provide. The phone is quick to respond and does some degree of multi-tasking very well. This is largely dependant on the applications that you are trying to run. Some apps do not run in the background and need some code updates for this to work. The apps that do run on the phone have been hit and miss as to the value they provide. I have only purchased one application from Apple's store that I felt warranted the $5 and that was Texas Hold'em Poker. All of the other applications work fine and some of then are quite practical for my line of work. I use Wi-Fi more than 3G for data connectivity because the speed and battery consumption are much better on the Wi-Fi. The camera is sub-par for a smart phone, but this one does result in better than average pictures for others with similar rated ccd's. I have contemplated development for the iPhone enough that I may have to buy a Mac to try it. This is the only draw back I have seen for the development so far. Why use the iPhone?

Yes the service with ATT is poor in areas where you would expect things to outstanding. I spent a couple years working on some of the 3G upgrade projects for their network. General Dynamics has the bulk of the contract, and the PM’s don’t have a clue what they are doing. ATT really needs to get some better selection criteria for picking a General Contract to facilitate build-outs.

The reason I use an iPhone is simple…. Change. I like having a different interface than my VX9900 or any of the “Smart Phones” I’ve had in the past provide. The phone is quick to respond and does some degree of multi-tasking very well. This is largely dependant on the applications that you are trying to run. Some apps do not run in the background and need some code updates for this to work. The apps that do run on the phone have been hit and miss as to the value they provide. I have only purchased one application from Apple’s store that I felt warranted the $5 and that was Texas Hold’em Poker. All of the other applications work fine and some of then are quite practical for my line of work. I use Wi-Fi more than 3G for data connectivity because the speed and battery consumption are much better on the Wi-Fi. The camera is sub-par for a smart phone, but this one does result in better than average pictures for others with similar rated ccd’s. I have contemplated development for the iPhone enough that I may have to buy a Mac to try it. This is the only draw back I have seen for the development so far.

]]> By: Bastian Nutzinger http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/11/iphone-use-is-on-the-rise/comment-page-1/#comment-2466742 Bastian Nutzinger Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:55:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22152#comment-2466742 Hi Don, i think 20% seems to be a fairly common market share for internet usage for the iPhone. The AGOF (Think ComScore for germany) just finished a test project measuring stats on mobile web pages. iPhone share was at 20,35%. regards, Bastian Hi Don,

i think 20% seems to be a fairly common market share for internet usage for the iPhone.
The AGOF (Think ComScore for germany) just finished a test project measuring stats on mobile web pages. iPhone share was at 20,35%.

regards,
Bastian

]]> By: Befreiphone http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/11/iphone-use-is-on-the-rise/comment-page-1/#comment-2466570 Befreiphone Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:11:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22152#comment-2466570 Uh? Uh?

]]> By: user http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/11/iphone-use-is-on-the-rise/comment-page-1/#comment-2466374 user Fri, 12 Sep 2008 05:46:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22152#comment-2466374 just got one its awesome http://cashtutor.blogspot.com just got one its awesome

http://cashtutor.blogspot.com

]]> By: MattKravis http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/11/iphone-use-is-on-the-rise/comment-page-1/#comment-2466293 MattKravis Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:11:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22152#comment-2466293 The Cult of iPhone is alive! The Cult of iPhone is alive!

]]> By: Mel http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/11/iphone-use-is-on-the-rise/comment-page-1/#comment-2466290 Mel Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:04:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22152#comment-2466290 Why did you use the word hammer? Why did you use the word hammer?

]]> By: Loren's Mom http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/11/iphone-use-is-on-the-rise/comment-page-1/#comment-2466180 Loren's Mom Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:36:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22152#comment-2466180 Wow! Is Don the new Duncan? Wow! Is Don the new Duncan?

]]> By: EJ http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/11/iphone-use-is-on-the-rise/comment-page-1/#comment-2466168 EJ Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:24:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22152#comment-2466168 Indeed - I had a similar moment of irony when I couldn't do anything (call, text, e-mail) at the ATT stage at Lollapalooza. Indeed – I had a similar moment of irony when I couldn’t do anything (call, text, e-mail) at the ATT stage at Lollapalooza.

]]> By: Joe Bowers http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/11/iphone-use-is-on-the-rise/comment-page-1/#comment-2466118 Joe Bowers Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:05:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22152#comment-2466118 Wow, you're a visionary. Tell me more. Wow, you’re a visionary. Tell me more.

]]> By: drew izzo http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/11/iphone-use-is-on-the-rise/comment-page-1/#comment-2466112 drew izzo Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:59:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22152#comment-2466112 very painful. My wife tried to call me all day from out of state and got network busy messages. ATT. I hope you're loving the new business. Now invest I'm the infrastructure. Kind of ironic that my iPhone doesn't work for crap in the San francisco ATT building very painful. My wife tried to call me all day from out of state and got network busy messages. ATT. I hope you’re loving the new business. Now invest I’m the infrastructure. Kind of ironic that my iPhone doesn’t work for crap in the San francisco ATT building

]]> By: TYPICAL_BAY_AREA_DEVELOPER http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/11/iphone-use-is-on-the-rise/comment-page-1/#comment-2466078 TYPICAL_BAY_AREA_DEVELOPER Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:15:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22152#comment-2466078 "Hard to draw any conclusions about this based on such little information. " No way man. The Bay Area is totally reflective of the larger world, I know because my great-great-grandma from Idaho uses Twitter all day. LOL. “Hard to draw any conclusions about this based on such little information. ”

No way man. The Bay Area is totally reflective of the larger world, I know because my great-great-grandma from Idaho uses Twitter all day.

LOL.

]]> By: Steffan Antonas http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/11/iphone-use-is-on-the-rise/comment-page-1/#comment-2466065 Steffan Antonas Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:55:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22152#comment-2466065 Given the difference in the quality of the web browsing experience on an iPhone (relatively good) and a blackberry (terrible), is bandwidth usage really even a good measure of comparative popularity of the device itself? I don't know anyone who uses a blackberry to browse the web for more than a few minutes at a time on a few select apps. Contrast that with iPhone users who browse much more often and for longer periods of time ( I even have friends that full on blog on their iPhones). Cant do that with RIM - Using a blackberry on the web is too frustrating to be a popular with people who want the web. That said, bandwidth isn't a true measure of total devices out there - there are plenty of people using blackberries, who are just consuming less bandwidth. Given the difference in the quality of the web browsing experience on an iPhone (relatively good) and a blackberry (terrible), is bandwidth usage really even a good measure of comparative popularity of the device itself? I don’t know anyone who uses a blackberry to browse the web for more than a few minutes at a time on a few select apps. Contrast that with iPhone users who browse much more often and for longer periods of time ( I even have friends that full on blog on their iPhones). Cant do that with RIM – Using a blackberry on the web is too frustrating to be a popular with people who want the web. That said, bandwidth isn’t a true measure of total devices out there – there are plenty of people using blackberries, who are just consuming less bandwidth.

]]> By: Dan Frommer http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/11/iphone-use-is-on-the-rise/comment-page-1/#comment-2466060 Dan Frommer Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:51:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22152#comment-2466060 Hard to draw any conclusions about this based on such little information. Has overall usage increased? Decreased? Are most of the 150,000 (low number to begin with) repeat users? One-time users? Are iPhones connecting automatically to the open wifi network and then disconnecting? Obviously iPhone population is growing, not shrinking, but wouldn't read too far into this. Hard to draw any conclusions about this based on such little information. Has overall usage increased? Decreased? Are most of the 150,000 (low number to begin with) repeat users? One-time users? Are iPhones connecting automatically to the open wifi network and then disconnecting? Obviously iPhone population is growing, not shrinking, but wouldn’t read too far into this.

]]> By: Andrew of Mixergy http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/11/iphone-use-is-on-the-rise/comment-page-1/#comment-2466055 Andrew of Mixergy Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:48:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22152#comment-2466055 iphone outages {seesmic_video:{"url_thumbnail":{"value":"http://t.seesmic.com/thumbnail/6qKAChj8bt_th1.jpg"}"title":{"value":"iphone outages "}"videoUri":{"value":"http://www.seesmic.com/video/jnEdlfjJeq"}}} iphone outages {seesmic_video:{”url_thumbnail”:{”value”:”http://t.seesmic.com/thumbnail/6qKAChj8bt_th1.jpg”}”title”:{”value”:”iphone outages ”}”videoUri”:{”value”:”http://www.seesmic.com/video/jnEdlfjJeq”}}}

]]> By: Vlad http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/11/iphone-use-is-on-the-rise/comment-page-1/#comment-2466045 Vlad Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:41:04 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22152#comment-2466045 Today in NYC the reception on AT&T network was sloppy at best. Around noon a person calling me got her call dropped at least 10 times. Today in NYC the reception on AT&T network was sloppy at best. Around noon a person calling me got her call dropped at least 10 times.

]]> By: Joke Cricket http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/11/iphone-use-is-on-the-rise/comment-page-1/#comment-2465999 Joke Cricket Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:51:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22152#comment-2465999 Obviously effect of iPhone 3G launch. Obviously effect of iPhone 3G launch.

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