Google G1 phone vs. 3G iPhone...Updated
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Originally Posted by Slamnasty,Dec 16 2008, 12:57 AM
I have a 3G iPhone and it's been pretty smokin', but there are features like picture messaging it does not have, and likely won't for some time. Now, you can snap a pic and email it, but that's a bit of a workaround for the lack of pic messaging. Most everything else it seems to do great though, but Safari does crash quite a bit, so it can't handle heavy sites much.
It's been a long time since I've been a real tech head, so I have no idea how easy or hard it is to unlock an iPhone and use it on other networks. Just know that Jobs will make sure he does whatever he can to put roadblocks in your way every time a new firmware comes out. The Bold I hear is the sh!t these days though, for all around capability. Never messed with it though.
It's been a long time since I've been a real tech head, so I have no idea how easy or hard it is to unlock an iPhone and use it on other networks. Just know that Jobs will make sure he does whatever he can to put roadblocks in your way every time a new firmware comes out. The Bold I hear is the sh!t these days though, for all around capability. Never messed with it though.
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I'm waiting until Q2 09 when hopefully we will see some good phones running Android. The G1 is bulky and looks cheap. The iPhone is still the best thing going now because the hardware is still the best.
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Originally Posted by vtec9,Dec 16 2008, 11:43 AM
I'm waiting until Q2 09 when hopefully we will see some good phones running Android. The G1 is bulky and looks cheap. The iPhone is still the best thing going now because the hardware is still the best.
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Originally Posted by wickerbill,Dec 16 2008, 04:54 AM
Don't confuse jailbreaking with unlocking it. Jailbreaking an iphone just allows you to run whatever software you want, NOT let you use it on t-mobile. I don't think anybody has unlocked the iphone 3g, but the iphone 3g won't run in 3g on t-mobile since they use different frequencies so your best bet if you want to use an iphone on t-mobile is to buy a first generation iphone used from somebody and then unlock it.
Regarding the jailbreaking, they have been pretty good about jailbreaking the new firmware very quickly after apple releases it.
Regarding the jailbreaking, they have been pretty good about jailbreaking the new firmware very quickly after apple releases it.
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Originally Posted by Saki GT,Dec 16 2008, 07:42 AM
Do you have the 2.2 update? Ever since I got it, Safari hasn't crashed once.
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Originally Posted by vtec9,Dec 16 2008, 07:43 AM
I'm waiting until Q2 09 when hopefully we will see some good phones running Android. The G1 is bulky and looks cheap. The iPhone is still the best thing going now because the hardware is still the best.
for the excellent OS.
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if you want to buy a REAL unlocked iphone (i.e. allow any SIM card to be used), then ask a friend in Hong Kong to buy it for you at full price (around 600 bucks).
http://www.macworld.com/article/1357.../hongkong.html
http://www.macworld.com/article/1357.../hongkong.html