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		<title>3G iPhone, Yes But&#8230;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In episode 147 of This Week in Tech, Leo highlights a few of the &#8216;yes, but&#8230; &#8216; shortcomings of the latest 3G iPhone offering. 

Limited 3G Availability: AT&#38;T&#8217;s 3G HSDPA is only available in limited U.S. geographical areas (I don&#8217;t know how widespread Rogers 3G Network is)&#62;  
Higher Dataplan Rates: The unlimited data plan [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.daleisphere.com/wp-content/uploads/3g-iphone1.png" target="_blank"><img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin: 0px 5px 0px 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="37" alt="3G iPhone" src="http://www.daleisphere.com/wp-content/uploads/3g-iphone-thumb1.png" width="78" align="left" border="0"/></a>In <a href="http://www.twit.tv/147" target="_blank">episode 147</a> of <a href="http://www.twit.tv/twit" target="_blank">This Week in Tech</a>, Leo highlights a few of the &#8216;yes, but&#8230; &#8216; shortcomings of the latest 3G iPhone offering. </p>
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<li><strong>Limited 3G Availability:</strong> AT&amp;T&#8217;s 3G HSDPA is only available in limited U.S. geographical areas (I don&#8217;t know how widespread Rogers 3G Network is)&gt;  </li>
<li><strong>Higher Dataplan Rates:</strong> The unlimited data plan price for U.S. consumers has gone up from $25 a month to $30 a month (a price point Canadians still salivate over) .  </li>
<li><a href="http://www.daleisphere.com/wp-content/uploads/3g-iphones-new-apps.jpg" target="_blank"><strong><img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="181" alt="3G iPhone's New Apps" src="http://www.daleisphere.com/wp-content/uploads/3g-iphones-new-apps-thumb.jpg" width="98" align="right" border="0"/></strong></a><strong>SMS Not Included:</strong> AT&amp;T will charge 10 cents per 140 bytes (characters). This is &#8216;odd&#8217; because SMS is only data. But carrier&#8217;s excel at squeezing every last penny out of their users. This is clearly a cash cow they intend to milk as long as they can (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_(mobile_device_platform)" target="_blank">Android</a>, please come to our rescue).  </li>
<li><strong>Turn by Turn GPS Prohibited:</strong> Not only doesn&#8217;t the 3G iPhone not provide turn by turn GPS,&nbsp; but Apple&#8217;s SDK prohibits developers from writing turn by turn GPS programs. My guess is Apple intends to launch a for-pay turn by turn service in the future. One wonders whether the SDK prohibition violates anti-trust laws. </li>
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<p>I would add to this list:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>No WiFi Sync:</strong> You&#8217;ll still need to cradle the iPhone to sync music and video content. One of the features that the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zune" target="_blank">Zune</a> has over any Apple product is its ability to wirelessly and automatically sync music and video through your WiFi network.  </li>
<li><strong>16GB Storage Limit:</strong> Since my 5th Gen iPod currently has 24 Gigs of content on it, and since I expect that iPhone apps will take up a significant portion of my future iPhone&#8217;s storage, 16GB won&#8217;t be enough storage for me. I&#8217;ll need a minimum of 32GB. To make up for this shortcoming, I&#8217;ll have to limit the amount of music/video I carry around on my iPhone. It&#8217;s not so much that I can&#8217;t carry everything around that bothers me (since I use my iPod to listen to podcasts 95% of the time). What bothers me is that I&#8217;ll have to micro-manage what music, what videos, what playlists etc. are copied to the iPhone &#8211; a real pain in the B-hind.  </li>
<li><strong>Mandatory in-Store Activation:</strong> All iPhones must be activated in the store when you purchase it. This means: (i) a 10 to 12 minute wait-per-customer; (ii) you won&#8217;t be picking one up for your friends; and (iii) you won&#8217;t be able to purchase an iPhone now with the expectation of unlocking to use on a different network later. Expect LONG, SLOW&nbsp; lines on July 11.  </li>
<li><strong>MobileMe for $99:</strong> Huh? Google provides most of what <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/09/mobileme-announced/" target="_blank">MobileMe</a> does for free on the iPhone already. I&#8217;m sticking with my Google, gMail, Outlook, iMap solution &#8211; well, probably <img src='http://www.daleisphere.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> .  </li>
<li><strong>No Podcast Delete: </strong>A feature I&#8217;ve wanted for years is the ability to delete podcasts on the iPod/iPhone when finished. <strike>Without the ability to delete, you need to use iTunes to constantly micro manage your podcast/videocast content.</strike> <strong>[July 19, 2008 Update:</strong> While there is no explicit delete function, you can set up the iPhone/iPods and Apple TV to auto-delete podcasts. See <a href="http://www.daleisphere.com/how-to-set-podcasts-to-auto-delete-from-your-ipod/" target="_blank">this post</a> for details.<strong>]</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; </li>
<li><strong>No Front Facing Camera:</strong> The lack of a front facing camera means no video conferencing or easy self portraits &#8211; yet. This will likely be a future iPhone feature.  </li>
<li><strong>No <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimedia_Messaging_Service" target="_blank">Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)</a></strong>  </li>
<li><strong>No Landscape (or tactile) Keyboard</strong> <strong>[Aug 15, 2008 Update:</strong> Some applications do provide a landscape keyboard option.] </li>
<li><strong>No Cut &amp; Paste between Apps</strong> (though this is likely to come in a future software update) </li>
<li><strong>No Voice Dialing</strong>  </li>
<li><strong>No Video Recording</strong>&nbsp; </li>
<li><strong>Still No Replaceable Battery</strong>  </li>
<li><strong>No Basic Word or Excel document editing</strong>  </li>
<li><strong>iPhone Dock Now Sold Separately </strong></li>
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<p>Despite all this, I still want one. But, we continue to wait for Rogers to announce its data rate plan in Canada. That will be the determinative factor for me. $50 or less a month for an all you can eat data plan (or at least a decent data plan of say, up to 5 GB per month) and I&#8217;m in. Otherwise, I&#8217;m not so sure. </p>
<p><strong>[August 15, 2005 Update:</strong> Rogers data plan details are <a href="http://www.daleisphere.com/rogers-announces-expensive-3g-iphone-rate-plans-no-unlimited-access/" target="_blank">here</a>, my Rogers fine print post is <a href="http://www.daleisphere.com/rogers-canadian-iphone-plans-the-fine-print/" target="_blank">here</a> and my post-iPhone purchase post is <a href="http://www.daleisphere.com/i-purchased-the-16-gig-rogers-3g-iphone/" target="_blank">here</a>.]</p>
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