[LINK] Aussie 3G iPhone is a bad joke

[Ivan Trundle]

This op piece has nothing to do with the iPhone, but everything to do  
with the so-called 'service' that our telcos allegedly provide.

It's reprehensible that a telco can assume that the hype over a piece  
of hardware will blind users into ignoring that there are actually  
such things as 'data plans' - and that some might actually want one.

What it has proved, however, is that telcos will have to shake  
themselves out of their comatose views on how people actually use  
phones, and how convergence between voice and data is on their doorstep.

Incidentally, I didn't buy an iPhone, and nor shall I until the telcos  
get their acts together. I do, nonetheless, admire the hardware as a  
very interesting and capable device.

iT

ps. Determining which is the best phone plan (no matter which phone)  
still takes a degree in astrophysics, and a clear understanding of  
what your likely call and data habits will be - in advance.


On 16/07/2008, at 11:26 AM, David Boxall wrote:

> Now, I'm glad I don't want one.
>
> <http://www.itnews.com.au/Feature/4739,aussie-3g-iphone-is-a-bad-joke.aspx 
> >
>
> "Never have so many suffered so much for one gadget."