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Yawn....Will wait for the problems to crop up first. then wait for it to be resolved... then only i might consider it. even then might not be worth buying if no telco provider maximizes it's full potential for local content.

there're already people talking about the possibility of unlocking it - the illegal way ...

anyway, looking at how slow the device might be coming in to malaysia, you might have to wait end of 2008 or early 2009 ... it'll probably hit EU first follow by japan, korea, singapore, then maybe m'sia ... anyway it's just me

cheers

Any local telco adopting the iphone plan?

rgds,
chiacy

Leave it to Apple to come up with something really cool but with huge exclusion factor.

Iphone is not even an ipod without services, so buying it in US and using it elsewhere will need some hacking. I hope by the time it made it to Malaysia it will be 3G ready, and wonder which network it will partner with...

Other than the price, the setback is that it doesnt support bluetooth earset and music ringing tones. Cessss.....all hyped about nothing!!!

Right now it's too expensive for a phone with crippled functionality. Bluetooth only for Apple-made products? No 3G? Only able to develop third-party applications through Safari? AT&T lockdown? Uh, no thanks. There are cheaper alternatives in the market, and they don't limit you to a single operator or are lacking in functionality.

I suppose you should know...
the US iPhone doesn't have sim cards. You can't swipe sim cards if it doesn't exist. Works like the old old handphones in the pre-Sim card years. remember those?

JEFF OOI says: Your information is misleading. There IS a SIMcard in iPhone -- removable and re-insertion is possible. Watch this YouTube: http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9738138-1.html

There are also over 30 diggs on Digg.com on the topic: Click here.

And also, they're expected to announce a 3G iPhone for Europe within the week, so I'd wait on that.

Falcon,

In the US, only phones that operate using CDMA technology are SIM-less. These are firms like Verizon.

AT&T uses GSM technology as its service base, hence the availability of SIM's, just like in Malaysia. Extenstions like GPRS and EDGE are derivatives of GSM. UMTS is a replacement technology for GSM based services, that would like to opt for higher bandwidth i.e. 3G and HSDPA (an enhancement of UMTS).

Jeff,

Why need 3G for? :)
With the Yellowman's EDGE, i get better data throughput than any 3G data card speed today.

Better to hope for "roads" (Networks), before we bring in the "Ferraris" (3G/iPhones and its like). :)

Peace..

The wait is too long... Got my Dopod (with WM5) to look like one, from www.xda-developers.com

Sorry about that
I got that from Mossberg's pre-release iPhone review

So proves WSJ's fact checking is as bad as mine =P

But the iPhone has a major drawback: the cellphone network it uses. It only works with AT&T (formerly Cingular), won't come in models that use Verizon or Sprint and can't use the digital cards (called SIM cards) that would allow it to run on T-Mobile's network. So, the phone can be a poor choice unless you are in areas where AT&T's coverage is good. It does work overseas, but only via an AT&T roaming plan.

Original article here
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118289311361649057.html?mod=blogs

Hey, Falcon...

I don't think it's really a problem with the fact checking at WSJ or yours, or even Walt's writing. I think, in some parts of the world, this is called being human.

Mistakes happen. You made some. Walt Mossberg made some. Enron and Gee-Dubya made some too. On my end I did my best to keep Worldcomm afloat, but sometimes messing around with company financials and funds (we never had in the first place) can bring about challenges even I can't... er... whooops... I'm revealing too much.

On the note about any local telco adopting the iphone plan, I think the answer is a yes and a no.

Yes - short term. Why? Because you got to hit critical mass before you can bring the price down. But please don't shoot me down on this note. Critical mass has a funny sort of definition here in Malaysia. In Malaysia achieving critical mass means, let's try to sell it real expensive and if we cheese too many people off, we'll drop the price by 40%. Hence why Malaysia has a poorly developed second-hand handphone market.

No - long term. Why? Because the plan is really expensive and impractical if you want to achieve a state of ubiquitousness. Then again, being ubiquitous is defined very differently in this country... so... er... aherrmm.

And to sum that all up... MAXUS!

Errr... I meant MAXIS.

Best,
Cutter
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