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  1. #1
    So last year I was at the Apple Store Regent Street at the time.

    There was no live streaming.

    However, IIRC shortly afterwards, the full specs went live on the Apple
    website. I remember people, even Apple Store staff, checking out the
    specs of the MacBook Pro (which debuted then)


    Hey maybe there are a few crates of iPhones at Regent Street right now.

    Maybe they'll go on sale on Tuesday.

    Just imagine - seamless integration with Mac OS X.


    For non-Mac geeks - there is a lot of buzz about the possibiliy of an
    Apple phone (maybe you've heard?). Mr Kevin Rose, from diggnation, says
    there will be. So it must be true.




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    the dog from that film you saw
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    Re: Steve Jobs Keynote (Apple Cellphone) - the Apple Website updates at the same time?


    <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > So last year I was at the Apple Store Regent Street at the time.
    >
    > There was no live streaming.
    >
    > However, IIRC shortly afterwards, the full specs went live on the Apple
    > website. I remember people, even Apple Store staff, checking out the
    > specs of the MacBook Pro (which debuted then)
    >
    >
    > Hey maybe there are a few crates of iPhones at Regent Street right now.
    >
    > Maybe they'll go on sale on Tuesday.
    >
    > Just imagine - seamless integration with Mac OS X.
    >
    >
    > For non-Mac geeks - there is a lot of buzz about the possibiliy of an
    > Apple phone (maybe you've heard?). Mr Kevin Rose, from diggnation, says
    > there will be. So it must be true.
    >





    as a rule, mobile phones are things that mobile phone companies give you for
    free - even very nice ones that cost £500 without a contract.
    unless apple have signed up with the phone companies to do the same, do they
    think people will actually want to pay for theirs?




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    gort
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    Re: Steve Jobs Keynote (Apple Cellphone) - the Apple Website updates at the same time?


    > as a rule, mobile phones are things that mobile phone companies give you
    > for free - even very nice ones that cost £500 without a contract.
    > unless apple have signed up with the phone companies to do the same, do
    > they think people will actually want to pay for theirs?


    Do you really believe you get a mobile for free, without paying for it?

    Dave



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    Re: Steve Jobs Keynote (Apple Cellphone) - the Apple Website updates at the same time?

    the dog from that film you saw wrote:
    > as a rule, mobile phones are things that mobile phone companies give you for
    > free - even very nice ones that cost £500 without a contract.


    Really? I have bought my last two phone/pdas to use existing sims in,
    and there are hundreds of places selling phones without contracts.

    I am prepared to accept that a high percentage are obtained as part of
    a contract deal, but it is not the only method by which handsets are
    sold and apple are surely free to choose any marketing route they want.
    I suspect that the sucesss or otherwise of the phone will depend on
    diferentiating technical ability. If it is good enough there will be
    enough of clamour for the phone services to offer it. If it isn't it
    won't sell anyway.




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    Ian McCall
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    Re: Steve Jobs Keynote (Apple Cellphone) - the Apple Website updates at the same time?

    On 2007-01-07 12:24:36 +0000, [email protected] said:

    > I suspect that the sucesss or otherwise of the phone will depend on
    > diferentiating technical ability. If it is good enough there will be
    > enough of clamour for the phone services to offer it. If it isn't it
    > won't sell anyway.


    I'm hearing nasty rumours about their being no 3G. Of course no-one
    knows for sure yet, and may not know even after Tuesday. But no 3G is
    an absolute killer for me, as it means no use as a modem.


    Cheers,
    Ian




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    Ian Robinson
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    Re: Steve Jobs Keynote (Apple Cellphone) - the Apple Website updates at the same time?

    On Sun, 7 Jan 2007 12:46:34 +0000, Ian McCall wrote
    (in article <[email protected]>):

    > But no 3G is
    > an absolute killer for me, as it means no use as a modem.


    Are thbere any 3G cards that'll work with a MacBook Pro in the
    ExpressCard 34 slot?

    Ian

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    Ian McCall
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    Re: Steve Jobs Keynote (Apple Cellphone) - the Apple Website updates at the same time?

    On 2007-01-07 13:41:55 +0000, Ian Robinson <[email protected]> said:

    > On Sun, 7 Jan 2007 12:46:34 +0000, Ian McCall wrote
    > (in article <[email protected]>):
    >
    >> But no 3G is an absolute killer for me, as it means no use as a modem.

    >
    > Are thbere any 3G cards that'll work with a MacBook Pro in the
    > ExpressCard 34 slot?


    Not at present, no. There's a Vodafone USB modem that will work, but
    that means going back to Vodafone and incurring ludicrous data charges.
    Plus it's yet one more thing to carry around - the current system of
    just connecting through the phone I'm carrying anyway is working well.


    Cheers,
    Ian




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    Jaimie Vandenbergh
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    Re: Steve Jobs Keynote (Apple Cellphone) - the Apple Website updates at the same time?

    On Sun, 7 Jan 2007 13:41:55 +0000, Ian Robinson
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    >On Sun, 7 Jan 2007 12:46:34 +0000, Ian McCall wrote
    >(in article <[email protected]>):
    >
    >> But no 3G is
    >> an absolute killer for me, as it means no use as a modem.

    >
    >Are thbere any 3G cards that'll work with a MacBook Pro in the
    >ExpressCard 34 slot?


    http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/01...novatel_xu870/

    Cheers - Jaimie
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    Ian Robinson
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    Re: Steve Jobs Keynote (Apple Cellphone) - the Apple Website updates at the same time?

    On Sun, 7 Jan 2007 14:38:20 +0000, Ian McCall wrote
    (in article <[email protected]>):

    > Not at present, no. There's a Vodafone USB modem that will work, but
    > that means going back to Vodafone and incurring ludicrous data charges.
    > Plus it's yet one more thing to carry around - the current system of
    > just connecting through the phone I'm carrying anyway is working well.


    We recently switched in work from Vodafone to T-Mobile. I'll be doing
    more traveling to England soon and will need 3G connectivity. Hopefully
    the Apple phone if it is released will have it.

    Ian

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    Ian Robinson
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    Re: Steve Jobs Keynote (Apple Cellphone) - the Apple Website updates at the same time?

    On Sun, 7 Jan 2007 14:43:47 +0000, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote
    (in article
    <[email protected]>):

    >> Are thbere any 3G cards that'll work with a MacBook Pro in the
    >> ExpressCard 34 slot?

    >
    > http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/01...novatel_xu870/


    Brilliant. Thanks.

    Ian

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    Re: Steve Jobs Keynote (Apple Cellphone) - the Apple Website updates at the same time?


    Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:
    > On Sun, 7 Jan 2007 13:41:55 +0000, Ian Robinson
    > <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    > >On Sun, 7 Jan 2007 12:46:34 +0000, Ian McCall wrote
    > >(in article <[email protected]>):
    > >
    > >> But no 3G is
    > >> an absolute killer for me, as it means no use as a modem.

    > >
    > >Are thbere any 3G cards that'll work with a MacBook Pro in the
    > >ExpressCard 34 slot?

    >
    > http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/01...novatel_xu870/
    >



    Thanks Jamie, I've just read the review on The Register website.

    It looks like an amazing product - a 'true broadband experience' all
    over London (where I live & work). That is next on my shopping list.

    Does anyone know if this will work on 'PAY AS YOU GO' on any of the
    networks. I cannot get 'credit' as I am a foreigner (non-uk)?

    Will I still be able to use p2p filesharing/Bit Torrent? What is the
    approx cost?

    Also I have no idea what HSDPA is. Just googled it I got loads of
    technical jargon. I assume it's just like 3G, but faster (just a guess).




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    Dennis Ferguson
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    Re: Steve Jobs Keynote (Apple Cellphone) - the Apple Website updates at the same time?

    On 2007-01-07, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
    > Also I have no idea what HSDPA is. Just googled it I got loads of
    > technical jargon. I assume it's just like 3G, but faster (just a guess).


    HSDPA is the technical acronym for GSM-style 3G data service, i.e.
    what is used in Europe. There is also a CDMA2000-style 3G data service
    with the acronym EV-DO (Google Novatel 720 for an example), and there's
    in fact a third, China-only, 3G standard with the acronym TD-SCDMA. Novatel
    is a US (or Canadian?) company and builds equipment for the first two
    standards, both of which are used in North America, so I guess they're in
    the habit of having to be specific about what their cards support.

    Dennis Ferguson



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    Re: Steve Jobs Keynote (Apple Cellphone) - the Apple Website updates at the same time?

    People will pay for these because it's far more than a phone and because they have sex appeal.



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    the dog from that film you saw
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    Re: Steve Jobs Keynote (Apple Cellphone) - the Apple Website updates at the same time?


    "AppleiPhones" <[email protected]> wrote in
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    >
    > People will pay for these because it's far more than a phone and because
    > they have sex appeal.
    >



    you find them sexually attractive!? - is it a phone or a vibrator?



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