No Wi-Fi Plan for the iPhone
Wi-Fi Networking News' Glenn Fleishman notes that today's announcement of pricing plans for the iPhone includes "nary a mention of Wi-Fi"…
"Remember Wi-Fi?" Fleishman asks. "Remember how every demonstration of the iPhone's browsing, mapping, and email features are conducted via Wi-Fi, not the slower EDGE data service also built into an iPhone? Remember the promise of seamless EDGE-to-Wi-Fi and back roaming with no disruption in the delivery of data during that transition? Remember how goddamn slow EDGE is — about three times faster than the best analog dial-up, weighing in north of 150 Kpbs in ideal cases? Apple and AT&T are hoping you don't quite remember that well."
Fleishman's point is that AT&T's "unlimited data" plan for the iPhone doesn't include any access to the company's significant network of more than 15,000 Wi-Fi hotspot locations throughout the United States. For that, you gotta fork out another $20 a month.
More here from DailyTech … more here from the AP … more here from Reuters … more here from InformationWeek … and the press release is here.
Servaas said:
Jun 29, 07 at 5:12 amI don’t think I will ever understand why this first release of the iPhone doesn’t come with wifi or umts.