As of 12.01am midnight tonight, Claro and Orange will be selling the iPhone G3. As soon as I have details on the pricing etc, I'll post here.
Will be interesting to see what happens here.
I heard the new 3G was not easy to unlock, but I see a few sites offering unlock options.
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Has anyone here unlocked their G3 iPhone?
I had a Blackberry Curve, fine phone. My partner, a big long-time Blackberry fan, just got a G1 Android, the new "Google phone". Has much of the whiz-bang iPhone features with a...*gasp*...full qwerty keyboard. His comments:I just upgraded my Blackberry Pearl to the BB Curve...Ive been toying with the idea of the iphone 3G...I have until tomorrow to return it, if the pricing is reasonable and they are available right away, I may do it...
fasteddiedee said:Pluses:
Touch Screen - with - a full qwerty below it... the reason I would never own an iphone... no "real" keyboard.
Web browser - better than the iphone
Applications load quickly
User interface - simple - straight forward - intuitive
Feels "solid" fit and finish...
Instant weather and storm tracking information world wide overlayed on google maps.
Free GPS tracking application that uploads right to google maps ...
Free NFL play by play application with tracking per team.
The "market" application - basically free applications games etc.
Total Google suite integration - email - calender - blog - translation - adwords - check out - etc.
Downers:
No direct Exchange support - does have POP and IMAP support
No blackberry client - apparently there will be one soon
Screen is a bit smaller than the iphone
I came up with a work around for the calender, basically an auto sync between Exchange and Google Calender, if a change is made to either, they update each other.
Besides price, what makes it bette?How much do we have to pay for the phone apart from the plan?
i am waiting on the Chinese copy of iphone M88. this one is even better than the real Iphone.
AZB
-Can you get one of those here in the DR ? (preferably with Orange...)... My partner just got a G1 Android, the new "Google phone".
Besides price, what makes it bette?
He has T-Moble in NJ where he's from. It defaulted to Claro while roaming...where they had a signal. The mointains and a lot of Samana had none.This phone is beautiful!
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Is your partner is using this with Claro? Do you know what kind of data/voice plan he's using?
If there's blackberry support in the pipeline, I will probably wait for that...but this seems like a true "best of both worlds" phone with the big touchscreen *and* qwerty keyboard...add BB push email and... wow...
BTW, they seem to be going for $400-$500 on ebay, new and unlocked
How much do we have to pay for the phone apart from the plan?
i am waiting on the Chinese copy of iphone M88. this one is even better than the real Iphone.
AZB
-Can you get one of those here in the DR ? (preferably with Orange...)