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Re: I love my new Verizon iPhone

Brian — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:36:14 -0000

iPod 3G

Re: I love my new Verizon iPhone

Brian — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:25:18 -0000

Oops you're right, duh. Sure, you can connect a mic and also an external gps receiver, but it's not really an iPhone just by adding 3g.

I believe Apple can still differentiate the products and release a Touch to support 3g data and voip for significantly less cost. If not, they stand to lose ground to the host of other manufacturers.

Re: I love my new Verizon iPhone

erlichson — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:07:27 -0000

Touch definitely has an accelerometer and you can use headphones with a built in mic (so it must have a mic input)

Re: I love my new Verizon iPhone

Brian — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:03:50 -0000

unlike the iPhone, Touch doesn't have gps, camera, compass, accelerometer or microphone.... yet.

Bluetooth was only recently activated. Unfortunately, it only supports A2DP stereo headsets.

Re: I love my new Verizon iPhone

Brian — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:38:07 -0000

Exactly, but if brought to market as a netbook-like device without an associated phone number, it would be very appealing to many. Not everyone needs the highest quality voice connections....or the ~$130/mo bill.

If carriers are allowing netbooks to connect for $40-60/mo, there is no reason Apple can't work a deal with a 'Connected Touch'. ATT might be turned off by the idea so I suppose Verizon would be the likely alternative... with the rumors and all. It might even be tweaked to share its 3g with wifi clients! 3rd party tweak no doubt.

Re: I love my new Verizon iPhone

bshure — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:19:40 -0000

I upgraded from USB verizon EVDO card to MiFi as soon as I saw the announcement. I can plug it into my computer and use it like the old card, or use it like a wireless access point.

It makes my ipod touch almost an iphone, and best of all, no AT&T.

Re: I love my new Verizon iPhone

erlichson — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:48:29 -0000

Seems like if you add a cellular radio to a touch, it's called an iphone ;-)

Re: I love my new Verizon iPhone

Brian — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:36:21 -0000

It wouldn't be surprising to see the next iPod Touch with cell network connectivity (like netbooks and e-readers), quite possibly with Verizon. Lets hope they throw in a gps too. With unlimited 3g bandwidth and price under $50/mo it would serve me well using VOIP for those rare phone calls. Ooh, maybe a google voice SIP client!