Comments for deanupton.com/blog http://deanupton.com/blog What do you say when words are not enough? Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:28:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 Comment on iPhone 1 month on - Part One by Bunker http://deanupton.com/blog/2009/07/iphone-1-month-on-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Bunker Mon, 03 Aug 2009 02:46:34 +0000 http://deanupton.com/blog/?p=19#comment-14 Are you a professional journalist? You write very well. Are you a professional journalist? You write very well.

]]> Comment on iPhone 1 month on - Part One by Alex Bowyer http://deanupton.com/blog/2009/07/iphone-1-month-on-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Alex Bowyer Mon, 27 Jul 2009 01:37:19 +0000 http://deanupton.com/blog/?p=19#comment-11 A very interesting read. I played with one myself and can definitely see the appeal. I think the biggest difference for me - as you observed - is that using the web really feels like the web, whereas on N95, even with Opera Mini, it is still somewhat tedious to navigate around multiple pages. I am very tempted to get an iPhone - especially as my N95 screen is now broken :( - unfortunately in Canada iPhones seem to be only available on a 3 year contract! Not so useful when I can't guarantee I'll be in the country then. So no iPhone for me.. sniff :-( Sounds like the N97 doesn't have enough over the N95 to warrant switching - and I would miss the loss of SIP/VOIP calling too. Maybe I'll have to wait and see what Nokia dream up next to compete. In the meantime, very much looking forward to reading about your experience of "the switch"! A very interesting read. I played with one myself and can definitely see the appeal. I think the biggest difference for me - as you observed - is that using the web really feels like the web, whereas on N95, even with Opera Mini, it is still somewhat tedious to navigate around multiple pages.

I am very tempted to get an iPhone - especially as my N95 screen is now broken :( - unfortunately in Canada iPhones seem to be only available on a 3 year contract! Not so useful when I can’t guarantee I’ll be in the country then. So no iPhone for me.. sniff :-(

Sounds like the N97 doesn’t have enough over the N95 to warrant switching - and I would miss the loss of SIP/VOIP calling too. Maybe I’ll have to wait and see what Nokia dream up next to compete.

In the meantime, very much looking forward to reading about your experience of “the switch”!

]]> Comment on iPhone 1 month on - Part One by Dean http://deanupton.com/blog/2009/07/iphone-1-month-on-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Dean Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:41:46 +0000 http://deanupton.com/blog/?p=19#comment-9 You're one of the few people who would spot that, Bro :^) You’re one of the few people who would spot that, Bro :^)

]]> Comment on iPhone 1 month on - Part One by Darren http://deanupton.com/blog/2009/07/iphone-1-month-on-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Darren Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:17:22 +0000 http://deanupton.com/blog/?p=19#comment-8 Nice - I like the Johnny Logan quote aswell Nice - I like the Johnny Logan quote aswell

]]> Comment on iPhone 1 month on - Part One by Sproocemeister http://deanupton.com/blog/2009/07/iphone-1-month-on-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Sproocemeister Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:08:01 +0000 http://deanupton.com/blog/?p=19#comment-7 Very interesting.As a firm supporter of the low tech phone for many years I think the new iPhone is finally reaching the level of ease of use and functionality combined with not being a huge bulk in one's pocket that I need to rejoin the rest of the human race. Carry on! Very interesting.As a firm supporter of the low tech phone for many years I think the new iPhone is finally reaching the level of ease of use and functionality combined with not being a huge bulk in one’s pocket that I need to rejoin the rest of the human race.

Carry on!

]]> Comment on iPhone 1 month on - Part One by timdp http://deanupton.com/blog/2009/07/iphone-1-month-on-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-6 timdp Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:15:45 +0000 http://deanupton.com/blog/?p=19#comment-6 A good read Deej, will look forward to part 2. A good read Deej, will look forward to part 2.

]]> Comment on Trick iPhone onto Vodafone’s data network by Paul http://deanupton.com/blog/2009/07/trick-iphone-onto-vodafones-data-network/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Paul Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:50:26 +0000 http://deanupton.com/blog/?p=21#comment-5 Very interesting artical. High all there is a even more interest future prospect that is hitting the USA and the rest of the work very soon LTE. Great to see that people really see the benefit of the UK Vodafone Network. Hopefully they might be able to have IPhones soon. Very interesting artical.

High all there is a even more interest future prospect that is hitting the USA and the rest of the work very soon LTE.

Great to see that people really see the benefit of the UK Vodafone Network. Hopefully they might be able to have IPhones soon.

]]> Comment on Trick iPhone onto Vodafone’s data network by Dean http://deanupton.com/blog/2009/07/trick-iphone-onto-vodafones-data-network/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Dean Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:45:19 +0000 http://deanupton.com/blog/?p=21#comment-4 Interesting question about the US/Canada. They have an added complication - competing technologies. Some networks are using GSM(2G) and UMTS/HSUPA(3G) while others are using the completely incompatible CDMA(2G) and EVDO(3G). EVDO has a slight edge (excuse the pun) over HSUPA in terms of performance. However, both technologies are evolving fast, and compatibility between networks and countries is becoming a more important issue. I predict that EVDO will die out eventually, but in the meantime it could well be slowing the availability of high speed cellular data by reducing the possibilities of site-sharing - two rival networks agreeing to share a base-station to increase their coverage at significantly reduced cost. The USA also has another issue - size. The UK is almost fully covered, quite literally 4 times over. The USA tends to have operators that specialise in particular areas, and provide domestic roaming when in other territories. As for backhaul - AT&T have been VERY heavily criticised for their lack of investment in data infrastructure. For the first time I cam remember, an Apple Keynote speech generated mocking laughter from its selected apple fanboy audience when it was announced AT&T would introduce *MMS* on iPhone at some point later this year (!). MMS - available in the rest of the world for over 5 years. Improvements to backhaul will *have* to take place though. Next year, Data traffic will surpass Voice traffic for the first time, and new devices such as the N97 and Palm Pre won't have the ability to be crippled at the network's request like the iPhone. Data performance will increasingly become a key differentiator like "fewer dropped voice calls" was 5 years ago. Interesting question about the US/Canada. They have an added complication - competing technologies. Some networks are using GSM(2G) and UMTS/HSUPA(3G) while others are using the completely incompatible CDMA(2G) and EVDO(3G).

EVDO has a slight edge (excuse the pun) over HSUPA in terms of performance. However, both technologies are evolving fast, and compatibility between networks and countries is becoming a more important issue. I predict that EVDO will die out eventually, but in the meantime it could well be slowing the availability of high speed cellular data by reducing the possibilities of site-sharing - two rival networks agreeing to share a base-station to increase their coverage at significantly reduced cost.

The USA also has another issue - size. The UK is almost fully covered, quite literally 4 times over. The USA tends to have operators that specialise in particular areas, and provide domestic roaming when in other territories.

As for backhaul - AT&T have been VERY heavily criticised for their lack of investment in data infrastructure. For the first time I cam remember, an Apple Keynote speech generated mocking laughter from its selected apple fanboy audience when it was announced AT&T would introduce *MMS* on iPhone at some point later this year (!). MMS - available in the rest of the world for over 5 years.

Improvements to backhaul will *have* to take place though. Next year, Data traffic will surpass Voice traffic for the first time, and new devices such as the N97 and Palm Pre won’t have the ability to be crippled at the network’s request like the iPhone. Data performance will increasingly become a key differentiator like “fewer dropped voice calls” was 5 years ago.

]]> Comment on Trick iPhone onto Vodafone’s data network by Alex Bowyer http://deanupton.com/blog/2009/07/trick-iphone-onto-vodafones-data-network/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Alex Bowyer Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:21:28 +0000 http://deanupton.com/blog/?p=21#comment-3 Great hack! Shame about the battery issue though. Have you thought about buying a couple of spare batteries for N95? I carry a couple of spares with me for those occasions when the charge doesn't last the whole day. I wonder how the US/Canada networks would rate on these measurements? Not good I'm guessing. Nice shiny new blog - look forward to reading more! Alex Great hack! Shame about the battery issue though. Have you thought about buying a couple of spare batteries for N95? I carry a couple of spares with me for those occasions when the charge doesn’t last the whole day.

I wonder how the US/Canada networks would rate on these measurements? Not good I’m guessing.

Nice shiny new blog - look forward to reading more!

Alex

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