Comments on: Consumers Fume over iPhone

By: Michael Kwan

Michael Kwan — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:41:19 +0000

I realize that this is nit-picking, but when you talk about the amount of data, there is an 8-fold difference between a lower-case b and an upper case B. 8 kilobits (8kb) is equal to 1 kilobyte (8KB).

By: johnbiehler.com » Newspapers, magazines and radio…oh my!

johnbiehler.com » Newspapers, magazines and radio…oh my! — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 03:13:48 +0000

[...] magazine (a daily paper here in Vancouver) but it got edited down to half the size. He posted the full article on his site [...]

By: Consumers Fume Over iPhone | The Blog According to Buzz Bishop

Consumers Fume Over iPhone | The Blog According to Buzz Bishop — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:16:40 +0000

[...] Friday is also the day the iPhone will also be officially available to Canadians, but a line of a different sort is forming here. People aren’t waiting outside Rogers Wireless stores to be the first to buy this pop culture icon; they’re heading to the web and signing petitions of protest, or planning boycotts of the product altogether. Read the rest of this article. [...]

By: Tanya (aka NetChick)

Tanya (aka NetChick) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:24:15 +0000

I’m still trying to figure out if my friend buys two phones on a new 3 year term, if I can use one of them on my plan with the new “promotional” data rate. The darn CSRs still have ZERO information — I called this morning to get clarification, and they told me that I absolutely COULDN’T buy the phone unless I canceled my contract, lost my number (uh no) and started up a whole new contract.

ATTN ROGERS: This is NOT taking care of your customers… At all.

By: John Biehler

John Biehler — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:25:45 +0000

@Colin hard to say at this point…my guess is that if Rogers didn’t provision (sell) it to you, you can’t use it with the new data plan and it’s too soon to say if the 1st gen phones will be able to upgrade to the new 2.0 firmware without having to jailbreak/unlock it since they are all from AT&T (or Europe). Too soon to say as well if you did unlock your 1st gen with the new firmware how the App Store might behave on that phone.

By: Colin

Colin — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:56:06 +0000

@Buzz does the legitimacy of the phone preclude it from running the new software as in John B’s or anybody else’s case here in Canada.

By: Raul

Raul — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:18:44 +0000

Good non-edited piece. Sometimes the final cut erases relevant bits and pieces. Good stuff

By: johnbiehler.com » Hell froze over

johnbiehler.com » Hell froze over — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:53:28 +0000

[...] and check out Buzz’ article that he submitted to 24hr magazine (print publication)…sadly the piece he interviewed me for [...]

By: buzz

buzz — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:35:26 +0000

@Colin you can’t get a legitimate first gen iPhone in Canada.

By: buzz

buzz — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:34:41 +0000

@ Derek it’s a start, but this piece meal announcing of plans is frustrating.

Rogers needs to make ONE big announcement.

To offer new ideas in drips and drabs is just adding to the confusion.