iPhone. Would it work Emerald area Qld

BTW, hang off a few weeks before getting one. The scuttlebutt is that a new model/upgrade is likely to be announced in early June (World Wide Developers Conference - June 7-11) and available soon after. It'd be worth waiting and getting he latest model imho.

DM

Thanks DM. Wise words. I always hang back re my new software and never load any versions which end in .0 but wait for the next de-bugged one. Looks like mob's are the same.

Thanks DM have bookmarked the patch cable velcro item.

Thanks Olsen's. Looks good for us, no doubt all the coal mines here have maxed out the coverage as mob's are no longer just a communication device but are used even for simple, often life saving things like observing for huge machines reversing up etc where pocket UHF's would have been the go together with the lack of privacy. Seems the slightly dearer iPhone 3Gs is the one. Almost every engineering products rep that comes into our Buffalo Bolt co shop seems to be on iPhone. Have to log onto your site and see what adventures you do.

G'day Graham,
Looks like we've just joined the Yuppies - and at at my age :-)) I bought the Iphone last week as we are about to head off bush. We intend to use the tethering for internet access and also got the Blueant Supertooth 3, bluetooth voice recognition hands free for $120 from JB Hi Fi, I will soon see how it goes. for reception. What a dumb name for the phone model 3GS on the next G network.
The hands free works well, but voice recognition isn't perfect. Answering is simple it says who is calling or the number, and you don't touch anything, just say 'ok'.
Some of the Apps are interesting.

Cheers,
Bill

You wasted your money on the blueant as the phone has both loudspeaker and voice recognition. It will call anyone in your phone book by saying Call Billy it will then ask Home or mobile

Not a dumb name as Next G is dumb as its Telstras name for 3G.


I would have bought an new Nokia with GPS etc Far better phone.


Apps are fine but cost you often

Personally I'll never own another nokia again, the biggest piles of unreliable junk ever made.
The last 3 I've owned froze, lockedup and cause nothing but constant grief, the battery has to be removed to restart them!
And nokia couldnt care less, absolutely no after sales service, tough biccys.

At least apple have a shop where they will asses the problem and fix it on the spot, fantastic service, not that i've had to use it in the 6 months i've owned it.

Iphone anyday!

Graham, If it will call anyone when you say Call Billy how does it know who you actually want to talk to.

"Next G is telstra's name for 3G". Telstra used to deny this because their 3G is (they say) better than anyone else's 3G so they come up with some standardised response to say their Next G was not the same as 3G. Do Telstra still play this game.

I have the blueant I use for a blackberry. The blueant sits in the car better and easier to control than fiddling with the phone. People can hear me much better. The voice recognition is terrible on the blueant/blackberry combination and does not understand a word I am saying. Maybe if I say "Call Billy" I might get somewhere. My Swahili though is not what it used to be. It works very well for incoming calls though and tells me who is ringing which is great because I can ignore people I don't want to talk to. I accidently yelled to the wife "Don't answer it" and the stupid machine heard "answer" and answered the call. Stupid Machine.....

The blackberry gets reception throughout southern inland qld as good as any other phone.

I like iphones for their internet capability and pretty well everything else they do but not as a phone, so I have (the missus has) an iPod touch instead which is basically an iPhone without the phone. You need to go to maccas to get internet when not at home.

I wrote it badly.

It will call any name in your contact list by saying Call (insert name) If you have a home and a mobile it will ask which one you want.

I have found I can talk quite easily on the phone when its in the cradle and use the loudspeaker function of it.

I also have a Motorola 700 bluetooth earpiece with quick answer so I dont have to wear it all the time. Just pick it up and open it and talk away.

Tried a Blueant but didnt like it B I L gas one and lent it to me as he didnt like it much either.

Yea Telstra still call 3 G Next G Only difference is the frequency they use.

850mhz against 900 mhz for Optus.

3 roams onto the old Telstra network (where it still operates)

You can use an external aerial as I said above

Same as most Nokias dont have connectors but inductive aerials work

See here for one

http://www.wirelessworld.com.au/carcomm-apple-iphone-3g-power-cradle-p-244.html


I got mine here

http://www.ow.com.au/Carcomm-Apple-iPhone-3G-In-Car-Mobile-Phone-Cradle?range=101%2C150%2C1580

My Nokia one came from here

http://www.ow.com.au/shop/Car-Mounts/Nokia-6120-Cradle-with-FME-External-Antenna-Connection

Do you have any links to the product please, none of the above point to a solution only to a site and cant seem to find anything

The OW site was down for maintenance this morning Copy and paste the whole address not just the highlighted bit

The wireless world one works if you copy and paste the whole address


If you get to the site use the sidebars to look around

Phones are not made equal. Just because the coverage map says you can get get coverage does not mean the coverage will be any good. Some phones just don't work very well in rural areas. My daughters $80 tesltra branded phone gets great coverage and my son's $250 Samsung phone struggles. They are both on Telstra Next G.

Spade , you'l find that the $80 telstra branded phone has the 'blue tick' of approval for rural use and the Samsung does not.

Yeah I have a Telstra ZTE 165 with pull up antenna and external antenna support as my emergency phone because this phone has been confirmed through signal tests as being one of the bext reception phones, blue tick off course. My Iphone is my everyday phone.

Yep , the original T165 now superceded by the T165i are the phone of choice out west for their range , Longreach Telstra dealer cant keep up with demand for the T165i , is the only phone that coupled with a 6.5db bullbar mounted arial will give coverage ALL the way from Longreach the 126klm to Muttaburra via the Cramsie rd. Nothing else except a Sat phone comes close.

Maybe this is where Danger Mouse is coming from. Suggests, wisely, to hold off buying till after new model released in June. However, as there must be half a million hacks & apps for the iPhone, maybe if you cruise a few forums, including the Mac mag MacAddict, might dig one up. The great thing about forums is almost no one has a problem that someone else has'nt had. The answer is just a click away. Pixhttp://public.fotki.com/RockyOne/

Correct RockyOne.

You can "jailbreak" an iPhone quite easily, however should you require apple service on it you will need to revert it back to original.

There are also in excess of 180,000 apps for the iPhone, many of which will add functionality like voice control etc. All available through the iTunes App Store.

Also you might try MacTalk.com.au as a forum to seek answers to some of your questions.

Cheers,

DM