by Jason Romney, 21 July 2008
Blogger Jason Romney says demanding road warriors should not view Apple's new iPhone 3G™ as a laptop replacement... and it is no mobile communications panacea. But he argues it does make a useful complement to your existing arsenal of mobile equipment, and as new applications are added for sale via its download library, its utility is likely to grow swiftly and in further industry-changing ways.
The 3G iPhone launch in Australia on 11 July 2008 is increasingly being recognised as something of a technology milestone for our nation - and waiting in the long line outside the 400 George Street T-Life store at 5.30am that day, it was fascinating to hear conversation bristling with questions about the cost of data packs, whether BigPond content – especially pay-per-use video - would be available and unmetered, whether visual voicemail would work and whether it was desirable to pay extra for the phone... More...