While several people seem to love the Apple iPhone and have lots of nice things to say about it music and video player, being forced to sign with a specific wireless carrier for cell phone and web browser use has several hackers locked in their rooms searching for the door to another service. Despite AT&T's threat to prosecute anyone who unlocks the secret to their technology and is able to unlock the phone, the effort continues. Experts predict that within one weeks of the release the Apple iPhone will have been unlocked and being used on other networks.
If the new Apple iPhone exceeds expectations in any one section it is getting the hackers off the couch to figure out the electronic key needed to unlock the new phone. When Apple unleashed its newest and unparalleled Apple iPhone tool, it was designed to work only with AT&T with the SIM chip included, but locked so the only way the phone will work is with a two-year contract with AT&T the carrier formerly known as Cingular.
Currently, the Apple iPhone is somewhat restricted to the United
States for no other reason than economics. An average two-year contract
with AT&T for over 4,000 minutes of use and unlimited wireless
internet access will go for about $60 a month. For the neighbors up
north, there is only one Canadian cell phone service compatible with
AT&T and, due to less competition, a lesser level of service is
going for about $200 a month. Add to that the $600 price tag for an
Apple iPhone and this one-of-a-kind device is out of reach for most
Canadian users.
The Apple iPhone was unleashed with great fanfare
but initial silence by Apple about the coming technology seemed to fuel
the hype behind the phone. The concept is a simple one: having every
communications device known to man all in one handheld unit. Touch
screen technology has been around for years, but having it installed on
a device that fits into the back pocket of even the tightest pair of
jeans made it one of the hottest, must-have commodities that people
just had to have, despite the price and questionable service contract.
There
are plenty of pitfalls with the new Apple iPhone, but none of them pose
a permanent problem as the solutions will be easy to come up with, if
they are'nt already in place, such as the digital camera also working
as a video recorder. Easy fixes will be coming for being able to add
ringtone the user chooses and will most likely add a better search tool
for its address book. These are just a few of the complaints by the
first users of the new Apple iPhone that should be easy to overcome.
Users Pushing For Additional Memories
Despite having the capability to play music and movies, as well as
roam the internet and send and receive email and offers the
functionality of a computer, the eight megabytes of memory has many
people forgetting why they wanted it so bad in the first place. There
is no place on the Apple iPhone for an additional memory card and its
configuration with Windows and PC users is questionable at best. Of the
Windows Office Suite, only Outlook is fully connectable with the Apple
iPhone calendar. Outlook Express will not work, having some finding the
need for the additional expenses of new software.
The battery,
not replaceable by the user is another quirk of the Apple iPhone,
similar to it music player, and has to go back to the factory for a new
battery. Although the battery life has been greatly extended, up to
nine hours with movie watching, music listening and browser viewing. A
charging dock for the internal battery, which is included, promises to
restore the battery from a 10 percent level to 90 percent in under two
hours.
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