AppleInsider Staff
T-Mobile attacks iPhone 4 as 'a 3G phone'
"True story," a new advertisement from T-Mobile reads. "Despite the '4,' both the Verizon and AT&T iPhones run on 3G networks."
The sales pitch and accompanying graphics were noted Monday by Engadget. It displays the AT&T and Verizon networks as slower turtles, while T-Mobile's 3G network is represented by a rabbit.
T-Mobile's numbers come from a third-party speed comparison of networks in New York City and Atlanta. For the campaign, T-Mobile is pushing its lineup of so-called "4G" handsets, including the Galaxy S 4G, myTouch 4G, and Dell Streak 7.
T-Mobile's decision to portray its network as "4G" has been the subject of controversy, as it is technically built on "3G" technology. However, the carrier has argued that its HSPA+ network operates at "today's 4G speeds."
Verizon launched its proper 4G long-term evolution network in limited markets late last year, while AT&T plans to launch its own LTE network later this year. Because LTE networks utilize different technologies than today's standards, a new iPhone with a 4G-capable internal radio from Apple would be required to access those new networks.
RIM representative says PlayBook will run Android apps
Adding even more evidence to the rumor that RIM's forthcoming touchscreen tablet, the PlayBook, will run Google Android applications is a video discovered by CrackBerry.com. In a hands-on demo done at the recent Mobile World Congress expo in Barcelona, a RIM representative is heard as saying "We will also support Android apps" (see 14 second mark of embedded video below).
The discovery lends support to rumors that RIM plans to add support for Android 2.x applications to the PlayBook. Though the PlayBook will run its own custom QNX operating system, reports have suggested that RIM will emulate Google's open source Android operating system to support the more than 100,000 applications available for it.
Software options for users have become a major selling point for tablets, as Apple's iPad has mounted a considerable lead with more than 60,000 iPad-specific applications available as of late January. The iPad can also run almost all iPhone applications in a scaled-up format, while early Android tablets like the Galaxy Tab ran applications not designed for its larger screen and form factor.
-m.jpg)
Chip Loder
Amber Neely
Wesley Hilliard
Andrew O'Hara
Andrew Orr
Malcolm Owen
Christine McKee
55 Comments
This comment comes from viewing the Playbook's "book" app. (Kindle app or whatever it is) in the video attachment with the story.
As an owner of an iPad and a Kindle I can honestly say: books on an LCD display make zero sense, bar saying you have that feature and you have this great UI etc. It's all marketing as far as I'm concerned. It's the screen where ultimately novels fall down - and I don't mean its resolution. There was an article a while back on here that said (and I'm paraphrasing): Study shows iPad no worse on your eyes than Kindle. Well as an owner of both I can tell you any story that says anything like this should be regarded as complete rubbish. Literally any article that says the iPad (or any tablet with an LCD) hurts your eyes no worse than the Kindle is absolute bullshit. Unquestionable bullshit.
For text books, magazines and newspapers LCD is perfectly fine, even better in fact - but for actual "books" LCD is not simply inadequate, but inherently the wrong technology. This is why I wonder if Apple is going to someday bring back the product name iBook. And build the dedicated touch screen e-Ink book reader that plastic logic failed to.
With all that said, however; the Kindle is a piece of crap. Great screen technology, but too small of a screen (7" is more likely the sweet-spot), terrible hardware, software decisions and product design. This problem has yet to be solved in my opinion. As for the Kindle as-a-platform; why would you need your books to work on all these devices if the Kindle itself was so great? The real solution is to fix the Kindle and forget about "the platform" crap. If the Kindle was "awesome" people would use it. If it was truly great people would prefer it to real books. As for the time being real books are still the clear winner in terms of the best way of doing books.
This comment comes from viewing the Playbook's "book" app. (Kindle app or whatever it is) in the video attachment with the story.
As an owner of an iPad and a Kindle I can honestly say: books on an LCD display make zero sense, bar saying you have that feature and you have this great UI etc. It's all "marketing" as far as I'm concerned. It's the screen where ultimately novels fall down.
For text books, magazines and newspapers LCD is perfectly fine, even great - but for actual "books" LCD is inadequate. This is why I wonder if Apple is going to someday bring back the product name iBook. And build the dedicated touch screen e-Ink book reader that plastic logic failed to do.
Not to be a hater but...what odes this have to do with the article?
Not to be a hater but...what odes this have to do with the article?
He doesn't even know!
T-mobile..FIRE and yes I mean FIRE the person behind this fail campaign. It's going to hurt you in the long run.Iphone 4 (not Iphone 4G).... meaning 4th Iphone not 4G capable. My 4 year old understands this...if your customers don't I think I finally understand how you manage to stay in business.
T-Mobile's decision to portray its network as "4G" has been the subject of controversy, as it is technically built on "3G" technology. However, the carrier has argued that its HSPA+ network operates at "today's 4G speeds."
AT&T is doing the same thing as well.