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September 7, 2009
I'm slowly shifting away from the Microsoft PC world to an Apple one because of my photography. Apple is better for graphics and colour. It's operating system also work smoothly in contrast to Microsoft's bigger, slower and more bloated. But the shift to Apple is being taken slowly ---I have yet to switch to going mobile with an iPhone. The main reason is that the telcom companies in Australia allow very limited data download.
The problem here is spelt out here in The Atlantic by Daniel Indiviglio. He quotes from this article in The New York Times:
It’s a data guzzler. Owners use them like minicomputers, which they are, and use them a lot. Not only do iPhone owners download applications, stream music and videos and browse the Web at higher rates than the average smartphone user, but the average iPhone owner can also use 10 times the network capacity used by the average smartphone user.
Owners of the iPhone 3GS, the newest model, have probably increased their usage by about 100 percent. It’s faster so they are using it more on a daily basis.
That usage places strain on the wireless network. It slows the network down especially in the US, were AT&T is the exclusive carrier for the iPhone. In Australia, where the iPhone is spread across different telecoms the date caps are so severe that the iPhone capabilities are limited g., multimedia messaging, or text messages containing pictures, audio or video. That requires additional capacity and coverage and upgrading of the network infrastructure.
So I am holding off on buying an iPhone.
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