The reports are flooding in: many people are delighted with their new iPhones. However, many are also having a very hard time getting their phone activated using the AT&T/Apple activation process. And without activation, none of the major functions of the device can be used
Be prepared for a long wait these first few days….
Story here about troubles with activation
Another blog post here
And another….
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Steve Jobs spoke to the entire company on the eve of the iPhone launch about the gravity of the iPhone and what it means to the company. He also alluded to some crazy things coming down the pipeline, such as new Macs that are “off the charts” and hinted at iPods with OS X.
There’s an interesting little piece over at Endgadget about an apparent spike in speeds on the EDGE network that has customers pulling down data at speeds in excess of 200KBPS. Speculation is that AT&T is boosting the performance of their EDGE network to counter the flood of iPhone users who will be jumping on AT&T’s EDGE network expecting to be able to surf.
Customers of EDGE are delighted as some report they are able to use web applications for the first time on EDGE.
[Given that I am seeing speeds between 700kbps and 1Mbps up and down the East coast on Verizon's network, it's kind've sad to see such excitement over 200Kbps.]
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Mr. Jobs said the decision to hold off on using AT&T’s faster HSDPA network was a trade-off. “Edge is good, but you’d like it to be faster,” he said, “We felt it wasn’t the right trade-off now, I’m sure that will all change in the future.” Apple and AT&T executives have said that coverage was the primary concern with the 3G HSDPA network.
