Thursday, September 03, 2009

IPhone Users Love the Device, but Hate Its Slowness - NYTimes.com

Interesting times for AT&T – see the full article for an overview of AT&T’s multifaceted dilemma in this context. (Note that the article title is "Customers Angered as iPhones Overload AT&T" -- despite the page title -- picked up by Windows Live Writer -- being ""iPhone Users Love the Device...")

Slim and sleek as it is, the iPhone is really the Hummer of cellphones.

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.

IPhone Users Love the Device, but Hate Its Slowness - NYTimes.com

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