Full FeedWhy the iPhone needs to get off AT&T and TomTom lied
With the many announcements that took place today at WWDC, I’m pretty shocked about the whole tethering, MMS, and TomTom thing. First of all, really AT&T? You are going to wait until late Summer to unveil MMS? A feature that many cell phones, including Palm Pre already feature? That’s just a slap in a face to users who still want to stick with the iPhone.
Not to mention you don’t want to have to anything to do with tethering on the iPhone, as of yet. Maybe you are waiting until the end of the summer to unveil that also? By then, I’m sure many potential customers will have made the jump to the Palm Pre.
Anyway, MMS is a feature that many iPhone users have been lamenting over for a while now, and when the 3.0 software was announced, many users were able to sarcastically rejoice. In fact, 29 other carriers will be ready to support MMS from the iPhone as soon as the software is launched, however, AT&T will delay this. Why? Only AT&T knows. Originally, it was thought tethering would not be offered from AT&T, and users would have to seek tethering service from other carriers.
However, according to Engadget, AT&T will support tethering for the iPhone, but at an undisclosed time. For argument’s sake, let’s say the Palm Pre and iPhone 3G and 3GS are exactly equal, other than carriers. I think more people would be inclined to enlist with Sprint just because these features will have already been supported and Sprint is a much more stable carrier. I have talked with many iPhone users, and they claim service is spotty, many calls are dropped, and the 3G speeds are very slow at times.
As for TomTom, props on creating an app for the iPhone, but how come you couldn’t tell me back in March you had plans for the iPhone? Back in March I had contacted Navigon, Garmin, and TomTom to see if they had any plans for a GPS app for the iPhone. They all pretty much replied with the same, simple answer.
However, looking back on their answers, TomTom had stated “We haven’t made any formal announcements thus far, but I will let you know if anything should change.” In retrospect, it kind of seems like they had plans for the iPhone but did not want to release it to the public. In any event, if the price for the app is appealing enough, I’m sure many users would love quality GPS on their iPhone.
Keep up with the latest gadget goodness! - 
Subscribe to our feed
Palm Pre Information & Updates
Palm just introduced their next-gen smartphone, the Palm Pre, and next-gen operating system, Palm webOS. Gadgetell's got the latest Pre and webOS information and news for you right here.
Quit whining. Why not start your company and develop a product, and services to support it, that make you happy…
on June 8, 2009 at 08:31 PM - LINKHey Benji,
Well I don’t actually even own an iPhone, I’m merely speculating on the situation with AT&T. I’m pretty indifferent to the whole situation. But I do think some iPhone owners agree with me.
on June 8, 2009 at 08:48 PM - LINKTom Tom didn’t lie to you, now did they. They just said “no comment, stay tuned.” And if you’d been following iPhone news, you’d know that Tom Tom had been the rumored one to be the first to provide a GPS app on the iPhone.
As an iPhone owner, I’d like to see other carrier options. But despite all of the whining that’s going on out there about AT&T, much of which is legitimate, I don’t think too many people will drop iPhone for Pre. See App Store.
on June 8, 2009 at 09:23 PM - LINKApps, 32G storage, video recording - there is no contest here. Just ordered 3GS
on June 8, 2009 at 10:05 PM - LINKu don’t need a btter GPS,,,, tomtom provide the srand for iphone which has GPS booster built in
u need to watch the WWDC and then come up with this post
on June 10, 2009 at 01:29 PM - LINKThe iPhone 3G S was announced on June 8, 2009. It will be released in the U.S., Canada and some European countries on June 19, Australia on June 26, and will see international release in July and August.
on June 15, 2009 at 08:04 AM - LINK