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I certainly agree with Dewayne. I use a Nokia E61 with T-Mobile  
having given up in disgust with ATT Wireless years ago.  I can do  
VOIP oover the E61 but I almost never do in practice in the USA. BTW  
the E61 works everywhere I have tried it. I carry a 4 gig Ipod mini.

Dave

ps by the time the Iphone gets out it will be ATTT Wireless again  
with the same bad service I suspect.



Begin forwarded message:

From: Dewayne Hendricks <[email protected]>
Date: January 11, 2007 8:50:25 AM EST
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [IP] All hail the new iPhone - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review


On Jan 10, 2007, at 3:01 PM, David Farber wrote:

> But David Farber, a telecommunications expert at Carnegie Mellon  
> University, said the snazzy little ringer is more flash than  
> substance.
>
> "I would characterize it as a small step," said Farber, a computer  
> science professor who helped create the Internet. "This will end up  
> sparking better competition and inspire the others to do more for  
> Mac owners."
>
>

	Private to you:

o	I agree with your comments in the article about the iPhone.  That  
being said, I will undoubtedly purchase one when it becomes  
available.  However, I will only use it to connect to Wi-Fi services  
and NOT to the Cingular network.  If I can't purchase the phone  
without signing up for a Cingular plan, then I won't buy it.   
Further, if it doesn't allow some way of using VoIP over Wi-Fi, then  
I won't buy it.

o	I'm currently a Cingular customer and use a Nokia 6682.  I also  
carry a 2nd gen iPod Shuffle on my belt and use it to listen to  
podcasts.

-- Dewayne

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