Comments on: The iPhone is grand, but is AT&T reaping the benefits of a new Apple “halo effect”? http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/06/08/the-iphone-is-grand-but-is-att-reaping-the-benefits-of-a-new-apple-halo-effect/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:55:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Jim http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/06/08/the-iphone-is-grand-but-is-att-reaping-the-benefits-of-a-new-apple-halo-effect/#comment-728732 Jim Mon, 09 Jun 2008 08:52:06 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=27764#comment-728732 Since when is AT&T (Cingular) the service king, thanks to its crappy "not ready for primetime" GSM technology, the American public gets service at 80% of the range of CDMA. Apple made a big mistake with not going with Verizon, now the iPhone is stuck with spotty coverage and lousy customer service. I'll wait for an iPhone that will run on the new enhanced WCDNA, and will be very happy to see GSM get dumped. Since when is AT&T (Cingular) the service king, thanks to its crappy “not ready for primetime” GSM technology, the American public gets service at 80% of the range of CDMA.

Apple made a big mistake with not going with Verizon, now the iPhone is stuck with spotty coverage and lousy customer service.

I’ll wait for an iPhone that will run on the new enhanced WCDNA, and will be very happy to see GSM get dumped.

]]> By: MH http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/06/08/the-iphone-is-grand-but-is-att-reaping-the-benefits-of-a-new-apple-halo-effect/#comment-728449 MH Mon, 09 Jun 2008 01:43:14 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=27764#comment-728449 With all eyes in the mobile world on Apple this week I thought the time was right to talk about what we believe is the best way to conduct a mobile web search on a device like the iPhone…a device with a rich, full screen, touchscreen only. Namely: Voice search. You say it, our speech recognition (running on a server) produces text, the text automatically dumps into the search engine that’s the subscriber’s choice (Google, AOL, MSN, etc.), the search engine returns results. Or via voice, search for any content from your local iTunes playlists. Using the Apple developer kit, we’ve been hard at work developing impressive technology that make the iPhones capabilities even more powerful. Voice search. Song search and selection. At the touch of a button and simply by saying the word. Over the next few days – as the excitement mounts for the WWDC – we’ll be sharing more and more details here on our blog. For now though, I think all of us should sit back, relax and enjoy the show. Of course, we believe the most powerful use of speech would be running on the iPhone itself (vs a remote server) and made available to the developer community via iPhone’s SDK APIs. -Nuance (www.nuance.com) With all eyes in the mobile world on Apple this week I thought the time was right to talk about what we believe is the best way to conduct a mobile web search on a device like the iPhone…a device with a rich, full screen, touchscreen only. Namely: Voice search. You say it, our speech recognition (running on a server) produces text, the text automatically dumps into the search engine that’s the subscriber’s choice (Google, AOL, MSN, etc.), the search engine returns results. Or via voice, search for any content from your local iTunes playlists.

Using the Apple developer kit, we’ve been hard at work developing impressive technology that make the iPhones capabilities even more powerful. Voice search. Song search and selection. At the touch of a button and simply by saying the word. Over the next few days – as the excitement mounts for the WWDC – we’ll be sharing more and more details here on our blog. For now though, I think all of us should sit back, relax and enjoy the show.

Of course, we believe the most powerful use of speech would be running on the iPhone itself (vs a remote server) and made available to the developer community via iPhone’s SDK APIs.

-Nuance (www.nuance.com)

]]> By: Mary http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/06/08/the-iphone-is-grand-but-is-att-reaping-the-benefits-of-a-new-apple-halo-effect/#comment-728412 Mary Mon, 09 Jun 2008 01:23:41 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=27764#comment-728412 Apple didn't have track record in cell phone industry while AT&T was the top carrier. Verizon rejected to work with Apple just like any carrier would do at that time. AT&T took the risk and they deserve the credit! AT&T at the mean time is working with iPhone's competitors -- Palm, RIM, etc Most interestingly they are partnering with http://mobile.roadcomm.com/ . AT&T apparently is smarter than you thought! Apple didn’t have track record in cell phone industry while AT&T was the top carrier. Verizon rejected to work with Apple just like any carrier would do at that time.
AT&T took the risk and they deserve the credit! AT&T at the mean time is working with iPhone’s competitors — Palm, RIM, etc

Most interestingly they are partnering with http://mobile.roadcomm.com/ . AT&T apparently is smarter than you thought!

]]> By: Dillon N. http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/06/08/the-iphone-is-grand-but-is-att-reaping-the-benefits-of-a-new-apple-halo-effect/#comment-727997 Dillon N. Sun, 08 Jun 2008 17:23:44 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=27764#comment-727997 og i cant wait i have the original and im definitlyt getting this one next weekend omg omg omg omg og i cant wait i have the original and im definitlyt getting this one next weekend omg omg omg omg

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