dcdttu commented on Question of the Day: How's Your iPhone 3G Reception?

"EDGE is a completely different network than 3G. When people say: "My reception is great, I get full reception in EDGE, and 1-2 bars in 3G," that means their 3G reception is horrible. For all intents, it's best to ignore EDGE reception if you believe that you're in a 3G area with AT&T (or other carrier world-wide). If you're on 5 bars of EDGE, yet should have 3G, that's a problem. I can be next to my friend's Nokia N75 with full 3G reception and my phone goes between 1-2 bars of 3G, and EDGE."

dcdttu commented on iPhone 2.1 Firmware Has Tiny Glimmer of Copy-and-Paste Shining Inside

"Can I copy and paste 3G reception from a Nokia into the iPhone 3G?"

dcdttu commented on Brando's Power Station Holds 1000mAh, Title For Cheapest iPhone Battery

"Ha ha, hardly any signal on the phone in the picture... lol, what a joke, that phone's reception is in 3G..."

dcdttu commented on All AT&T iPhone 3G Stock Diverted to Pre-Pay Customers

"And when you do get one, be sure to bring an extra phone so you can get a signal and make calls...."

dcdttu commented on iPhone 3G Review Addendum: iPhone GSM Buzz Gone, More Software and App Foibles

"The buzz is gone when you're on 3G, not 2G."

dcdttu commented on iPhone 3G vs. BlackBerry Bold: First Head to Head

"Wonder if the Blackberry can get a 3G Signal..."

dcdttu commented on How To Maximize Your iPhone 3G's Questionably Adequate Battery Life

"I say turn off 3G because you never get a signal with this crappy-signaled phone anyway...."

dcdttu commented on How to Fix iPhone and iPhone 3G Activation Woes

"(as in, it won't synch until it fully 'activates' with iTunes....) It doesn't brick it."

dcdttu commented on How to Fix iPhone and iPhone 3G Activation Woes

"Worked for me!"

dcdttu commented on Apple Cancels All iPhone 3G Orders, Releases iBrick 3G

"Got mine home unactivated and it started working randomly, signal and all."

dcdttu commented on Apple and AT&T Stores Having Difficulty Activating iPhones (UPDATE: It's the iPocalypse)

"Um, I just got my phone activated, and never got thru on the Apple iTunes site."

dcdttu commented on Apple and AT&T Stores Having Difficulty Activating iPhones (UPDATE: It's the iPocalypse)

"The att store i'm at is already out of 16gb black."

dcdttu commented on Summer Anti-Timepeg: Gigantic Railroad Snowplows

"@Hanke: Thanks for making a very detailed clarification on my small bit of humor."

dcdttu commented on This May Be the First Man on the Planet to Get an iPhone 3G

"iPhone-related articles on Giz bring out such warmth and love...."

dcdttu commented on Summer Anti-Timepeg: Gigantic Railroad Snowplows

"Can't they just electrify the tracks like the defroster in your rear-view window?"

dcdttu commented on Build Your Own iPhone Anti-Interference Shield With a Can of Red Bull

"The simplest and probably most opted-for solution: -Get a 3G iPhone. Wideband CDMA technology (and CDMA in general) does not interfere like a traditional GSM's TDMA air interface does."

dcdttu commented on Ineligible AT&T Customers Need to Pay Full Price For iPhone 3G

"So I believe that Steve Jobs said something about, world-wide, the iPhone will not cost more than $199/$299 during the WWDC Keynote.... Does this make Steve a liar? Even Sprint is letting anyone sign-up for an Instinct, regardless of contract status..."

dcdttu commented on Samsung Instinct Review: Best Sprint or Samsung Phone Ever

"In the Instinct's defense, the iPhone and iPod Touch don't browse too quickly on Wi-fi, which is theoretically faster than 3G....."