19 June 2007
The iPhone Might Be Slow and Closed - Awesome
Posted by Barnabas under: Uncategorized .
There has been some complaining about the iPhone’s reliance on AT&T’s EDGE network. Here’s an example from Forbes.com, in sidebar to the article “Why You May Not Want an iPhone“:
The iPhone isn’t equipped for AT&T’s fastest “third-generation” (or 3G) wireless data network. Instead, iPhone users are stuck on an older, slower network, which means Web pages will take longer to load.
Also, since the non-announcement at the WWDC that Apple’s idea of 3rd-party applications is “sites that run on Safari”, there has been additional kvetching. I sympathize with everyone whose software does not translate to the web service model.
However, as a developer who makes a web service that speeds up browsing for mobile devices and doesn’t require a client installation of any kind, I couldn’t be happier about the iPhone design “restrictions”: it validates our approach completely. For the record: Skweezer addresses iPhone slowness without requiring any client installation. So while you’re waiting for Opera for the iPhone, give us a try first. And by the way, we just released Skweezer v4.0 which compresses images too, just in time. Welcome to Skweezer, iPhone people. Enjoy the entire internet.
AT&T or Apple folks: could I have one for testing, please? I’m already a Cingular/AT&T customer. You may already know the Kendall family from my wife’s addiction to the iTunes music store.
2 Comments so far...
iPhone Slowness: Obviously No Workaround is Possible « Parsing Mobile Says:
28 June 2007 at 11:16 pm.
[...] 28th, 2007 by barnabas Not to harp, but I’ve enjoyed reading one particular aspect of the conversation surrounding the most [...]
Lynn Light Says:
5 April 2008 at 8:05 am.
iphone Internet sucks,for all the talk about a iPhone.It looks like apple could work a better deal with somebody.And also no adobe flash really sucks.Now come on apple you want to be the number 1 do something.