http://zacharybass.disqus.com/enThu, 10 Jul 2008 13:52:55 -0000http://www.zacharybass.com/2008/07/kiwis-first-in-line-for-3g-iphone-pay-deeply-down-unde.html#comment-856756Here in Portugal it's 250MB FOR ALL PLANS!<br><br>Although the plans aren't that much expensive, configuring the plans with the same MB of data and different minutes/sms makes me realize:<br><br>- Vodafone doesn't get the iPhone as a handheld computer that does phone but thinks it's a cellphone with Internet;<br><br>- Vodafone is resisting the wave of change from voice centric networks to data/IP centric networks;<br><br>- This puts the iPhone user in a straitjacket forcing him to always walk on egg shells and be extremely careful with the mileage and to be strapped at home or to a Wi-Fi hotspot to download anything significant [since the only cell carrier that has Wi-Fi hotspots doesn't carry the iPhone and Vodafone doesn't, there you have it]. And it stops the user from using Google Maps and avoid net accessing apps from the App Store;<br><br>- Vodafone is greedy, it knows it'll be easy for any user - more so the ones that are more computing challenged - to spend another at least 250MB which will make for an extra €15/month or more!<br><br>All in all, I'm sure this was NOT what Steve Jobs had in mind for the iPhone.<br><br>The iPhone concept and its success comes from having an internet accessing computer in one's pocket/hand - having it on a 250MB/month straitjacket is not what it's meant for!XamaXThu, 10 Jul 2008 13:52:55 -0000