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01-04-2007, 08:26 AM
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Location: Adelaide
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Telstra to block iPhone in Australia
NO iPHONE FOR YOU!
 April Fools: Right from the get go, the iPhone just looked too good to be true. The long awaited device is yet to be released in the US, but at least it will have a starting chance with Cingular and Apple announcing iPhone's cellular network services are to be provided by the Cingular network, starting mid US summer.
However Telstra - Australia's largest telecommunications player - has decided that Australia won't be so lucky, and will not support the use of the iPhone on their share of Australia's cell phone network.
Telstra has effectively declared war on the iPhone in Australia.
" Apple is too much of an unknown", Telstra spokeswoman Lindsay Ferguson claimed. " You don't just go from nowhere to creating a device that can work cleanly and efficiently on one of the world's largest independent mobile phone networks."
" It's too much of an unknown, and we won't bear the burden of exposing our customers to such risks." Ms Ferguson claimed.
Security is one concern for Telstra, which considers existing well-established mobile phone manufacturers to be safe bets due to years of proven secure operation.
" Mac OS X is, by all accounts, an unproven platform when it comes to security and stability on the Telstra network." according to Ms Ferguson.
A recent study by anti-virus software vendor Symantec found security response time for Apple to be below par, and behind Microsoft.
Versions of Microsoft's Windows operating system are found in existing smart phones.
Telstra is currently the only Australian provider with an EDGE capable network, and without considering a ban on incoming calls to Telstra subscribers, the lack of Telstra support is a deep cut to the functionality of what Apple describe as part iPod, part phone, and part internet communicator.
The EDGE facility allows the iPhone to connect to the internet any time a cellular service is available, for communication via email, web browsing and Google Maps.
Without network access, the iPhone would be reduced to little more than a large screen iPod.
Apple representatives declined comment. Read the full Press Release here
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Last edited by Disko; 01-04-2007 at 11:09 AM.
Reason: added image
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01-04-2007, 08:30 AM
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Location: Video Professional, Mostly Melbourne, but work all over Australia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Disko
NO iPHONE FOR YOU!
RIght from the get go, the iPhone just looked too good to be true. The long awaited device is yet to be released in the US, but at least it will have a starting chance with Cingular and Apple announcing iPhone's cellular network services are to be provided by the Cingular network, starting mid US summer.
However Telstra - Australia's largest telecommunications player - has decided that Australia won't be so lucky, and will not support the use of the iPhone on their share of Australia's cell phone network.
Telstra has effectively declared war on the iPhone in Australia.
" Apple is too much of an unknown", Telstra spokeswoman Lindsay Ferguson claimed. " You don't just go from nowhere to creating a device that can work cleanly and efficiently on one of the world's largest independent mobile phone networks."
" It's too much of an unknown, and we won't bear the burden of exposing our customers to such risks." Ms Ferguson claimed.
Security is one concern for Telstra, which considers existing well-established mobile phone manufacturers to be safe bets due to years of proven secure operation.
" Mac OS X is, by all accounts, an unproven platform when it comes to security and stability on the Telstra network." according to Ms Ferguson.
A recent study by anti-virus software vendor Symantec found security response time for Apple to be below par, and behind Microsoft.
Versions of Microsoft's Windows operating system are found in existing smart phones.
Telstra is currently the only Australian provider with an EDGE capable network, and without considering a ban on incoming calls to Telstra subscribers, the lack of Telstra support is a deep cut to the functionality of what Apple describe as part iPod, part phone, and part internet communicator.
The EDGE facility allows the iPhone to connect to the internet any time a cellular service is available, for communication via email, web browsing and Google Maps.
Without network access, the iPhone would be reduced to little more than a large screen iPod.
Apple representatives declined comment. Read the full Press Release here
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01-04-2007, 08:42 AM
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MacGeek Pro
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Location: Victoria
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you ALMOST got me :P
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01-04-2007, 08:44 AM
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Location: Somewhere Slaying Vampires
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01-04-2007, 08:45 AM
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Damn, I was actually hoping this was true.... then Optus would have jumped on the iPhone  |
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01-04-2007, 08:47 AM
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Ha ha, well done, you had me going for a second. Although, it is Telstra so this behaviour would be expected.
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01-04-2007, 08:58 AM
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Originally Posted by MacTime
Although, it is Telstra so this behaviour would be expected.
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Exactly....
We all know telstra are anti mac - The new AFL website and Safari (for example)
And add that to the link i posted above.... Wouldnt suprise me if its true |
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01-04-2007, 08:59 AM
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bastard! ya got me.
nice way to wake up |
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01-04-2007, 09:05 AM
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Location: Queensland
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Yep. You got me good.
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01-04-2007, 09:10 AM
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Got me as well, it is very believable.
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01-04-2007, 09:11 AM
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Ultimate Consumer
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I would have linked the "press release" to a fake scanned copy of a pdf text version of your post...
with a watermark / footnote saying April Fools!
You could have gotten international success!!!!
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01-04-2007, 09:21 AM
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I'm still hoping Optus becomes the preferred carrier - or is at least compatible.
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01-04-2007, 09:21 AM
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Location: Melbourne
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OMG there is a TERRORIST on that iPhone! OMG!
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01-04-2007, 09:33 AM
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Nice one Disko.
Looks like you got me. So did the Whirlpool one. Guh, I'm such a tool.
Its 8am, too early to start thinking.
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01-04-2007, 09:39 AM
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Aut inveniam viam aut faciam.
Group: Regulars
Location: Perth
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Security is one concern for Telstra, which considers existing well-established mobile phone manufacturers to be safe bets due to years of proven secure operation.
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I knew it was April Fool's as soon as I read this, given the recent incidence of people being able to listen in on others' conversations on Optus.
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