iphone joke and palm joke
So today I and a friend with an iPhone were out in an area with really bad cell coverage. My friend needed to file some flight plan info (we were flying together), and he uses his iPhone to do it. But there was no AT&T coverage here. But in one spot you can get a decent Verizon EVDO signal (at 850 MHz).
So my Pre locked on to it and I could download my email to check on what going on at the office (I’m on vacation but need to stay in touch). Worked great since my Pre roams on VZ’s network.
So I said to my friend, hey, my Pre can help out your iPhone. So I signed on with AONIC’s GREAT FANTASTIC tethering application, and enabled wifi tethering (I’d never done that before, just used USBnet and bluetooth). His iPhone saw my Pre, joined the network with one click, and then he proceeded to run his flight plan app, downbloaded the weather info and maps, all while I was busy replying to some urgent email as well as checking the forums, etc… He then fired up skype on his iPhone and made a few calls!
He finished up and he admitted that he was really impressed by the Pre. So until the iPhone is offered by VZ, I think he might get a Pre on the Sprint Relay plan and bring it along as a router to help out his iPhone when he gets in into tough coverage areas (he travels a lot in not so urban areas). At $25/month, the Pre makes a pretty good modem for an iPhone…