Comments on: Apple puts up iPhone Web app directory

Directory includes a Facebook application, a few games and a couple of other applications that probably won't please everyone looking for more application choices.

[Feedbacker]

EDGE not so bad for iPhone

Granted, it's no broadband. However, most iPhone apps I've
used on the EDGE network have not be atrociously slow to use.
Is the reason CNET complains all the time about the EDGE
network is they lack any sense of patience? It's no 3G, but the
WiFi capability provides the bandwidth needed for internet-
intensive tasks such as YouTube (which I've been able to stream
fine over EDGE as well). I haven't been able to try the Starbucks
hotspots to see if they're good for internet as well as for iTunes
Wifi, but if that's the case, even more access throughout town.

Overall, though EDGE is no 3G, it's still a quite capable cellular
network. T-Mobile is taking the right approach with WiFi. 802.11
networks are cheaper and easier to deploy, and make for a more
reliable network IMHO, the technology for 3G (in the US, that is)
is just not ready for the widespread consumer market I feel,
anyhow.

[Tom Krazit]

Switching between Wi-Fi networks not easy

Yes, Wi-Fi is faster than EDGE. But try walking down the street and staying connected to a Wi-Fi hotspot at all times.

That's not mobility. That requires a wide-area network like EDGE, HSDPA, or maybe one day Wimax.

Also, I'm not sure if you've used a 3G phone before, and this example is a little different, but I remember thinking that Sprint's older CDMA network wasn't so bad, and then being blown away when they rolled out EV-DO. "Not so bad" turns into "bad" once you start using the faster network, just like you'd never go back to dial-up, but back in the day it wasn't so bad.

[rido777]

Have you seen the HOTTIE WEATHER app?

YOUR LOCAL 6-day FORECAST + HOT GIRL FROM YOUR AREA = Hottie Weather

http://apps.maxim.com/iphone-hottieweather/?src=tsthwip