Comments on: The iPhone, Misguided? http://www.massperception.com/2007/01/09/the-misguided-iphone/ Editorial Slight of Hand Sun, 07 Dec 2008 01:50:10 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Robert http://www.massperception.com/2007/01/09/the-misguided-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-84 Robert Fri, 12 Jan 2007 16:41:41 +0000 http://www.massperception.com/2007/01/09/the-misguided-iphone/#comment-84 Interesting . . . what device are you using to stream to? Any idea of the bitrate you were using? I would be interested in seeing just how much bandwidth is required to stream that content from the Slingbox. My experience with a Treo650 as well as various Motorola and Nokia phones showed that EDGE had poor data performance in the San Francisco area on the Cingular network for simple things like web browsing and large email attachments. I still question the ability of EDGE to support a wide-screen video at a high enough bitrate to provide 30fps, but at this point it seems a moot point given the limited initial specs of the iPhone which indicate a fairly closed handset . . . Only time will tell what features the phone will actually ship with in "June". . . and what features the phone will have in hardware, but not activate upon shipping, like say, maybe UTMS/HSDPA support . . . here's to keeping ones fingers crossed. :) Interesting . . . what device are you using to stream to? Any idea of the bitrate you were using? I would be interested in seeing just how much bandwidth is required to stream that content from the Slingbox.

My experience with a Treo650 as well as various Motorola and Nokia phones showed that EDGE had poor data performance in the San Francisco area on the Cingular network for simple things like web browsing and large email attachments.

I still question the ability of EDGE to support a wide-screen video at a high enough bitrate to provide 30fps, but at this point it seems a moot point given the limited initial specs of the iPhone which indicate a fairly closed handset . . .

Only time will tell what features the phone will actually ship with in “June”. . . and what features the phone will have in hardware, but not activate upon shipping, like say, maybe UTMS/HSDPA support . . . here’s to keeping ones fingers crossed. :)

]]> By: John Strachan http://www.massperception.com/2007/01/09/the-misguided-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-83 John Strachan Fri, 12 Jan 2007 10:03:07 +0000 http://www.massperception.com/2007/01/09/the-misguided-iphone/#comment-83 fwiw, I am already streaming video from a Slingbox over an EDGE connection. In low coverage areas, it is prone to stuttering and still frames, but with a decent connection, it streams pretty well. fwiw, I am already streaming video from a Slingbox over an EDGE connection. In low coverage areas, it is prone to stuttering and still frames, but with a decent connection, it streams pretty well.

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