Bought my iPhone 3G
2008
At the stroke of midnight (alright, it was 12.10pm…) on Aug 22, I bought my iPhone 3G - white, 16GB. It’s great fun to use it. Of course, after using the first generation for nearly 8 months, I’m quite used to the navigation. So the 3G version was not alien to me.
I like the 3G because I don’t have to wait for a wireless hotspot before I can surf. I tried it out this morning - just too tired to play with it last night - in a no place with no wireless and it works! Bondage released!
BUT … it’s not so simple. Tonight I was at at the third story of Wheelock, too far up for the wireless@sg signal to travel all the from Starbucks three levels up. So getting online was no go. 3G - I couldn’t even sign up but my friend could - and she’s using also iPHone 3G.
This is what puzzles me: the iPhone’s don’t work well with SingTel wireless@sg in STarbucks. I’ve tried dozens of times at the Starbucks outlets in Raffles City, Holland Village and Tanglin Mall and I’ve never been able to get in. Melvin of CNA confirmed it too. He had similar problems.
But this morning at Tanglin Mall I discovered I had access to 2 wireless@sg networks - SingTel and Qmax. The latter worked wonderfully.
But at Wheelock tonight, I failed to get into both wireless@sg and 3G networks. The phone worked, but Internet, nada! Quite frustrating. Have to solve this problem.
Couple of new and neat features: I like best: the GPS locator finder is awesome. So is the calculator turned scientific calculator in landscape mode.
Stay tuned as I use the iPhone 3G further.
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It’s not just the iPhone though. I still have problems connecting to wireless@sg with my lappy.
It depends on who the network provider is - Singtel, Qmax, iCell, etc.
So what I have done is signed up for accounts with all 3 providers. And login to the provider that’s providing the wireless@sg network.
Try that?
oh gosh! full of envy!!!!
haha! i will be a loyal reader of your blog!
Hi Grace
Try turning off Wi-Fi at a Wireless@SG hotspot and use 3G instead. the iPhone will always try to latch on to an open or authorised Wi-Fi network over 3G. Unfortunately, it thinks the Wireless@SG is an open network. If you turn off Wi-Fi, you’ll force the iPhone to use 3G. Works for me!
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