Basic I-Phone Info

[dddave]

A friend in the US gave me a 1st generation 16G i-phone he no longer used. I had it jailbroken and unlocked at MBK.

I've never used any mobile more complex than a call only Nokia candybar. Most ten year olds can run technological circles around me when it comes to phones.

I've been using it on my regular AIS account, not hooking up to Edge services. I have connected it to my home wi-fi but have done little with it. I-tunes remains an arcane mystery to me.

I'm not sure what service to upgrade to. I assumed it was 3G but AIS said it's not. Can somebody confirm? I thought all i-phones were 3G.

I'm pretty much retired so don't really need email or news feeds while away from my residence computer. I'm not really sure just what I would use data connectivity for aside from something to stare at while riding the BTS. I don't need a widget to tell me it's hot and Red Sox scores only depress me.

I've seen specific i-phone call plans advertised but I assumed they were for the newer generation models.

What is the best service for a minimal user such as myself? Should I just keep the plan I have and turn on GRPS when I need it?

I kind of feel guilty having this great phone and not taking advantage of it.

[BuddhistVirus]

1st gen iPhone is a quad-band GSM device with GPRS and EDGE. So, it will not support 3G services. But you can still use wifi or gprs/edge to browse the net.