Iphone Face Time....LIES

[melnick7]

Just wanted to say ordered Evo on Sprints website last night!!
So pumped!
Also saw a facetime commercial.
Now dont you need wifi to work it?
Saw a lady doing an ultrasound while on facetime with hubby.
Probably no wifi in that room....so LIES!!
Aint gonna work.
Cant wait to show up my siblings Iphone 4 with the EVO!!!!

 

[Caitlyn McKenzie]

Yes, the ultrasound thing was pretty big lie.

A. 99% of hospitals with wifi are not public wifi, it's using business-level RADIUS authentication.
B. 99% of hospitals wouldn't let you use a phone like that during testing. Heck, many hospitals don't want your phones active in the hospital at all, 3G or wifi.

 

[malhotra365]

Not to burst your bubble, but the opposite is true, almost 99% of hospitals have public wifi now. And the whole cell phone in the hospital thing is a myth. Those studies that demonstrated interference were in the OR with analog phones and anesthesia equipment. You can use pretty much any phone in the hospital these days.

 

[Caitlyn McKenzie]

Not to burst your bubble, but the opposite is true, almost 99% of hospitals have public wifi now. And the whole cell phone in the hospital thing is a myth. Those studies that demonstrated interference were in the OR with analog phones and anesthesia equipment. You can use pretty much any phone in the hospital these days.

Every hospital in the Cincinnati area where I live works as I described. But.... not to burst your bubble or anything.

 

[malhotra365]

Every hospital I have worked in (physician) in Richmond, VA and Washington DC is free wifi. Actually I interviewed at University of Cincinnati and I believe they had free wifi for the patients.

 

[malhotra365]

The point is, it's clearly not 1% of hospitals, so the iphone commercial could easily be true

 

[pwnst_r]

What commercial doesn't lie? Jesus, people, get a grip.

 

[trooper54]

i dont think this thread was to validate how many hospitals have free public wifi.

OP, Welcome Aboard!

 

[melnick7]

i dont care! im getting an EVO...pumped!!

 

[solo1]

I guess another point is ... Who says she is in a " hospital " she could be in a private physicians office( with Wi-Fi ) doing her thing .

 

[malhotra365]

Dude I love my EVO

 

[theiphonewannabe]

Why does a Facetime commercial affect you so? It's not like it ended with a derogitory comment about your mother.

 

[melnick7]

ok im sorry..im not so technical!!!
i just know everytime i am in a hospital..no service and no wifi!!
CHILL

 

[rockdawg]

I don't get it. Why do people become fanboys? Why, because you buy a certain brand of something, must you hate that brand's competitor(s)? It's an inanimate object people!

How is that Apple commercial any different from the Sprint commercials touting 4G? How much of America has Sprint's 4G coverage?

 

[oddlou]

I don't get it. Why do people become fanboys? Why, because you buy a certain brand of something, must you hate that brand's competitor(s)? It's an inanimate object people!

How is that Apple commercial any different from the Sprint commercials touting 4G? How much of America has Sprint's 4G coverage?

It's scary, isn't it? I'm not a big fan of Apple, but I appreciate that they build good products that are simple to use. I've used blackberries, winmo, palmos, webos, and now Android. They all have their pluses and minuses. They're all the "best phone" for certain people. Just go with what you like and don't hate on others.

On the other hand, Apple, like other companies, tends to exaggerate in their commercials. But people buy whatever they're selling...c'est la vie!

 

[melnick7]

yeah my sis and bor both bought the iphone 4..my sis drops calls like crazy!! had to get the bumper,and same with my bro.

 

[sYnOnYx]

Every hospital I have been to here in town has free wifi aswell.

Very useful if your sitting in the ER for a few hours.

 

[clavodulce16]

Not to burst your bubble, but the opposite is true, almost 99% of hospitals have public wifi now. And the whole cell phone in the hospital thing is a myth. Those studies that demonstrated interference were in the OR with analog phones and anesthesia equipment. You can use pretty much any phone in the hospital these days.

not true. i work at a manger hosp which the public is not really public because you have to call to get a login

 

[anon(22913)]

My son was recently in the hospital for a few days, had his netbook there and we Skyped every day. So yeah hospitals have wi-fi.

 

[Jerry-O]

The cake is a lie!!!

As a (former) hospital Network administrator you are both right. 99% of hospitals use a radius authentication for the network on which patient data travels due to HIPAA requirements, but most hospitals also have an unsecure or PSK secured network that patients and visitors can use physicaly or VLAN seperated from the patient data. This is how I set all of my hostpitals up.