The Wall Street Journal has interviewed Steve J and the AT&T CEO and Chairman Randall Stephenson. Jobs says that the iPhone is the biggest interface breakthroughs since the Mac back in 1984, that the iPhone will not cannibalize the iPod market as it is "a more expensive device and one that carries a service requirement with it".
WSJ asked if there would be direct music and video purchases, Steve, cagey as ever, hinted that "There's a lot of things you can imagine down the road".
The majority of the piece goes on to discuss the EDGE network and lack of 3G. The reasons? Well, it won't surprise you that size and power drain were the main reasons, along with the ubiquity of EDGE compared to spotty 3G coverage.
According to Stephenson, AT&T have poured $16 billion into the network over the last two years and that he feels happy with the speed: "We put tens of thousands of hours of testing [the iPhone] on this network and it's performing at the top of any device we have out there". Jobs, however, disagreed, saying "It's good enough, but you wish it was a little faster".
Steve was pretty candid when asked if Apple will have enough handsets at launch:
These things will go like hot cakes. Even Steve's Tarot of the day backs him up. According to Facade.com, today he drew the Three Fates spread which "is an exceptionally popular way to gain insight into the emerging arc of the past, present, and future."
iPhone 'Surfing' On AT&T Network Isn't Fast, Jobs Concedes [WSJ]
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