Comments on: iPhone 3G: Unanswered Questions http://alignedleft.com/blog/2008/06/iphone-3g-unanswered-questions/ Exploring digital culture and dynamic media Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:24:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Colin http://alignedleft.com/blog/2008/06/iphone-3g-unanswered-questions/#comment-172 Colin Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:48:40 +0000 http://alignedleft.com/blog/?p=213#comment-172 <p>3G is more like "2.5G"–Still after five years of promise with little delivery. The bandwidth for 3G will be available when terrestrial television stations stop broadcasting in February of 2009. Who gets the bandwidth depends on who wins the FCC auctions and how much money they're willing to fork over.</p> <p>It's good that Apple is thinking ahead. Even if it's not available now, it's a nod to the near future. That, and they're not building in obsolescence on the newer model's phone chip set for a while. They might, however make a model that has more drive space.</p> 3G is more like “2.5G”–Still after five years of promise with little delivery. The bandwidth for 3G will be available when terrestrial television stations stop broadcasting in February of 2009. Who gets the bandwidth depends on who wins the FCC auctions and how much money they’re willing to fork over.

It’s good that Apple is thinking ahead. Even if it’s not available now, it’s a nod to the near future. That, and they’re not building in obsolescence on the newer model’s phone chip set for a while. They might, however make a model that has more drive space.

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