We know 3G is fast, but what else?
May 5th, 2008 | by Tony Steidler-Dennison |(Via RedEye.)
Hold on, Jimmy. Things are about to really start moving.
I was sitting here thinking about what we really haven’t talked much about and that’s 3G and its specific applications.
Let me explain. We know that the 3G iPhone is the next iPhone. No matter what it looks like, no matter what fixes we get (better volume, bluetooth, etc.) — the power of 3G is the speed of the network.
No breaking news here, but we haven’t really delved into the power of a faster network on the iPhone and how that could impact our everyday use.
For example … We know that with 3G we’ll be surfing and e-mailing and talking on our phones without interruption. A high-speed network can do that.
We also know that mobile video is a big part of 3G, it will just come down to how Apple implements it. Are we talking about AT&T’s mobile video offerings or Apple’s implementation of a much more powerful iChat?
Surely, we’re talking about the ability to download much more in many more places — tie the 3G launch with the Starbucks-AT&T tie and you’re talking about high-speed mobile internet pretty much non-stop — even in areas where the 3G network lacks. Does that mean we’ll be downloading movies on the fly? Podcasts? I think both are quite possible at the very least.
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