|
Gadgetworld4u We bring you all the latest news
|
 Subscribe Feed (RSS)
Comments Feed
|
In case any of you living in Las Vegas were desperately waiting for T-Mo to pull the 3G switch, your day has finally arrived. As of this morning, T-Mobile has officially went live with 3G in Las Vegas. You’re still stuck with the standard run of the mill crappy handsets if you want to use a 3G one, but T-Mobile promised us they’ve got an HSDPA-capable device coming soon. Yay.
Folks at Engadget.com have posted a very good article about iPhone 3G and Firmware 2.0. So many of you are probably still in your jammies, reveling in the afterglow of yesterday’s purchase, repeatedly opening Maps on your glossy new iPhone 3G and watching in exaggerated wonderment as your location is determined with frightening speed and accuracy. Others might be standing in a line snaking hundreds of bodies long into your friendly local Apple Store, reading this post from the comfort of your Motorola RAZR V3 and realizing that these are some of the last moments you’ll be using a physical keypad. Still others are bemused by the fuss — but whatever your stance on the phone, it’s pretty hard to ignore the buzz that’s floating around in the aftermath of day zero. Here are some of the goings-on we’re tracking:
Here’s some good news, folks. AT&T has just announced that they will have full HSPA coverage across their entire 3G network by the end of June. Currently, 275 AT&T markets sport full HSDPA/HSUPA coverage. That number is expected to rise to 350 by the end of next month. If all this sounds a bit familiar, you’re probably on to something. The company embarked on a massive EDGE network upgrade last year, just prior to the release of the EDGE capable iPhone. It’s no secret that Apple’s new handset will sport a 3G radio, and the proposed USP improvements are no-doubt related to the impending launch. As excited as we are, we’d still love to see full 3G penetration across their entire network, but we’re guessing that might take a bit longer.
Related Posts
The iPhone is "currently unavailable" at the AppleStore US, following the dry out in UK. Does this mean they are waiting for the shipment of the next version? If so, this is a brilliant and rare move for Apple.
We won’t know for sure until next month, but knowing Apple’s tight command of their stock levels, it looks like this may be the reason. But considering we’re almost exactly 30 days from the WWDC keynote, it could mean the 3G iphone is coming sooner than we think. Let’s assume this is what is happening. If so, this move is brilliantly kind and uncharacteristic of Apple. What they’re doing is trading off secrecy to protect people from buying the first-gen iPhone in its last days before its successor is unveiled. I mean, if you’d bought an iPhone and it was upgraded to v.2 days after your purchase, wouldn’t you be pissed? Maybe they’d rather short the sales for a month and not have to deal with thousands of pissed off customers. [Apple Store]
Great news, T-Mobile USA fans — the roller coaster ride is finally over. After we thought T-Mobile’s 3G network was but moments away from launching, we soon found that data may be left out. Oddly enough, a few reports hailing from the Big Apple claimed that data was actually included. At long last, the carrier is coming clean and announcing its official 3G rollout in the States. Unfortunately, the UMTS / HSDPA network is initially launching in New York City alone, but the good news is that data will be included and the operator expects the high-speed data network to “be available in cities where a majority of its subscribers currently use data services” by the year’s end. Yeah, it’s safe to celebrate now, we promise it’s not a(nother) false alarm.
continue reading T-Mobile clears everything up: 3G rollout (with data) is on in NYC
Tags: 3g, 3G Data, data network, mobile, tmobile
