iPhone will be 3G-enabled when it launches in Europe |
| News created: 4. juli 2007 15:10 |
Apple’s latest departure into mobile, the iPhone, will more than likely be 3G-enabled by the time it launches in Europe later this year and could be timed to coincide with the opening of European iTunes video stores and a follow-up 3G device in the US.
Irish mobile content expert Stephen McCormack, CEO of Wild Wave, speculates that when the much coveted iPhone comes to Europe before Christmas this year it would be a relatively simple matter for Apple to configure the device to be able to handle 3G.
When the 3.5?-sized device launched in the States last week it did so as a 2.75G device, capable of GPRS and EDGE data transmission. The omission of 3G led many in the mobile industry to speculate that it would have limited success in Europe, where 3G is now standard and operators are already providing “over the air” music download services.
However, McCormack believes that Apple could have gone with 3G from day one and that it was of political necessity when the company was in negotiations with AT&T to go with the 2.75G option.
“It will be 3G by the time they launch the device in Europe,” he predicts. “When buying the circuit boards in Asia, if buying an actual phone chip, most will offer 3G and Wi-Fi as standard. When Apple was doing the deal with AT&T it is possible it didn’t want to deal with music over the air as it would have created a conflict with AT&T’s existing music download services.
“It is likely the compromise was to allow for building in side loading from iTunes via your PC or Mac rather than downloading via the mobile network.”
McCormack’s Wild Wave Technologies has worked with the local mobile industry to repackage Irish film products for consumption over 3G networks and lately has branched into Asia. The company has been at the spearhead of putting products on the Joost internet TV platform, launched earlier this year by the founders of Skype and Kazaa.
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40043 True 28 NULL 04-07-2007 15:19:13 Nokia 6086 Launched on T-Mobile's Home Wi-Fi Calling Service www.businessglobe.com/id/153342/Nokia-Home-Communications-Ltd.htm Wed Jun 27, 2007 4:10 pm
Nokia today unveiled the Nokia 6086 phone as part of the new T-Mobile HotSpot @Home service, which launched nationwide today. With the ability to connect to a home Wi-Fi connection or thousands of T-Mobile HotSpots across the country, the Nokia 6086 phone paired with T-Mobile HotSpot @Home delivers wireless coverage in an easy-to-use package.
While at home, customers can enjoy mobile coverage and unlimited nationwide calling over a home Wi-Fi network. They also receive the same benefits at all of T-Mobile's HotSpot locations across the country while on-the-go. When leaving home or a T-Mobile HotSpot, calls intuitively transfer onto T-Mobile's G/GPRS/EDGE wireless network.
Along with the ability to use both G and Wi-Fi networks, the Nokia 6086 phone offers a wide range of features including an integrated camera and video recorder, Bluetooth wireless technology, and a microSD card slot for storing up to 2 GB of images, videos, digital music tracks and other mobile content. Additionally, the Nokia 6086 phone is myFaves enabled, allowing customers to effortlessly stay in touch with their 'fave' five. |
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