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Well all electronic devices are doorstop's.:) This coming January the 700mhz band which is what analog TV broadcast's goes on the auction block by the FCC. All TV stations must turn in their analog bandwidth 2009. With that look for all current cell phones to be door stops. Going to the higher band width will let cell phone pick up better inside of buildings as the 700 mhz signal can penetrate metal better than the current cell phones. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:macgroup-bounces at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of Michael Robertson Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 1:35 PM To: macgroup Subject: [MacGroup] Mobile web, two newspaper articles I was reading a article in last sundays New York times, titled "Mobile Web: So Close Yet so Far". In the third paragraph the writer mentions the development of "... a frenzied and costly effort to build third-generation, or 3G, networks ensued. But at a recent conference, 3G was called a failure...". Then in todays Courier, in the business section I noticed a small paragraph in the digest column that says that , "Apple and AT&T plan to begin selling a version of the iPhone next year that operates on a wireless network for surfing the internet at fast speeds. AT&T chief executive, Randall Stephenson said that consumers could expect an iPhone that works on "3G" networks sometime in 2008. That would address a major shortcoming of the iPhone." ( I have edited these quotes some) So, being kind of bored this afternoon I thought I would throw this out to some of the tech experts in the group, of which I am surely not. Does this mean what I think it means. My iPhone is now morphing into a door stop? Maybe Apple will do this with a software upgrade, or issue a token voucher for anyone who bought one in 07' toward a new one. Or maybe my interpretation of these articles is all wrong. Something to think about over the weekend. Thanks Mike R -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20071130/63977a21/attachment.html
