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3G Network Coming to America

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the catching-up-with-the-times dept.

Not2Bryt64 writes: "Reuters has a story about Cingular building a nationwide 3G network. According to Cingular it 'will deliver mobile users data at rates of up to 470,000 bits a second -- fast enough to watch video clips over phones.'" I just hope it doesn't mean that we have to see more annoying Cingular commercials. But I want my video cell phone!

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  1. So now by wiredog · · Score: 5, Funny

    Instead of just talking on their cell phones while driving, they can watch video on their cell phones while driving. Oh joy. Oh rapture. Oh ecstasy.

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  2. Radio-guesting on the Internet by Ungrounded+Lightning · · Score: 3, Funny

    Project a bit further - how long is it going to be before your handheld instantly becomes a guest on other companies' networks when you are visiting them, so you get a broadband internet connection through that?

    As soon as they install an internet-connected 802.11b and you install something like Air Snort on your handheld.

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  3. Just Imagine... by NeuroMorphus · · Score: 2, Funny

    Take a moment to think about what you could do with 3G technolgy, instead of just watching movies. I'm an employee at Cingular Wireless HeadQuarters, and here are some ideas to think about:

    1) Video/Audio Teleconferencing for businesses
    2) You'd be able to view your Wolfenstein 3D webstats from your mobile phone

    3) Imagine running a *nix or *BSD system on your mobile phone, and writing bash schell scripts from Emacs, that would allow you to stream, download, and sort music off of AudioGalaxy. Or even transfer your playlist to your friends, via mobile wireless connectivity

    4) 3G + BlueTooth = (you just wait and see :)
    Let's just imagine sitting in a classroom, while you configure your network for a LAN party back at home, with video highlights to keep you awake in class, all from your cellphone.

    "Journies Lead to Knowledge and Passion Lights the Way"

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  4. Use for video on phone by mOdQuArK! · · Score: 2, Funny

    Don't really care whether its wireless or not, but being able to see what my family was doing on the computer when they call up asking for help would make MY life a helluva lot easier!