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FCC Approves iPhone

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the hitting-the-airwaves dept.

An anonymous reader alerted us that the iPhone is one step closer to hitting shelves. "The Federal Communications Commission approved Apple Inc.'s iPhone, clearing the way for the combined phone and music player to hit the shelves. Apple expects to begin selling the phones in late June. Some of the FCC documents confirm a few features of the phone, including it will have Bluetooth and Wi-Fi and will operate in the 1900MHz and 850MHz frequency bands. The phone uses GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) technology and the low-speed GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) wireless data standard."

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  1. Re:well-thats-not-very-exciting by T-Bone-T · · Score: 5, Informative

    It does have 900/1800. The FCC didn't approve them because they aren't used in the US. It still got all the approval it needed to be sold.

  2. EDGE is much faster than GPRS by kherr · · Score: 5, Informative

    I've been using EDGE through T-Mobile and it's much faster than GPRS. Not sure how it compares to EVDO and I won't vouch for AT&T's network, but it's misleading to tag the iPhone with "slow GPRS" when it supports EDGE.

  3. Re:Important Points by qengho · · Score: 5, Informative

    The very first statement was blatantly false and misleading and the last was "Lame". That looks like classic flamebait to me.

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  4. EVDO is much faster by Mr2001 · · Score: 4, Informative

    EDGE's theoretical maximum is 473 kbps, while EVDO's is 2.4 Mbps - five times as fast. Real world performance is more like 800-1200 kbps, which is still four times the real-world performance you can expect from EDGE.

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    1. Re:EVDO is much faster by Sensible+Clod · · Score: 4, Informative

      I work with and test EVDO and EDGE data modems (same model, different carriers), and I can tell you definitely that EVDO, while faster, is NOT 4 times as fast. It's more like 20-30% faster in my experience.

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    2. Re:EVDO is much faster by Mr2001 · · Score: 4, Informative

      Here are some speed test results. myvzw.com is the domain for all Verizon Wireless internet access: 1xRTT (slow), EVDO rev 0, and EVDO rev A.

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  5. Re:Dev Kit? by MrPerfekt · · Score: 4, Informative

    Windows Mobile also lets you crash three times a day, runs extremely slowly, costs as much and doesn't interface well with anything except Windows.

    Features I'm counting on the iPhone to not have.

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