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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."

3 of 230 comments (clear)

  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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