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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. Wow, I thought it was going to be bad... by kagenooni · · Score: 0, Troll

    But not this bad. No EDGE or UMTS support? Only low end phones that are coming out for Cingular/AT&T have no EDGE/UMTS support. The way I look at this phone is a glorified HTC 8525, sans slide out keyboard. But even then, the 8525 atleast uses the faster EDGE connection.