Comments on: UPDATED: Next Gen iPhone to be an Internet Screamer? (802.11n? 3.5G HSPDA+?)

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:24:12 +0000

Oh 3.5g exists on ATT. I get stuff done on my handheld. My Nokia E71 pulls 3.5 almost all the time, and it is FAST.

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:22:41 +0000

Oh 3.5g exists on ATT. I get stuff done on my handheld.

By: Omari James

Omari James — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 07:59:38 +0000

Well I have never heard anything about AT&T and 3.5G. I never seen one blog anywhere about it so that’s something I have to research about.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 05:56:45 +0000

Note that it’s HSDPA (High-speed Downlink Packet Access) and not HSPDA …

By: RF9

RF9 — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 03:59:52 +0000

Oh Palm Pre does exist alright. You just can't buy it yet. By the time you can buy iPhone 3, you can buy Pre. That's all that matters for that.

I think faster browsing on iPhone 3 means higher speed HSDPA (iPhone 3G has relatively slow HSDPA as compared to other smart phones available,) 802.11n, and faster processor and/or memory.

By: kyleshankles

kyleshankles — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:25:07 +0000

If I was a cell phone company and I seen a phone that has been out for nearly a year, itnwould be easy for me to put faster CPU’s and better RAM in it. I say just wait until iPhone 3rd generation. You’ll soon see.

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:37:09 +0000

Remember the PALM PRE doesnot exist.

By: Will

Will — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:31:08 +0000

802.11n won't make browsing on your iPhone faster than browsing with 802.11g. The advantage of 802.11n will be greater range and more consistent reception.

Upgrading HSPA to 7.2 or 14.4 Mbps might make browsing a bit faster if the network will support it.

Upgrading to HSPA+ may also speed up browsing speeds. AT&T hinted at using HSPA+ while other networks like Telstra have already rolled out 21 Mbps HSPA+ in certain areas. I doubt we'll see the iPhone with HSPA+ in 2009 though.

What I would REALLY like to see is a faster CPU. The REAL reason why browsing on the iPhone is slow is the 412 MHz ARM11 CPU. The Palm Pre is infinitely faster as its 600MHz+ TI OMAP3 Cortex-A8 CPU has 3x the processing power of the CPU in the iPhone.

A few HTC phones will be released later this year with similar CPUs from Qualcomm so I predict that Apple is also likely to upgrade the iPhone with these next-gen CPUs.

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:28:41 +0000

@duodenum, That’s a dream come true.

By: BMartin

BMartin — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:28:37 +0000

I thought 802.11n was already announced