Posts by retroneo

Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism 3G ... the chip is smaller, cheaper and far less power hungry. Instead of the Blackjack, compare the size of the new Samsung F480: It's slimmer and considerably smaller than the iPhone and packs...

Quote: Originally Posted by Gatesbasher I agree this is disappointing, albeit probably not noticeable in the real world. It's too bad Apple is exposed to all the bad publicity, though; has anyone asked Intel why they reversed a 20-year...

Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism 1) It's not using a "much cheaper processor." It's cheaper to manufacture, but then the 6MB version is also cheaper to make than the old Merom 4MB. Penryn die size 107 sq mm Merom...

Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider Contrary to earlier reports, Apple and China Mobile have not yet entered into negotiations to bring the iPhone to the world's largest mobile network, suggesting such talks are only likely closer...

Quote: Originally Posted by Splinemodel In the states, there are FCC-enforced bandwidth limits in the W-CDMA spectrum. By "bandwidth," I also mean bandwidth, and not data-rate. I'm not sure what exactly the limit is, but the...

The Infineon S-GOLD3H (I guess this is what will be in it) can do 7.2Mbit HSDPA. Hopefully Apple doesn't cripple it to just 3.6Mbit because AT&T hasn't switched on 7.2 or 14.4Mbit HSDPA. We're getting sustained downloads here (in...

Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism I don't think so. 3G seems to the magic word. There are smething like 400k iPhones in China and they are mostly 3G, right? China still hasn't even allocated licenses for 3G networks!! They...

Apple's Bluetooth 2.1 implementation is missing the NFC reader, so it isn't that exciting. I want touch-to-pair!!!

Obama wants to reform the patent system. It's not hard to see why...

It needs built-in 3G (HSDPA/HSUPA) with an accessible SIM card slot and no network locking. Everyone is getting tired of these dongles hanging out. It's fine for Apple to do a bundled special data plan for iPhone (AT&T / O2 etc)...