Comments on: iPhone To Provide 42Mbps Browsing - I’ll Believe It When I See It http://www.psynixis.com/blog/2008/05/23/iphone-to-provide-42mbps-browsing-ill-believe-it-when-i-see-it/ Simon Brocklehurst's Technology Blog Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:58:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Asam Bashir http://www.psynixis.com/blog/2008/05/23/iphone-to-provide-42mbps-browsing-ill-believe-it-when-i-see-it/#comment-385755 Asam Bashir Fri, 23 May 2008 18:03:40 +0000 http://www.psynixis.com/blog/?p=442#comment-385755 At the very most it couldn't cost more then existing data plans offered by carriers in ExpressCard solutions, like those currently on offer from Orange and Vodafone. Since Apple has listened to enterprise and added specific support in it's iPhone 2.0 update, one would assume the carriers will start offering business data plans and solutions for enterprise. At the very most it couldn’t cost more then existing data plans offered by carriers in ExpressCard solutions, like those currently on offer from Orange and Vodafone.

Since Apple has listened to enterprise and added specific support in it’s iPhone 2.0 update, one would assume the carriers will start offering business data plans and solutions for enterprise.

]]> By: simon http://www.psynixis.com/blog/2008/05/23/iphone-to-provide-42mbps-browsing-ill-believe-it-when-i-see-it/#comment-385533 simon Fri, 23 May 2008 15:00:06 +0000 http://www.psynixis.com/blog/?p=442#comment-385533 Actually, I'll be surprised, and very impressed, if Apple delivers the ability to use the phone as a modem, all within the same contract prices as they have now. Using a 42Mbps connection with a laptop could draw down a huge amount of data. I don't expect the mobile operators will like the idea of that *at all*! One way forward would be to have a fair use restriction, and not allow downloads of more than a few GB per month. Actually, I'll be impressed if they offer even that at the same contract prices as they have now! Actually, I’ll be surprised, and very impressed, if Apple delivers the ability to use the phone as a modem, all within the same contract prices as they have now.

Using a 42Mbps connection with a laptop could draw down a huge amount of data. I don’t expect the mobile operators will like the idea of that *at all*! One way forward would be to have a fair use restriction, and not allow downloads of more than a few GB per month. Actually, I’ll be impressed if they offer even that at the same contract prices as they have now!

]]> By: Asam Bashir http://www.psynixis.com/blog/2008/05/23/iphone-to-provide-42mbps-browsing-ill-believe-it-when-i-see-it/#comment-385525 Asam Bashir Fri, 23 May 2008 14:31:11 +0000 http://www.psynixis.com/blog/?p=442#comment-385525 PS the GPS enabled Geo-tagging features will make for interesting applications, http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/05/22/latest_iphone_2_0_beta_adds_geo_tagging_to_camera_photos.html Apart from iPhone 2.0 firmware, 3G upgrade and GPS, I think the biggest news at WWDC will be the worldwide roll-out. It's expected to be huge and increase market availability by four times what it is now. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/05/16/latest_iphone_deals_nearly_quadruple_apples_addressable_market.html PS the GPS enabled Geo-tagging features will make for interesting applications,

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/05/22/latest_iphone_2_0_beta_adds_geo_tagging_to_camera_photos.html

Apart from iPhone 2.0 firmware, 3G upgrade and GPS, I think the biggest news at WWDC will be the worldwide roll-out. It’s expected to be huge and increase market availability by four times what it is now.

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/05/16/latest_iphone_deals_nearly_quadruple_apples_addressable_market.html

]]> By: Asam Bashir http://www.psynixis.com/blog/2008/05/23/iphone-to-provide-42mbps-browsing-ill-believe-it-when-i-see-it/#comment-385523 Asam Bashir Fri, 23 May 2008 14:25:50 +0000 http://www.psynixis.com/blog/?p=442#comment-385523 Wanting to use the iPhone as a modem for laptop has been a feature request from road warriors from launch, though Apple's reason for not including it does make sense, it was pointless on the EDGE iPhone. Would be very surprised if Apple does not include this option on 3G phone. It's very easy to do, Mac OS X features sharing Internet connection over most ports, BlueTooth, WiFi and USB, which the iPhone has. So it's very easy to do. Rather then Bluetooth, on the iPhone it would make sense to share the 3G network over the iPhone WiFi, making an ad-hoc network which a laptop would be able to connect to. It would be a huge power drain though, so it would have to work via USB as well, so you could plug in the iPhone via USB and have the 3G connection shared to laptop and charge iPhone at the same time. Processor in 3rd generation iPhone will be interesting if it's based on Intel Atom in the future, that would make a very powerful device... Wanting to use the iPhone as a modem for laptop has been a feature request from road warriors from launch, though Apple’s reason for not including it does make sense, it was pointless on the EDGE iPhone. Would be very surprised if Apple does not include this option on 3G phone. It’s very easy to do, Mac OS X features sharing Internet connection over most ports, BlueTooth, WiFi and USB, which the iPhone has. So it’s very easy to do. Rather then Bluetooth, on the iPhone it would make sense to share the 3G network over the iPhone WiFi, making an ad-hoc network which a laptop would be able to connect to. It would be a huge power drain though, so it would have to work via USB as well, so you could plug in the iPhone via USB and have the 3G connection shared to laptop and charge iPhone at the same time.

Processor in 3rd generation iPhone will be interesting if it’s based on Intel Atom in the future, that would make a very powerful device…

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