Technology only gets better as time goes on, stretching its capablities and feeling out new territories. Of the many areas in which technology may improve, speed is monitered the most. So, it is no surprise that Apple’s ad campaign for the new iPhone emphasizes that the device is even faster than its previous model.
The iPhone 3GS, as a competitor to Palm’s Pre and other devices like it, is expected to contain extremely advanced features and applications. In addition, its debut may have an impact on the future of WiMAX if you make the following analogy: The iPhone 3GS is to mobile devices as WiMAX is to broadband in terms of speed. Working together, the two can create a monster of a phone.
Martyn Williams of Computerworld compared the current iPhone against other similar products and highlighted some areas in which the iPhone 3GS may improve. These included the iPhone’s resolution, which is only 480 pixels by 360 pixels as opposed to the Nokia N97 (640 pixels by 360 pixels) and the Toshiba T-01A (800 pixels by 480 pixels), the introduction of an Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) screen, a faster processor, and more memory.
Williams predicted that the new iPhone 3GS will sport data transmission speeds that are higher than the iPhone’s current 7.2 Mbps, which are transmitted over HSDPA networks. In conjunction with increased data transmission speeds, the iPhone 3GS may add WiMAX to the Wi-Fi service that already exists on the iPhone. This may be due to the fact that several service carriers are beginning to offer WiMAX in cities around the world to provide users with greater speed and wider coverage.
The iPhone 3GS, which was launched on June 8, includes the new iPhone OS 3.0 and over 100 new features such as Cut, Copy, Paste, MMS, and Spotlight Search. It is 4.5 inches tall, 2.4 inches thick, weighs 4.8 ounces, and comes in black or white. It has up to five hours of talk time, up to five hours of 3G Internet use, and 9 hours of Wi-Fi Internet use. It has a 3.5-inch Multi-Touch screen with 480 pixels by 320 pixels.
So far there is no indication of a WiMAX network on the iPhone 3GS; however, WiMAX is only in its initial stages in the United States and therefore we can not draw any conclusions for Apple at this point.
