View Full Version : FCC approves iPhone


Brad O
05-18-2007, 07:29 AM
The Federal Communications Commission approved Apple’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.

That means that despite the phone's high price, users won't be able to roam with it into Europe, where operators use different frequencies. The phone uses GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) technology and the low-speed GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) wireless data standard. Apple has said the phone will ship initially only in the U.S. but many GSM phones today, even on the low end, are capable of operating in both Europe and the U.S.

Much more info Here (http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/051707-fcc-approves.html)

sean damon
05-18-2007, 05:03 PM
that phone looks sweet. i might try to sell my 60gb video for one.

MrMorgan
06-03-2007, 04:50 PM
Did Apple and Cisco ever resolve the iPhone trademark issues? Cisco owns naming rights to iPhone.

kermitthefrayer
06-03-2007, 05:08 PM
I doubt it fucking Steve Jobs says and does whatever he wants. He's out there saying the iphone is the most advanced phone ever. But in truth it's not even compatible with Cingular(The New AT&T's) new high speed data net work that's launching this summer. With not button and a gyro component that is know to be flawed it looks nice but won't perform well. I have sold phones for over ten year and on top of that T-Mobile engineers didn't like the way it performed on our network so they didn't pick it up.

Sorry I'm passionate about fucking hating macs

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http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/iphone-sucks/

http://www.info-mobile.info/top-5-reasons-apple-iphone-sucks/

http://www.nerdsofthenorth.net/2007/03/25/why-the-iphone-sucks/

ninjashoes
06-03-2007, 08:18 PM
i just get the free phone

kermitthefrayer
06-03-2007, 09:29 PM
That's what I would do if I didn't work there. Right now I rock 5 different phones depending on the day. I have a MDA, sidekick3, blackberry pearl, nokia 5300 nusic espress, and a moto rizr. The only one I didn't win was the sidekick.