Steve Wozniak told Newsweek he'll be amongst those queuing for an Wi-Fi iPad come Saturday, as Apple has confirmed that both its own stores and Best Buy branches will have stock and be offering to set up email and install an application or 2.
Those with smaller pockets will be more interested in the Wall Street Journal's report of a next-generation iPhone that will, apparently, support CDMA networks.
Code Division Multiple Access / CDMA refers to a technique as well as a technical standard, the latter being used by Verizon's 90 million US customers as well as Sprint Nextel. As a technique CDMA is part of the GSM 3G standard (W-CDMA, the "W" standing for "Wideband") and supported by the existing iPhone. In the US the iPhone has remained exclusive to AT&T and its W-CDMA network, but now the Wall Street Journal quotes "people briefed by the company" saying that Apple has developed a CDMA iPhone for the competing networks.
No doubt, this year's iPhone will have some interesting features, but it seems likely that rumours of a CDMA version are just a stick with which to continue beating AT&T-[via theregister]
Those with smaller pockets will be more interested in the Wall Street Journal's report of a next-generation iPhone that will, apparently, support CDMA networks.
Code Division Multiple Access / CDMA refers to a technique as well as a technical standard, the latter being used by Verizon's 90 million US customers as well as Sprint Nextel. As a technique CDMA is part of the GSM 3G standard (W-CDMA, the "W" standing for "Wideband") and supported by the existing iPhone. In the US the iPhone has remained exclusive to AT&T and its W-CDMA network, but now the Wall Street Journal quotes "people briefed by the company" saying that Apple has developed a CDMA iPhone for the competing networks.
No doubt, this year's iPhone will have some interesting features, but it seems likely that rumours of a CDMA version are just a stick with which to continue beating AT&T-[via theregister]
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