Dave wrote:
> > the writer states:
> > "Japan's NTT DoCoMo will introduce a pioneering 3G service for commercial
> > use this November, and launch fully developed commercial services in May
> > 2001."
> > I'm not sure this is true. ...
>
> Daniel,
> I would love to be corrected on this if my point of view isn't in keeping
> with the general view, but I think the writer of the article needs to
> re-think his definition of "3G". It's not a single, monolithic concept that
> you can insert into a phone. The boys down in the marketing department may
> put it that way, but it doesn't reflect the reality.
> "3G" is the combination of many concepts which will (hopefully) all come
> together to enrich the mobile internet experience.
I have to disagree. 3G to me means a third generation network: currently being
implemented as either cdma2000 or wCDMA.
I don't consider it a particularly fuzzy issue.
Perhaps the author was confused by the impending java handset rollout?
r e n
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