Apple in 2009 upgraded its 3G model iPhone with a 3G S model by tweaking internal components and emphasizing software enhancements.
Hargreaves speculated that the lack of information in the announcement is related to the upcoming launch of Apple's iPhone's 3G model.
And Sprint claims 5.7 hours of talk time on one charge, more than the five hours that Apple claims for its 3G model.
Even though the announcement was about as brief as possible, it still gave investors some means to assess when the 3G model would be coming out.
We did a quick data test -- at our location we went from 104Kbps on the EDGE iPhone to 215Kbps on the 3G model. 2x ain't bad, yo.
While the latest ITC ruling noted that Apple's iPhone 3G model and several Blackberry devices had infringed the patent, the judge indicated this was not grounds for the devices to be banned from sale in the US, on the grounds that the innovation did not deserve its patent status.
The original iPhone was a 2.5G version and 3G was not embraced until the second model was brought to market in mid-2008.
Samsung's model includes the option of using 3G or 4G data connectivity in addition to wi-fi, making it easier to upload pictures to social networks.
That business model could point to a particular interest in 3G-enabled tablets.
First up, Cseries and Xseries are said to be presented at the show, with the first Xseries model being an upgraded version of the just-launched 5530 XpressMusic with 3G thrown in, probably spelling doom for the 5800 -- in other words, Xseries is very likely a wholesale rebranding of the XpressMusic line, which totally makes sense.
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The Galaxy Tab was 3G only, and was one-size-fits all for storage, although a white model did arrive recently.
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