Only days after Apple announced the iPhone’s storage increase – doubling from 8GB to 16GB – rumors are now spreading that the company is planning an event on February 26th at which the iPhone SDK will be launched and, potentially, the 3G version of the handset be revealed. The speculation began after Mira Mobile, the company that Apple contracts their keynote video recording to, began hiring for a large & unspecified event during the last week of February; this would fit in with Apple’s own timescale for the SDK software release, which it promised would be “in developers hands” by this month.
Rumors regarding the 3G iPhone have been fuelled by AT&T’s rapid push to spread 3G connectivity across the US; CEO Randall Stephenson confirmed a 3G version would be launched sometime this year. While it would seem unusual to announce a high-speed version of the Apple cellphone so soon after the storage upgrade, less than predicted sales of the iPhone in European markets may be forcing Apple’s hand.
[via PHONE Mag]
Maybe SDK.
Doubt 3G till summer.
SDK yea, 3giPhone doubt it… they just released the 16GB version and you think they are gonna follow that in two weeks with the 3G, I DONT THINK SOOOOOOOOOO
I think they would have anounced a 3G iphone at mac world. Why would they do it a month after?
Jobs will announce the new 3G iPhone, then say, oh by the way, existing iPhone owners will receive a free upgrade via iTunes.
Mike: Huh? You can’t deliver a 3G phone over the internet!
I agree, 3G via iTunes update, remember there is already a 3G SIM card in these babies…talk about proving to the world that OTA updates are the wave of the future! All you have to do is “tunr on” a switch inside, bets anyone? :)
Don’t forget about holodeck v.1.0, which will be available in firmware 1.1.4 giving the ability to walk around a virtual moonscape.
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We’ll know about a 3G iPhone well in advance because it will need to be submitted for public regulatory approval before it can be sold.
Mike and Joe W.:
Um… sorry but that’s like saying i can update my computer from a pentium4 to a core2duo with a download…
The hardware isn’t there, how can u turn on a switch to hardware that isn’t there? The sim card being capable doesn’t matter because there’s no 3g hardware, otherwise, i promise someone would’ve rigged theirs to use 3g.
The reason they never released 3g on the iphone was because of power consumption of 3g+all the iphone features, made the battery life unbearable… according to steve jobs.
So until 3g technology consumes less power, or batteries get better… there won’t be a 3g iphone.
I hear Jirbo.com http://jirbo.com has a pre-release copy of the SDK and is making some killer apps for the iPhone/iTouch in conjunction with Apple.
yes the 3G update will be delivered via the itunes.. that was that main pupose of them implementing 3G on the sim card.. its a cod that will patch your iphone to the networks. they did it this way that way you wouldnt have to buy a new handset soley because of 3G.. only if your getting double storage you would buy a newer phone.
I feel the new updated 16GB iphone has 3G capabilities! well we’ll know the truth on late february
What else would a cutting edge company like Apple do…even with the bum batteries. Batteries can always be upgraded…
I wouldnt have either one of the POS’s. I will stick with my Windows Mobile phone any day over those overpriced toys.
It’s pretty ironic that you call the sweetness which is the iphone “POS” when it is now the icon after which all other new cell phones are designed. So I say, go ahead and stick with your windows mobile phone; however, the rest of the world will be moving forward.
I hope iPhone will be 3G capable come this update that may happen tomorrow. If not, oh well. I’ll probably just stick with my current 8GB iPhone and then buy the new iPhone when the price drops again. Hehehe iPhones will probably be pretty hard to update, so they won’t lose their value as easily as iPods do. Seriously, after this update, what else can you do to an iPhone to make it better other than adding more GB and tweaking features via 10 minute iTunes updates?
all though most bring up a good point my thought was the only reason they brought out the 16gb model was to get more room for the SDK and such . I am so pumped for the update to come out
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