Sunday, July 20, 2008

3G – Hype or Hot?

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Recently, the word fanboy was added to the official Merriam Webster dictionary as one of the new words for 2008.  A fanboy is defined by Merriam Webster’s as “a boy who is an enthusiastic devotee (as of comics or movies)” or of cell phones for that matter.  Conversely, there is the word hater - a hater is, according to dictionary.com, someone who has an “intense dislike or aversion toward something”.  Why bring these up in a Tech Tip about 3G cell phone technology?  One word: iPhone. The cell phone world was pretty set with its proponents and opponents to a particular carrier or even technology – but it was the Apple iPhone which seemed to propel the cell phone world into the land of the fanboys and haters. With so much fanfare about the recent launch of the second generation iPhone, we thought it would be appropriate to try to clear up some of the muck.  What exactly is 3G? Also, just what is all this GSM and CDMA stuff anyway?  Finally, does it all really matter?

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