WiMAX Sleeve Gives Korean iPhone Users 4G
iPhone 4...Geez.
Do you wish that your iPhone 4 has some 4G speeds? Current rumors suggest that Apple won't be hopping on the 4G bandwagon for the iPhone 4 (and really, the state of what's called "4G" in North America is pretty messy right now). But if you must have 4G speeds and you happen to live in Korea, then it's all possible on your iPhone 4.
Korean Telecom has introduced an Egg sleeve that accommodates an iPhone 4 and acts as a battery extender as well as a WiMAX data radio add-on. The extra 1500mA expansion battery will give the iPhone 4 and the WiMAX device five full hours of 4G surfing.
It's not exactly the most compact solution; but at the equivalent of $120, it won't break the bank.
As Engadget points out, U.S. iPhone 4 users who want a faster data network can use Sprint or Verizon's "4G" mobile hotspots.
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Meh. Japan had this ageees ago...
C'mon Tom's. Do I seriously have to start going to regular news sites to get tech news you guys don't have?
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^Pretty fracking big deal right there^
C'mon Tom's. Do I seriously have to start going to regular news sites to get tech news you guys don't have?http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/st [...] -sale.html^Pretty fracking big deal right there^
No, not at all. What you do need to do, however, is read our websites more carefully!
Please direct your attention to this news piece that was posted 7 hours prior to this one on which you are commenting:
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Skype- [...] 11119.html
We then followed up on that report with the official announcement that came from Microsoft just 12 hours later:
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So, two reports on the Microsoft/Skype deal within 13 hours.
^I think we're pretty frakking on top of things here^
Yeah... my 3G speeds are so amazing I can't wait for 4G... wait... no, I was on WiFi. 3G is down again...
Good solution for 4G on iPhone.
Marcus Yan -1
Enzo Matrix - 0
seriesly iwe tested to run 3g vs my home network 24mbs and the speed diff is non, on the 4G iphone running in 3G and my nokia n8 3g vs my home network no diff in load time the site cant be loaded faster due to phone limitations why then shuld you haw 4g ?? unless you running internet on your pc from your phone.
sorry for my poor spelling ;b
sorry for my poor spelling ;b
web os only one part of the internet.
anyone with a smart phone is using it more as a really portable laptop than a phone.
try sending a 100mb file to someone, downloading a video (i suggest invisible walls from gametrailers, i have gotten 4mb a second from that line of video should be a perfect thing to test)
a webpage should be fully downloaded in less than 3 seconds even on the slowest internet i deam acceptable. for a phone, it can take 5 seconds for a fully downloaded website to load completely,
What the American telecoms claim to be 4G is such a sham. I have to watch FOX for some shows in Canada and their AT&T/T-Mobile "4G" advertisement is a joke.
Maybe this is the mentality that led to North America having the worst internet/cellular infrastructure in the developed world. Had it been Europe/Japan, this would not have passed.
lol Marcus. well played, sir. now.... FINISH HIM!
C'mon Tom's. Do I seriously have to start going to regular news sites to get tech news you guys don't have?http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/st [...] -sale.html^Pretty fracking big deal right there^
Rofl
I happen to live in SK and have been here for awhile now. "4G" is accessible across the country in all the city's so I can really see the need for this out here. Seriously you guys in the USA are getting screwed over on both your phones and your internet.
100Mbps internet connection in SK is about 33,000 KRW per month. That works out to about 31~32 USD a month. They had "3G" style video phones being common back in 2005 with them being standardized in 2006.