http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/09/21/ntt-docomo-cooks-up-low-power-chip-for-super-3g/ Engadget Mobile Comments for NTT DoCoMo cooks up low-power chip for Super 3G http://mobile.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://mobile.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/09/21/ntt-docomo-cooks-up-low-power-chip-for-super-3g/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/09/21/ntt-docomo-cooks-up-low-power-chip-for-super-3g/
You KNOW for a fact that if Apple opted for 3G over 2.5G, you'd all be up in a hissy that the battery life for the iPhone was terrible.

There is no pleasing everyone.]]>Dec 21st 2007 10:56PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/09/21/ntt-docomo-cooks-up-low-power-chip-for-super-3g/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/09/21/ntt-docomo-cooks-up-low-power-chip-for-super-3g/
Lets be simple here, Apple didn't add it because they wanted to be able to produce a 3g iPhone in a couple of months and get all the suckers to buy it again. The battery life crap is BS, because if that were really the case, they could have added an option in the settings for the data network to be "off, save battery, or full speed" and let you flip between data off, EDGE, and HSPA. That would have been a VERY simple way, not to mention the way tons of other phones work, in allowing the consumer to choose what's important to them at the moment, battery or internet speed.

If you really believe that Apple did it just for battery life, you're blind to Apple's marketing. Their marketing is pretty crappy for consumers, but it works amazing for them. They've created products that people will re-buy if they just come out in a new color. It's genius on their part, but makes the general public look like sheep following their master.]]>Sep 21st 2007 8:28AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/09/21/ntt-docomo-cooks-up-low-power-chip-for-super-3g/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/09/21/ntt-docomo-cooks-up-low-power-chip-for-super-3g/
And Chris, you said: "There's still no word on when NTT DoCoMo (or anyone else, for that matter) will be launching a commercial network at LTE speeds"
Read: http://www.smh.com.au/news/Technology/Report-Japans-DoCoMo-to-spend-up-to-US17-bln-on-new-highspeedSuper-3G-cell-phones/2007/01/04/1167777219593.html
They'll have it ready by 2010.]]>Sep 21st 2007 10:43AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/09/21/ntt-docomo-cooks-up-low-power-chip-for-super-3g/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/09/21/ntt-docomo-cooks-up-low-power-chip-for-super-3g/
Chris]]>Sep 21st 2007 10:53AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/09/21/ntt-docomo-cooks-up-low-power-chip-for-super-3g/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/09/21/ntt-docomo-cooks-up-low-power-chip-for-super-3g/Sep 21st 2007 11:05AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/09/21/ntt-docomo-cooks-up-low-power-chip-for-super-3g/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/09/21/ntt-docomo-cooks-up-low-power-chip-for-super-3g/
Chris]]>Sep 21st 2007 11:31AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/09/21/ntt-docomo-cooks-up-low-power-chip-for-super-3g/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/09/21/ntt-docomo-cooks-up-low-power-chip-for-super-3g/
This technology once "perfected" will probably stay in Japan for at least a year....probably more as many companies probably won't like NTT DoCoMo's method or some stupid stuff like that.

NTT DoCoMo's chip will probably be more expensive than Qualcomm's chip

Companies love the green (unless where you are money isn't green....) than battery life ]]>Sep 21st 2007 6:41PM