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Story: '3G iPhone' speculation at fever pitch

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Posted by: Brian Catt (Friday 6 June 2008, 6:23 PM)

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This is Irrelevant to Most People's Needs

Why is this such a big deal? Unless you are a highly mobile individual using web applications that are necessary to consume in real time on the move and add real value to justify the premium on 3G data vs. free access on a fixed connection its a waste of money. Its much cheaper to access broadband from a fixed connection and sideload non real time content to play later on the mobioe device, as with an iPod. Downloading non real time content via expensive 3G data on the move if you don't have to is crazy and very expensive. For the rich and people who have their company pay their phone bills with a really mobile work regime, yes. Journalists for instance. Not mass market.

Most mobile users just want to talk to people on their small as possible phones, OBTW. They already have a computer. This is just the in bred industry getting wet thinking about all the ARPU supposedly irrational customers will fork out to access non real time content while on the move. No they won't, not after the first bill anyway. iPod is better. Only apps are real value added mobile services, probaly Web 2.0 style, mainly for corporates and public services. Unless 3G data gets as cheap as fixed cable/DSL, that is. IMO. Brian Catt

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