An iPhone User’s Guide to 3G

An exciting aspect about AT&T's implementation of 3G is simultaneous data AND voice capability! From the MacWorld article:

"AT&T’s HSPA network is designed and enabled to allow simultaneous voice and data calls. Apple confirmed in a briefing with me that the iPhone 3G can browse the Web, retrieve e-mail, and find maps, all while you’re talking (via speakerphone or Bluetooth headset, presumably). While Verizon and Sprint’s EVDO Rev. A network can technically handle both tasks, too, the companies have focused on service-at-a-time: either data or voice, not both. A Verizon spokesperson said that the company is moving towards allowing both voice and data at once."

Read on. - Tim Godby

An iPhone User’s Guide to 3G: "Apple’s latest iPhone adds support for 3G networking. But what exactly does that mean? Glenn Fleishman looks at 3G and how it will change the way you use Apple’s mobile device.

(Via Macworld.)