Topic: HSDPA

January 11, 2007, 6:49 PM

Scott Fulton, BetaNews: After the Apple iPhone was announced, there was some surprise - including from our own Nate Mook - that it didn't support 3G wireless broadband. That wasn't the only big device missing 3G: Palm's Treo 750 was hoped to have had support for Cingular's HSDPA, even though that service is not available everywhere on the continent. But to be able to provide homogenous worldwide service, the device sticks with 384 Kbps UMTS service - which, for secure e-mail and other professional applications, should still be quite adequate. But in an arena where spectators expect all the gladiators to head into the ring at full speed, Cingular's Treo announcement disappointed some.

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