[kamikaze220]

Does anyone know what handset T-Mobile might be offering in the near future? I'm xurious to know...

[greenblood]

Samsung T639 this time

[collegegirl6931]

Okay, this might be a stupid question... but what is 3G? I am not very techologically inclined when it comes to phones and I have never heard the term before.

[Nwahs]

3G - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

From a person semi-educated on 3g:
Most carriers are using 3G to provide high speed internet on their cell phones, broadcast TV and Music services etc. However, from what many people are saying T-mobile is going to be using 3G to expand and improve coverage across the States. I'm sure they will also be offering some 3G services.
3G offers the company (T-mobile, Verizon, At&t, Sextel) a more efficient way for the phones and the cell sites to interact (I think thats the best way to put it?) meaning more calls can take place from a given tower, with better voice quality, and it will also, like I said, improve and expand coverage.
Correct me if I'm wrong everyone.

[illutionz]

Nwahs gave you a great definition of general 3G but if you are interested to know, T-Mobile will most likely use the UMTS 3G service which is different than what Verizon/Sprint offers.

Quote from Wikipedia regarding UMTS in United States:

North America

Under a previous agreement with NTT DoCoMo, US provider AT&T Mobility (formerly Cingular, and at the time of the NTT deal was the original AT&T Wireless) was required to build and market UMTS networks in four major United States cities by the end of 2004. At CTIA 2004, Cingular announced that their 3G network would be a 1900 MHz only implementation of UMTS and would launch by the end of that year as planned. However, since then they have chosen to deploy on 850 MHz and did not release any 1900 MHz-only devices (update: The Cingular 8525 is the first UMTS/HSDPA Pocket PC to be offered in the United States). As of August 2006, Cingular has deployed UMTS/HSDPA networks in 17 U.S. markets covering 52 cities. Markets include New York (NY), Albuquerque (NM), Austin (TX), Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, Phoenix, Philadelphia, Portland (OR), Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose (CA), Seattle, Tacoma, Washington, D.C. and the metropolitan area of Puerto Rico, San Juan[2]. In the latter under the moniker "Telefonía Móvil Universal" (Universal Mobile Telephony).
Roll-out in the US has been limited by a lack of suitable spectrum until recently. The FCC auctioned spectrum in the 1750 and 2150 bands [3], and at least one winner, T-Mobile, has announced a roll-out of a national UMTS network on these frequencies starting in 2007[4].
Previous US roll-outs have suffered due to lack of spectrum, requiring the sharing of the 850 MHz and 1900 MHz bands allocated for cellular communication in the US with existing 1G and 2G networks. The UMTS requirement for 5 MHz frequency slots, much larger than that required for existing networks, can create difficulty for US operators as many are only licensed for 5 MHz in each direction in certain areas, and as such cannot run both their existing system and UMTS in the areas affected."


I've used 3G back home and it's very fast!!! plus Video calling is a great way to communicate

Hopefully T-Mobile will quickly roll 3G services NATIONWIDE because if they launch it at the same speed as AT&T, it will take maybe around 5 more years to reach my area and by then i will probably move to other place to work
Also, hopefully those phone manufacturers like Nokia/SE/Samsung could come up with an unlocked AWS/Regular UMTS phones very soon so I can use it here in the US and back home seamlessly (just change a SIM card)