Third generation its like V3.0 or 3G next phones will be 4G
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3G The satellite system I would bet my life on is iridium for voice and data. http://www.pivotel.com.au You can get 3 G GSM iridium hybrids cover all your bases Mal
In the bush, where the only thing you can use is NextG, the 3G iPhone will be unlikely to work anywhere close to the ground. Bit like NextG really.
NextG is just a brand name. the iPhone does NextG if you are with Telstra. 3G is a set of protocols and frequencies.
That said however, most of the land we fly and land on is not even covered by NextG - it might cover 99% of the population, but I believe it only covers about 10% of the actual ground :-)
In Australia, we really can only use Satellite phone systems for position. _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
