err G3? (Score 2, Insightful)

SprintPCS Vision is not really 3G, but is really "2.5G,"

wow, that's new. My mobile is a year old and supported GPRS (ie G2.5) on Orange out of the box. Granted I'm in the UK, but this isn't really new and it is defiantly not G3.

The huge problem with G2.5 is not bandwidth, but latency. If you try running TCPIP over GPRS, it all goes to pot due to the 2sec+ latency. TCP is just not optimised to work well with such a long delay. Hopefully G3 will perform better than this.

Oh and try to convince any european teenager that SMS is a waste of time. I have a contract which gives me loads of free off-peak min (to any network) but charges me a small fortune to make calls during the day. For me a 1 min call during the day to a mobile on a different network costs the same as 5 or 6 text messages.