3G Chipset Reference in the SDK? Maybe... Maybe Not

EDIT: Engadget just also posted that the "iPhone 3G's baseband chip revealed"?
http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/08/iphone-3gs-baseband-chip-revealed/

Link to Zibri's blog and what he found inside the code of the latest beta today on April 8th
http://www.ziphone.org/

The quotation from his blog:

"Well this was found inside the latest beta.
If that's not enough for you to understand,
I'll clarify it:
There is a new iPhone coming *very soon*.
The new iPhone will have Infineon's SGOLD3 (PMB8878)
chip in it's baseband.
Google can maybe help you to get more details.
Stay tuned"
Namaste,
Zibri

Which refers to this PDF which as the specs on the new chip
http://www.infineon.com/dgdl/PMB8878_S-GOLD3H.pdf?folderId=db3a304312fcb1bc0113000c158f0004&fileId=db3a3043136c9a8b01136d6407dc003c

To quote the linked data sheet:

"S-GOLD3H based platforms enable handsets to provide consumer electronic quality such as camera support of up to 5 MPixel as well as video telephony, streaming, recording and playback with up to 30 frames per second and a resolution of up to 320 x 480 pixels (HVGA) in MPEG4, H.264 or Real video formats and advanced audio codecs, like enhanced AAC+.

THE OPTIMIZED S-GOLD3H architecture makes it possible for the users to run several applications simultaneously; e.g. surf the internet, download emails or data to a SD-card with HSDPA category 8 (7.2 Mbit/s) while listening to MP3 music over a stereo Bluetooth headset."

Sounds like an iPhone to me.

In other newa today, Rogers announced that its gonna roll out Canada's next generation wireless network in Halifax and Moncton to become the first cities in the Western Hemisphere to commercially offer 7.2 Mbps wireless services, making mobile download speeds the fastest in the country and in the top 5% worldwide. Expected to expand soon.
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/April2008/08/c3210.html

Better sell before the masses find out. :D

That's one helluva nice chip. I especially like the 5 megapixel camera support/video recording/video telephony part.

too good to be true?

Ooh 7.2Mbps HSDPA... Very nice.

Gah, I wish it would just come out already!!

*dies of anticipation*

looks like engadget's post has been taken down...

this may be good.

Engadget article is still going (I fixed the link.) :rolleyes:

Anyway...It looks like we can see $499 if they throw in 32gb with it.

Increased cost is possible with the increased specs.

As Apple knows, people did shell out for $599 at the U.S. launch so it's not out of the question people in Canada and other places (hopefully) that were not graced by the iPhone would do the same.

The most interesting characteristic of this chip aside from 3G is the support for a 5 megapixel camera. The under utilization of the camera on the iPhone has been disappointing and an improved camera with appropriate support should be a no brainer for Apple. 5 megapixels is the sweet spot for consumer camera's and with gigabytes of storage as well as integration with both iPhoto and iMovie it could make the iPhone not only a contender in the cell phone market but also a credible digital camera, something no cell phone has been able to achieve.

looks like engadget's post has been taken down...

this may be good.

No, the link is wrong. The article is still there.

http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/08/iphone-3gs-baseband-chip-revealed/

i read the details of this chip; based on that, in ver.2 we will get:

bluetooth stereo headphones.
improved camera, 5mp???
video recording
& better video playback (HD)
better/more_eff/fast multitasking
more resolution on screen
and min. capacity: 16GB

& of course
faster net access (384Kbps mobile)

black phone will 'be' little bigger then v1, but wont look so due to color.

yeh i just noticed
but still: this may be good.

and the fact that it has 5 megapixel camera wont make it much of a contender in the cell market. sure some ppl are lazy enough that they want to have gigs and gigs of pictures because the sd hc cards of today only go to 8 or maybe 16gbs? and a comparable camera to the iphone even with 5mp would cost less than a 100. lots of cell phones have cameras with 5mp and they still suck.

the idea of a cell phone being a contender in the camera market is still farrr away. but for snap shots why not. i see the idea of a cheap digital camera dying soon because of improved cell phone cams.