Apple iPhone: 2G = 3G?

I've been reading a lot of buzz recently surrounding the rumor that Apple will be unveiling a second generation iPhone this summer.

The big enhancement will be the switch from the current EDGE network for internet connectivity to the faster 3G network. Other enhancements for the next generation phone might include new OLED technology that could increase battery life and result in a slimmer phone.

I know I was more than a little surprised that there wasn't any announcement of the second generation iPhone at the most recent MacWorld expo... but if the phone couldn't be ready till June, it makes sense not to make the announcement that would all but halt 1G phone sales.

Firefox Burnout

"Fire"... "Burn"... I'm trying to be cleaver, but I should be quick, since in the last few months, Firefox has gotten more and more unstable and I'm never sure when it's going to bomb out on me.

I understand that all their A-level team is busy working on FF3, but please, throw us folks still on FF2 a bone and let's try to make it a bit more stable.

Now for a bit of nitty-gritty Firefox (actually Firebug) news...

If you use Firebug (and if you do any front end developement, you should be!)... There seems to be an issue when trying to use Firebug to display style information for an "a" tag, nothing is displayed.

Turns out this is a known issue in Firefox 2.0.0.12 and will be fixed in release 2.0.0.13. In the meantime you can roll back to 2.0.0.11, which does work.

Airwave Auction Action

So it turns out that AT&T and Verizon are the winners of the recent FCC airwave auction. And event tought Google lost out, aren't they really the biggest winners here?

When this first started and Google announced their intention to bid, I remember everybody trying to second guess Google's intentions. Most of what I had heard ran along the lines of this being the opening salvo of a full fledged Google phone network.

But is that really the Google way? My personal feeling was that Google was always more interested in the open access provision of the auction above all else. As it stands now, Google can continue to work on Android, it's phone OS, and with this new open space, more companies can make more phones... and in Google's mind, hopefully more of them will be running Android.

I guess we'll just have to wait and see...