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Rumor: HSDPA iPhone Coming in June

The iPhone rumor mill is running at full throttle with the expectation that Apple will announce an HSDPA-enabled version in June. But given Apple's long history of delays, meeting this schedule -- albeit 12 months after the original U.S. launch of the iPhone, could be a risky punt.

However, what appears to be solid information is that the current iPhone baseband supplier Infineon will provide the HSDPA chipset -- a story reinforced by the German company also planning to ramp down production of the EDGE baseband solution used in the current generation of the iPhone in order to clear inventories ahead of the 3G model.

At a more curious level, UBS analyst Ben Reitzes speculated these new iPhones would be offered by new international operators. He also said that the business appeal of the iPhone will be improved with the release of a new software kit that will allow developers to write applications for the iPhone - much as they do for the networking site Facebook.

“We believe new features could help address issues that are limiting iPhone penetration in the enterprise," including compatibility with Microsoft's e-mail applications, Mr Reitzes said.

While it remains unclear what this might mean, Morgan Stanley offered the bizarre explanation that Steve Jobs' travel expenses could provide the answer. Apparently, Jobs spent $550,000 on air travel--nearly three times more than the average spent over the past year and a half. Morgan Stanley claims that this was the need for Jobs' integral involvement with operators in Asia and Europe vying to secure iPhone contracts.

"We'd point to a 34 per cent year-on-year increase in R&D and 170 per cent year-on-year increase in Steve Jobs' airplane expense in the December quarter as signs Apple is preparing for meaningful product launches," the analyst, Kathryn Huberty, wrote. Wow, that's an interesting hypothesis. [FierceBroadbandWireless/TimesOnline]

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