Get ready for EV-DV

The CDMA Development Group just approved a new cellular standard with the rather intimidating name of CDMA 2000 1xEV-DV. With EV-DV we're starting to get into the holy land of 3G cellphones, with download speeds as fast as 3 Mbps (about twice that of a cable modem) and uploads as fast as 1.8 Mbps, which means you'll actually be able to make video calls with an EV-DV cellphone. The first EV-DV networks are supposed to be ready sometime next year. We're betting it'll be a little while longer than that before you can buy an EV-DV cellphone, but when it does happen the odds are good that the it'll have a Sprint logo on it, since they're the first carrier in the US to get behind the new standard.

[Via PhoneScoop]