21.03.2012 15:05 Uhr, Quelle: The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Apple's nano-SIM proposal has Motorola, Nokia, RIM unhappy

The nano-SIM is about to be approved by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), but this simple vote on a telecommunications standard won't be all that simple. According to a report from The Financial Times, the technical details behind this next-generation SIM is turning into a battle between Apple on one side and Motorola, Nokia and RIM on the other. The dispute centers on Apple's insistence that the nano-SIM standard use a drawer-based design, similar to the micro-SIM design used in the current iPhone and iPad. Nokia, Motorola and RIM, however, have a competing design they claim has "significant technical advantages." Even though most European carriers are siding with Apple,

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