Slashdot offers a quick and dirty look at 4G and how it will improve upon 3G.  4G is set to become commonplace in some markets by the fall and new models of phones and other mobile internet devices so many are biding their time before buying anything new.  The question you should ask yourself is just how much the new communications protocol will help you.  It is faster, but only in the sense of starting a data transaction, the actual maximum throughput is not changing that much.  This would mean that emails, IM’s and texts would be sent more promptly than on 3G but downloads will not really improve all that much.  Read on to get the bigger picture of the new ‘G’.

“Cell phone companies are about to bombard us with advertising for the next big thing — 4G access. The first 4G phone, Sprint Nextel’s EVO, comes out this week. But just how big a deal is 4G? Is it fast enough to warrant the hype, or are consumers better off waiting a while? AP technology writer Peter Svensson looks at the differences between 4G and 3G technologies.”

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