When I blogged about the iPhone a few days ago, and how it doesn’t impress me, the lack of 3G was (and is) the main annoyance. John Evans of Syntagma Media points to a blog post (not the only one) claiming that there will be firmware updates to the iPhone that will let the GSM version become a fully fledged 3G phone.

This is highly unlikely, to be diplomatic. I wouldn’t say it’s impossible, but just about.

I spoke to a developer over at Sony Ericsson and he dismissed the firmware update thing. We’re talking a different architecture here, and problems with the antenna not to say the least.

In short, there will be a 3G enabled iPhone, Steve Jobs have said as much, but from what we know now it won’t be arriving anytime soon. We have the US to thank for that, since 3G haven’t hit hard there yet.

Still doubting? Think about it. Would Apple put in more expensive technology than necessary and extra 3G stuff that most won’t use at that? I don’t think so, especially since they just can launch a 3G version of the iPhone, just like the have various iPods, and make more money with people upgrading to newer technology.

The first generation iPhone won’t have 3G, in any way. Sorry.

On another note, I think iPhone will be re-branded as Apple Phone, just like iTV became Apple TV. It’s a logical step.