amungus
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| Did I miss something?
I thought the google people wanted this to be an "open" platform for anyone with any (capable) phone on any network???
What's the point of them putting this out for one carrier only???
Sick of all this madness. Why can't one simply buy a phone, activate it with the carrier of their choice, and just use the darn thing? Don't care if it has a SIM card or not, it should still be possible. Granted, SIM cards are nifty, and I do like the idea, but this is just an OS right???
Guess much of the world uses GSM, but I personally don't care for it. CDMA still seems far more reliable, better quality, and more coverage (in the U.S.A. anyway).
GSM is based on TDMA also, right? ...Had a TDMA phone once, don't want one again if I can help it... thing would buzz my radio speakers in the car every time it rang (kept it in the console...) and I SWEAR it gave me a headache after a minute of call time. That, and it would heat up pretty badly, even 5 minutes into a call.
Though the idea sounds nice (android OS), guess the rest of us will have to wait and see if it ever comes to other carriers.
Meantime, I'll keep my old Moto that does CDMA AND Analog. Too many places with no digital coverage that analog still handles... I've already "got more" than what T-mo can do for me at this point... |
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maxpower
join:2006-10-09
Providence, RI
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Meantime, I'll keep my old Moto that does CDMA AND Analog. Too many places with no digital coverage that analog still handles... I've already "got more" than what T-mo can do for me at this point...
Weren't all of the analog towers shut off near the beginning of this year? Where exactly are you getting analog coverage?
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On Feb. 18, Jay Sincavage will make one last phone call to say goodbye.
He'll bid farewell to the network technology that powered his first cellphone, an old StarTac -- once considered the technologist's model of choice -- that's bulkier than his wallet. At midnight that day, wireless networks across the country will start shutting down the old analog networks that launched the cellphone business 25 years ago.
»www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co···436.html |
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amungus
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| Yes, most in major cities were turned off - and I imagine it helped clear up some interference etc...
In some rural areas though, it's still active and will remain so until there's sufficient digital coverage.
Even in the town I'm in right now, I can 'force' my phone to analog and it'll still make a call... I'm in KS.
Just a preference I guess, but I'd rather KNOW that my phone can work in some of these areas where there's zero digital signal, even if it is scratchy and kills the battery quickly.
Can't activate any pure analog phones on U.S. Cellular (or any carrier AFIK), but if the phone does CDMA as well, and is specifically meant for their network, it'll work. |
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EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA
| reply to amungus
This particular device is just being released on T-Mobile first, however, it'll almost certainly spread to other devices on other networks. HTC tends to release GSM devices, and T-Mobile is an OHA member which also has a very large international network using GSM. You'll probably see Android phones on Sprint by 1Q 09, possibly earlier. |
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a333
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join:2007-06-12
Rego Park, NY
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Isn't T-Mobile's 3G network ONLY for voice as of now? (»forums.crackberry.com/f69/boo-t-···y-32824/) Might as well get a jailbroken first-get iPhone, as much as I hate to say it.
Now, If this was released on ST&T or Sprint, I'd jump in joy...
Peace,
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