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I realize that I can order one online, but odds are that it won't work here. I had to get rid of my W800 because it wouldn't work. It showed full signal and I wasn't able to make/receive calls in my house, but when I went into town it worked fine. This goes back to the 850/1900 band issue. Apparently the tower near my house is 850, so the W810 is the only one that will work here. Need more Quad band Walkman phones!
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Posted: 2006-09-14 16:21:49
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why use a quadband system in the first place u guys r a pain
joking i love the yanks just y do you need quad band if all networks where triband then it would be good for the market
or if all where quadband or dualband u know then the prices would be a lil cheaper 2 and the phones can be released all over the place
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Posted: 2006-09-14 16:32:49
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Well, unfortunately it's not my choice to use Quad band. Cingular is the only service I get at my house and they insist on using the 850 band. Believe me, I wish I could use the tri band phones. That would be sweet. But I'm forced to use the Quad band for now.
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Posted: 2006-09-14 16:46:23
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damn
i love the UK lol long live good mobile coverage
even virgin mobile UK has good reception now just not inside lower floor levels in buildings
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Posted: 2006-09-14 17:05:57
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On 2006-09-14 16:05:00, goldenface wrote:
I have just returned from New York and I was surprised to find I could ring home, send text messages and browse wap using my W900i - all at extortionate t-mobile prices of course (55p per text message).
There were no 3G networks there - I done a quick search.
yes we dont have 3G here yet. and when we do its going to be run on a different frequency.
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Posted: 2006-09-20 19:16:56
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Yes you do. Limited so far, but still it is up and running.
http://www.cingular.com/3g
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Posted: 2006-09-20 20:07:58
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You know, I wonder why US advances in everything, but not in mobile phones. I still see so many americans using panasonic and such brands which are rarely used around the world. Also, a lot of americans are still stuck on the non-colored screen mobiles.
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Posted: 2006-09-20 20:08:42
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If you go to a cellphone store here in the US you will have a hard time finding phones without colorscreen.
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Posted: 2006-09-20 20:22:57
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On 2006-09-20 20:08:42, QVGA wrote:
You know, I wonder why US advances in everything, but not in mobile phones. I still see so many americans using panasonic and such brands which are rarely used around the world. Also, a lot of americans are still stuck on the non-colored screen mobiles.
panasonic is actually pretty good in japan..
the most common phones in the us are old nokias and motorolas
to the Op... the only phone se has that has a better camera currently is the k790a... but the music interface has been stripped down
all the other new SE phones seem to be sporting 2.0 (non af) cams
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Posted: 2006-09-20 20:31:20
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On 2006-09-20 20:08:42, QVGA wrote:
You know, I wonder why US advances in everything, but not in mobile phones. I still see so many americans using panasonic and such brands which are rarely used around the world. Also, a lot of americans are still stuck on the non-colored screen mobiles.
Well, our cars still suck, too
I noticed that most people (here in the US) don't care to have the "latest and greatest" when it comes to mobile phones. They have their years-old CDMA/TDMA analog phones, and are prefectly happy with those and their service
@slugworth: Unfortunately, our FCC allocated the 900 MHz spectrum to devices such as cordless (landline-based) telephones and baby monitors. And the 1800 MHz spectrum is reserved for government communications (mostly earth-to-space). So our early mobile phone services (even pre-GSM) utilized the 850 MHz spectrum, and 1900 MHz was set aside for so-called "Broadband PCS" communications. Carriers that switched from older technologies to GSM (e.g. AT&T Wireless, since absorbed into Cingular Wireless) therefore simply reprogrammed their 850-band towers to GSM. A few carriers, like Nextel, utilized 1900. Hence the need for phones here with the 850 MHz and 1900 MHz bands... hence the need for quad-band phones
For more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM_frequency_ranges
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellular_frequencies
http://www.jneuhaus.com/fccindex/spectrum.html
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