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Haha, and just look at the Blackberry
That was all the range not so long ago in the US, yet most British people and companies wouldn't touch it with a barge pole!
Z.
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Posted: 2003-02-08 17:11:00
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@Arroyootje, it is quite strange isn`t it, but to be fair the landmass is so huge it`s just not cost effective to put masts up everywhere, i compare it to scotland where as soon as you leave a town you loose the signal, but with a Startac you just call the Enterprise if you have a problem making a meeting & they fly ahead to explain (cos everyone knows that beam me up stuff is just fiction).
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Posted: 2003-02-08 17:41:00
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The only people using a startac that I know or cheap bastards (like my brother who inherited mine some years ago) and old people who think they are cool for getting a "futuristic" free phone. Any sel respecting gearhead would not carry 5+ year old technology around...unless it was a TRS80 Model I with the expansion interface! SE all the way!
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Posted: 2003-02-08 19:31:00
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Once i was in NYC and i went down in the subway and the GSM coverage was gone!! This also hapend on top of empire state building! Its pretty fu*kd upp i mean here in Oslo there is only living 500 thousen people butt still wee got GSM coverage everyweer! EVEN ON SUBWAY!! How many people does it live in NYC? more than in Oslo! So why dont they have gsm coverage there?
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Posted: 2003-02-08 19:45:00
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They have in the subway G.S.M = Get Seriously Mugged
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Posted: 2003-02-08 20:08:00
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First of all, America is sore that their CDMA standard never took off... this is why they're so pissed at GSM, this is why it took them forever to adopt it into THEIR OWN 1900 band...no matter what they say about 'crowded airwaves'... regular GSM would've worked in the US.
Now they're trying to push GSM out of the way because they helped develop WCDMA, EDGE & UMTS... and i stress the word HELPED.
3 years??? Man, I haven't owned a phone longer than 6 months! And unless 3G can match or beat current GSM rates... I don't think 3G is worth it...I'd rather go with WiFi.
And what did he say about Japan??
"GSM may become irrelevant as the US waits for the even faster 3G standards, although 3G won't be available for three years. Japan is skipping GSM entirely to go to 3G."
Uhmmm... maybe cuz Japan likes having their own EVERYTHING... they run 100volts, not 110 or 220. They have i-Mode, not WAP, they have their own FM radio bands, as well as their own version of PAL-SECAM. They also never used AMPS, ETACS, TDMA, D-AMPS, or ANY "standard". Even for GSM, they use their own PCD standard. Wanna know why??? It improves export revenues. I highly doubt Japan's 3G will be a standard 3G network/handset.
TechTV has been pretty reputable... but once in a while, they get weird "tech-head glitches" hehehehe
[ This Message was edited by: jplacson on 2003-02-08 19:43 ]
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Posted: 2003-02-08 20:38:00
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Man, my P800 will be "IN" for a long time!!!
Every1 I know know still has a Nokia 5100 LOL
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Posted: 2003-02-09 08:25:00
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There is an new nokia model called 5100 ,look at nokia.com ... If you aren't informated ...
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Posted: 2003-02-09 11:42:00
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That's a good one.. LOL... actually, some still are using the startac. I'm waiting for my P800 to arrive (on backorder). For now, I have to settle for the Panasonic GD87 (can't complain).
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Posted: 2003-02-09 14:37:00
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what do you mean settle
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Posted: 2003-02-09 14:54:00
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