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Posted: 2004-09-29 09:24:00
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Who else makes mobile phones in the US? I know Kyocera do, only found this out recently, I thought they mainly made laser printers and the like!
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Posted: 2004-09-29 09:27:51
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Sammy_boy wrote:
Who else makes mobile phones in the US?
I have no idea.
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Posted: 2004-09-29 09:32:00
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I did notice that Americans speak just as loudly into their mobiles as Europeans do!
I'm surprised that the American networks don't seem to be making more of an effort to push more advanced services and to provide the absolute best that they can; surely they realise that this would make them more money.
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Posted: 2004-09-29 09:32:24
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On 2004-09-29 09:32:24, scotsboyuk wrote:
I'm surprised that the American networks don't seem to be making more of an effort to push more advanced services and to provide the absolute best that they can; surely they realise that this would make them more money.
but to do that, they'll have to spend substantially large amounts of money for infrastructure. and also, since they have cdma/tdma they aren't sure what standard to use for data access. (qualcomm cdma or gsm).
almost all of the mobiles in the u.s are made in china or other places.
since most cdma phones have no sim cards, u have to get the handset from the mobile phone company... so its whatever they provide.
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Posted: 2004-09-29 09:44:47
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@plasmadog
It seems illogical that the U.S. networks didn't agree on a standard years ago, even if it wasn't GSM, it would still have made things so much easier for them.
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Posted: 2004-09-29 09:47:44
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On 2004-09-29 09:27:51, Sammy_boy wrote:
Who else makes mobile phones in the US? I know Kyocera do, only found this out recently, I thought they mainly made laser printers and the like!
what about motorola? They're an american company...
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Posted: 2004-09-29 09:59:00
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but most of motorola phones are made by benq, their oem.
yes, motorola basically is an american handset manufacturer but most of their facilities are overseas.
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Posted: 2004-09-29 10:27:16
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plasmadog wrote:
but to do that, they'll have to spend substantially large amounts of money for infrastructure. and also, since they have cdma/tdma they aren't sure what standard to use for data access. (qualcomm cdma or gsm).
GSM is becoming more of a standard, now with AT&T Wireless and Cingular (who just recently purchased AT&T Wireless) migrating to GSM.
(The move to GSM started before Cingular bought AT&T though. There was no cause & effect from this purchase as far as GSM was concerned, or so it seemed.)
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Posted: 2004-09-29 14:53:47
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3G Information in the US:
http://www.mobileburn.com/news.jsp?Id=876&source=SIDEBARHOME
http://www.mobileburn.com/news.jsp?Id=841&source=SEARCH
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Posted: 2004-09-29 16:05:21
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