[maemo-users] Re: Can´t believe N900 doesn´t support 850/1900 UMTS...

[From: Fernando Cassia]

On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 2:47 AM, Timo Pelkonen <peltsip at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> I'm just pissed off about this
> iwannahaveallandifidontgetitinthreesecondsiwillbeverypissedandwriteangryblognotesandtrollatforumsandcallcompanyxxxnames
> -attitude.
>
> I bet quad band were left out because there was no time to get it working
> at the first place and it probably will be added to successors..(atleast if
> there are good experiences from n97 minis implementation)
>
> Ossipena
>

Getting it to work on a given geographical region is not "featuritis" ("I
want this and that and that too"). As Jamie Zawinsky once said about
software "Shipping is a feature. Your product should have it". I agree. But
also "getting it to work on all frequencies is a feature, your phone should
have it". ;-)

I bet it comes down to the radio chipset used. The little I know about
smartphones, the "radio" part is more or less an isolated section. The
manufacturer can choose which radio chipset to use. Of course, multi-band
radios cost more.

FC
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