[maemo-users] N810 with GSM radio

[From: Jonathan Greene]

response below ...

On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 11:48 AM, Marius Gedminas <marius at pov.lt> wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 07:38:47AM -0200, fcassia wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 7:23 AM, Matt Emson <memsom at interalpha.co.uk>
> wrote:
> > > John Holmblad wrote:
> > >> Having said that, and, given that there is a WIMAX
> > >> version of the N810 I don't see an inherent technical or cost reason
> why
> > >> there could not also be a version with a 2g/3g radio (GSM/HSDPA, or
> > >> CDMA/EVDO) as well.
> > >>
> > > I suspect it would be GSM/HSDPA based, as this is what we use in
> Europe.
> > > I'm not even sure if any carriers in the UK support EVDO? Probably, but
> > > no one talks about it.
> >
> > I can only speak about LatAm. Down here in Argentina, all carriers
> > switched to GSM long ago. There's no one still selling CDMA based
> > networks.
> >
> > 3G afaik is HSDPA in the 1900 Mhz band.
>
> 3G is UMTS (or WCDMA); HSDPA is sometimes called 3.5G.
>
> When I heard that 3G uses different frequencies in different countries,
> and that not all 3G phones support all frequencies, I was rather
> disappointed.
>
> Marius Gedminas
>
>
Unfortunately the bands supported is a country thing more than a
manufacturer and it's how the FCC equivalent decides to offer spectrum.  I
believe the reason the US does not have 2100 band open to public
communications is due to some government / military issue.


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