response below ... <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 11:48 AM, Marius Gedminas <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:marius@pov.lt">marius@pov.lt</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 07:38:47AM -0200, fcassia wrote:<br>
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 7:23 AM, Matt Emson <<a href="mailto:memsom@interalpha.co.uk">memsom@interalpha.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br>
> > John Holmblad wrote:<br>
> >> Having said that, and, given that there is a WIMAX<br>
> >> version of the N810 I don't see an inherent technical or cost reason why<br>
> >> there could not also be a version with a 2g/3g radio (GSM/HSDPA, or<br>
> >> CDMA/EVDO) as well.<br>
> >><br>
> > I suspect it would be GSM/HSDPA based, as this is what we use in Europe.<br>
> > I'm not even sure if any carriers in the UK support EVDO? Probably, but<br>
> > no one talks about it.<br>
><br>
> I can only speak about LatAm. Down here in Argentina, all carriers<br>
> switched to GSM long ago. There's no one still selling CDMA based<br>
> networks.<br>
><br>
> 3G afaik is HSDPA in the 1900 Mhz band.<br>
<br>
</div>3G is UMTS (or WCDMA); HSDPA is sometimes called 3.5G.<br>
<br>
When I heard that 3G uses different frequencies in different countries,<br>
and that not all 3G phones support all frequencies, I was rather<br>
disappointed.<br>
<br>
Marius Gedminas<br>
<font color="#888888"></font><br></blockquote></div><br>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.<br>
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