Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 03:07:02 +0100 From: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, grog@lemis.com (Greg Lehey) Cc: tlambert@primenet.com (Terry Lambert), keichii@peorth.iteration.net, kris@FreeBSD.ORG (Kris Kennaway), freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GSM vs. CDMA (was: VCD (was Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/ata atapi-cd.c)) Message-ID: <v0422080bb69295553b81@[10.0.1.4]> In-Reply-To: <200101230140.SAA07349@usr08.primenet.com> References: <200101230140.SAA07349@usr08.primenet.com>
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At 1:40 AM +0000 2001/1/23, Terry Lambert wrote: > Nokia has the 5185i; have you looked at it? According to <http://www.nokiausa.com/phones/1,2499,index,FF.html#5100>, that is a US-only model, sold only by Cricket Communications and Verizon. According to <http://www.nokiausa.com/beauty/1,2498,53,FF.html>, the "tri-mode" capabilities that it refers to are "1900MHz CDMA / 800MHz CDMA/ AMPS". This doesn't do you a damn bit of good outside the US. Note that there is a difference between "tri-band" and "tri-mode" phones. The former term is usually used in reference to GSM 900/1800/1900Mhz, the former two frequencies work in Europe and Asia, the latter is one of the two GSM frequencies that work in the US (in those very few places where you have GSM coverage in the US). Contrariwise, tri-mode is usually a term that applies to two different frequencies of a particular digital cell phone technology (e.g., TDMA, CDMA, or GSM), plus AMPS/NAMPS. This is a term frequently used in the US, and is not really applicable outside of that market. I've had 5100 series phones before, and their UI is not nearly as good as the 6100 series (the latter has an extra button or two which make interacting with the phone a lot easier), and the same can be said for many of the other features (the 6100 series usually includes infra-red capability, and with the Nokia Suite software package and the right cable, you can use it to access the Internet without a dedicated GSM modem card). The 7100 series has a built-in modem (used for the WAP browsing), and any compatible computer can connect via Infrared without any additional hardware or software necessary (Jordan Hubbard used it to log in and get his e-mail remotely at the kick-off meeting of the NLFUG last year). Sadly, this is the only model I know of that Nokia makes that has an integrated hardware modem and doesn't require any additional software or hardware on the computer -- I believe that even the new 6200 series (which includes a WAP browser) requires additional software on the computer. -- These are my opinions -- not to be taken as official Skynet policy ====================================================================== Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles@skynet.be> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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