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The mobile phone thread (pg. 38)
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| Banora |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sushipunk
:conf: Letting you have texting? |
Yeah, she agreed to pay for my cellphone while I was in school as long as I have over a 3.5. But, being a grandma, she doesn't understand why I can't just 'pick up the phone and call someone' instead of texting. So she had the feature turned off.
| quote: | Originally posted by shaw
I didn't know Jitterbugs could text. |
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| gehzumteufel |
Worthless for those of you on CDMA. Would be quite fine for me. :p
Also, Verizon is going to a GSM 4g standard...soo.....:p |
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| shaw |
| Nooooooooooooooooooo |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by shaw
Nooooooooooooooooooo |
You will benefit in the end. Less development time for a device, less hassle because they will only have to support 1 standard at some point, as opposed to 2. |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by shaw
when? |
Well the LTE network is lit, and will be available for consumers next year. It will start as data only, but they are going to be doing voice over LTE also. So figure in the next two years, there will start to be a transition to the new stuff, and within 5 years, CDMA will be legacy. |
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| shaw |
| So, what happens to my Incredible? |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by shaw
So, what happens to my Incredible? |
It will still work. CDMA isn't going away for good for about 10 years. Verizon had their AMPS (analogue) stuff on till like 2003 I think. |
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| shaw |
| What network did Startacs use? |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by shaw
What network did Startacs use? |
The original ones used AMPS. |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by gehzumteufel
Well the LTE network is lit, and will be available for consumers next year. It will start as data only, but they are going to be doing voice over LTE also. So figure in the next two years, there will start to be a transition to the new stuff, and within 5 years, CDMA will be legacy. |
Well, it looks like I was REALLY close in approximate dates.
| quote: | | eWeek is reporting that Verizon Wireless told executive IT managers that they plan to launch LTE in 30 “NFL cities” by the end of 2010. The quote came from Verizon senior federal sales executive Bernie McMonagle. The executive did not detail which specific cities would be getting Verizon’s 4G service, but he did reiterate that they would be major metropolitan areas and that his company would have the entire country covered in LTE by 2013. Unfortunately, McMonagle also said that LTE smartphones, due to there scarcity, would not be launched in conjunction with the thirty city rollout. |
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| ali92 |
| quote: | Originally posted by gehzumteufel
It will still work. CDMA isn't going away for good for about 10 years. Verizon had their AMPS (analogue) stuff on till like 2003 I think. |
Actually it was 2008. |
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