At 19:03 2001-01-26, you wrote:
>With a tri-band GSM phone I can get service in most countries that have
>some cell-phone network, the most important exception being Japan. A
>dual-mode phone might correct that, but if I'm not mistaken this phone
>only supports the 900 MHz GSM band. That means it won't work in the US
>(and maybe other countries if they only use the 1800 MHz band). I
>wonder what the target market is for this phone, and how large that is?
Quite large. Western Europe, large part of Eastern Europe, larger parts of
Asia with important locations like Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia and
Malaysia. The most important exceptions are South Korea, South America and
North America.
So for a travelling Japanese user it is quite useful. It's a pity that it's
an inferior phone.
I know that one of the manufacturers are working on a 6 band phone with a
target weight of 180 g. 3xGSM, 2xCDMA, 1xPDC. Would be exciting if it
supported GPRS, packetOne, PDCP. The better alternative for most normal
travellers to a satellite phone. Only TDMA is missing, which is important
only in South America (but they seem to abandon it quickly now).
/g
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Received on Fri Jan 26 21:16:33 2001