So, if one of OpenMoko's successors to the Neo1973 has a wCDMA or other
Japan-compatible radios, how would one use it with the carriers here?
Buy a simple phone from SoftBank or au or docomo just for the SIM card
and access plan?
We can't buy individual SIM's and carrier contracts here in Japan, can we?
Greg
Gerhard Fasol wrote:
> OpenMoko according to my information has a GSM radio/modem
> only - see below. Japan has several different and independent
> radio networks (around 7-8 depending on how you count)
> but none of them is GSM - therefore a GSM radio-based phone
> like OpenMoko will not connect in Japan.
>
> If you are looking for "smart phones" which work in Japan,
> there are Symbian phones and MS-Windows mobile phones.
>
> you can also use JAVA programming.
>
> Or you can pursuade OpenMOKO to move from "legacy"
> GSM and add wCDMA or HSDPA radios
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Gerhard
>
>
> | GSM/GPRS
> | The GSM (including GPRS) modem is Texas Instruments Calypso based.
> |
> | * Connected to: S3C2410 UART1 (full-uart, RxD, TxD, CTS, RTS), /
> dev/ttySAC0 in userspace
> | * PM Driver: https://svn.openmoko.org/trunk/src/target/kernel/
> patches/gta01-power_control.patch
> | * Accessible GSM/GPRS antenna jack (if battery cover is removed)
> |
> | CALYPSO digital baseband
> | Unfortunately we cannot provide many details on the GSM chipset due
> to very tight NDAs.
> | However, this is not neccessarily required, since it interfaces
> using a standard UART
> | serial line with the S3C2410. On that interface, GSM 07.05, GSM 07.10
> | and other standardized protocols are used.
> | TWL3014 analog baseband
> |
> | Product Homepage: TWL3014
> | TRF6151 RF Transceiver
> |
> | Product Homepage: TRF6151
> | Quad-band support
> | GPRS Class12/CS4
Received on Sun Oct 7 10:44:49 2007