Simultaneous Talking and Surfing Being Prepped by Verizon
to late
Maybe someone should tell the VZW spokesmen to shut his pie hole?
Well April of 2012 doesn't seem like "many" years away to me.
Verizon ains to cover 75%of the country by April 2012
http://www.androidcentral.com/verizon-android-leaked ... »
ajac09 said:
No phone currently supports it and new phones have to be made to support this new SVDO CDMA.
I've done a bit more reading and it looks like odds are that most high-end revA handsets only need a software upgrade to use SVDO. I know the original Motorola Droid supported EVRC-B which is the only mandated feature at the handset level. Handsets won't be the problem.
The problem is that, after further investigation, it appears that this is not simply a software upgrade on the base station side. There is hardware that needs to be updated to make this thing go, and that will probably kill its North American deployment prospects for VZW or Sprint.
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CDMA based products will be around for a long time to come for things like voice and SMS. Many rural markets may not see 4G for years if ever. 4G is for data. There is a huge opportunity for wireless companies to take cable internet subscribers.
It is a worthwhile investment to upgrade CDMA as far as possible until 4G products can adequately replace it.
I digress.
The point is: If they actually only use LTE for data but continue to use CDMA for voice then this might be necessary. It is way beyond me. I'm sure Cell Student or someone ha...
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