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Re: Excellent, Educational, Easy to Understand Article by Eric Lin
Sep 27, 2005, 6:12 PM
in the Article: Primer: Intro To Cellular Networks forum
lorna said: BTW, whoever decided to call it WCDMA should have realized that it would be perceived by laymen as a CDMA rather than a GSM upgrade. I think that they should have used only UMTS, which doesn't mislead. Wait, so WCDMA isn't actually a revision of CDMA? I'm confused on this too. Can you guys make maybe a flowchart of the upcoming (potential/actual) paths of protocol evolution. i.e. CDMA>1xRTT>EV-DO>....? & GSM>UMTS>....? Are we eventually going to end up with a universal protocol worldwide? Or just super-duper-multi-band phones ...

slightly OT, but the acronyms...
Jul 1, 2005, 1:45 AM
in the Article: Nextel To Trial New Wireless Broadband Tech in D.C. forum
...are just getting way out of hand. "UMTS TD-CDMA" what the crap :? can't they think of a something cool and not engineerish, like "Bluetooth" or "Firewire" sheesh.

yuck.
Jun 23, 2005, 8:06 PM
in the Article: Sprint Nextel To Focus On Sprint Brand Post-Merger forum
I could see yellow on black I guess (like Nikon). but black on on a big pane of mustard? bleh. and c'mon, the best font they could come up with is Myriad? sheesh. they should've stuck with the old Garamond bold italic. sorry. designer in me revolting. at least it's still better than Verizon's awful logo. :lol:

Nice review, but major ommission
Jun 21, 2005, 4:04 PM
in the Article: Review: Sanyo MM-5600 forum
I appreciate the in-depth review of the 5600, but how could you fail to mention the MP3 capability? I consider this to be a major selling point of the phone, as 1. It's the first non-pda MP3-capable Sprint phone since the Samsung Uproar, like 5+ years ago 2. For many, device consolidation is a serious consideration 3. Aside from the higher res screen & camera, MP3 & card storage is the major advantage between it the 7400. (Plus higher price and ...

Re: Go Gary!
May 3, 2005, 5:47 PM
in the Article: Bill Introduced To Repeal Federal Telephone Tax forum
That's my rep :D Woo-hoo! he's also trying to clear up badly congested intersections in south OC. Practical stuff.

maybe it's a given but...
Apr 19, 2005, 2:26 PM
in the Article: Panasonic Officially Exits US Market forum
...you should probably specify they are exiting the US _cellphone_ market, as all their other products I presume sell quite well...

that's hilarious
Oct 25, 2004, 1:54 PM
in the Article: Sprint Announces Feature-Packed PDA Phone forum
"PCC 6601" - almost like the chip in the very first Power Mac :wink: