User: ratonovitch
These are the most recent forum messages posted by ratonovitch:
Re: pssssst.... NOBODY CARES~~~!!!!
This is why mobile TV is failing... People don't understand the technology, so they can't appreciate just how cool it is.
Once upon a time, Qualcomm bought a company called Flarion. Flarion had done much to develop a technology called OFDMA, which had incredibly high bandwidth, but it had a drawback: the bandwidth was particularly suited for one-way communication. What to do with such a tech? Broadcast. Broadcast mobile TV.
So Qualcomm built a whole frigging network based on OFDMA, ...
answer: YES
I answered my own question. Yes, my iPhone (3GS) has a 850MHz radio.
Actually, it has quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900) and tri-band WCDMA (850/1900/2100). Pretty cool.
https://www.phonescoop.com/phone/pho ne.php?p=2220
850MHz radio in iPhone?
Great, but does my iPhone have a 850MHz radio?
Re: Who cares...
Oh! I know! Let's just make another law to fix that problem. See! This is really simple.
Instead of enforcing the laws we already have, our legislators just make more laws so it looks like they are actually doing something. That's the way it works in our wonderful country.
Re: Security?
Perhaps I mis-attributed a quote to Apple. Industry pundits speculate security is one reason Flash has not made it to the iPhone yet. A larger issue (according to the pundits) might be Apple's desire to control content. Whatever the reason, I am just jealous that Android adopters have Flash and I do not.
From MacNewsWorld:
There's another potential reason for an Adobe impasse with Apple and RIM: security issues.
"The ability to remotely execute malware or bad code through a Flash application ...
Security?
Apple says one reason Flash is unavailable for the iPhone is that Flash is not secure. Have Adobe and HTC conquered this issue?
What about wimax?
Does this mean wimax at sprint is dead?
Don't worry! BC and QC will settle, and the ban will be lifted!
The way an injunction works is that Broadcom now owns the legal right to enforce the ban. But Broadcom doesn't _have_ to enforce it, and they probably won't. Hurting Qualcomm might make Broadcom execs feel really good, but they are probably more interested in making money. If the ban is enforced, Broadcom would miss a huge opportunity to bargain with Qualcomm, since Broadcom's bottom line is not necessarily going to be improved by screwing Qualcomm. The _only_ way Broadcom ...
Re: bare with me I'm trying to learn
Cingular's technology will perform better in the long run.
Despite their disparate names, EV-DO and HSDPA are "essentially" the same technology (they're both CDMA, and HSDPA is an application of EV-DO-like enhancements to UMTS) There is one major difference: bandwidth. UMTS (HSDPA) runs in a 5MHz channel, while CDMA2000 (EV-DO) runs in a 1.25MHz channel.
Here's the kicker: HSDPA does not have three times the capacity or throughput as EV-DO. If you ran three EV-DO channels, occupying the same bandswidth as ...
Re: Not EVDO
Ouch. You probably want to hold your tongue before you call someone an idiot next time. MediaFLO utilizes OFDMA technology, not CDMA. MediaFLO will be broadcast on a different network, owned by Qualcomm, in a different frequency band than Verizon's network. In this way, MediaFLO complements Verizon's EVDO network. I think the press release was worded that way to personalize it for the Verizon brand.