User: scottj
These are the most recent forum messages posted by scottj:
Re: So, who is the lucky carrier?
Sprint is a CDMA provider - this is a GSM phone.
Re: Merger?
I don't see monopoly at all here. What about Verizon, Sprint, all the smaller carriers? Maybe GSM providers decrease in numbers but it would seem to me the monopoly question has to do with the end product/servce, which is wireless communication - who cares about the technology used to deliver it. I think it would be one of the best things that could happen - ie. a Cingular/ATTWS merger, resulting in a strong company to compete ...
Re: Haha.
Really? I can't imagine it would be anyone else. I don't see that T-Mobile brings enough to the table - besides, T-Mobile has a very large presence outside the US. I know some have indicated that it would probably not fly for competitive reasons but I don't see that at all. The market would still be pretty competitive - Verizon is no small fry, plus Sprint and who knows how many smaller players. T-Mobile wouldn't ...
Re: 850 downfall
OK, cool, then we're on the same page here. I don't want a quad-band phone - I just suspected that it might be easier and more cost effective to switch to it rather than to make two separate models with different bands. My whole point is that we do use 850/1900 in the US, we are not a trivial market and we should be seeing cutting-edge handsets made availble in the US - that combined, Cingular and ...
Re: 850 downfall
oh yeah, and, I guess I'm confused. A few posts ago your opionion was:
"Cingular is a huge, huge carrier. A couple years ago, they told manufacturers "we need GSM 850 phones". Such things did not exist then, but here we are and now there are plenty of them. If Cingular said "we need quad-band phones", there would be plenty of them on the market within 12 months. That's what needs to happen."
But then you post:
"Let's be realistic, here. ...
Re: 850 downfall
well, I don't completely agree here. With respect to quad-band, I agree and my point was not that I want one. In fact, I could care less about 900/1800 - I rarely travel abroad and I'm not about to worry about whether or not my phone can - there are plenty of other options. I totally agree with you regarding the size of the US market. In fact, that was my point above, the the ...
Re: 850 downfall
well, I don't completely agree here. With respect to quad-band, I agree and my point was not that I want one. In fact, I could care less about 900/1800 - I rarely travel abroad and I'm not about to worry about whether or not my phone can - there are plenty of other options. I totally agree with you regarding the size of the US market. In fact, that was my point above, the the ...
Re: 850 downfall
"Not when they have the power to influence manufacturers to make phones to their specs.
Cingular is a huge, huge carrier. A couple years ago, they told manufacturers "we need GSM 850 phones".
Hmmm, I'm not quite so sure on this - my biggest beef is the lack of 850 choice. Yes, there are some now but man, look at the very cool products coming out: Nokia 6600, Seimens SX1, Moto MPx200, Sendo X... Not one of these phones ...
Re: 850 downfall
Actually, that's not true. ATTWS is rolling out GSM on the 850 spectrum where it has license to do it. Both Cingular and ATTWS will continue to do so, particularly as they migrate more subscribers off TDMA, again, where they have license to do it. As far as I know, only T-Mobile holds no 800 MHz license in the US and therefore will deploy it's GSM service strictly on 1900. 850/1900 is an issue for ...
Re: 850 downfall
well, I'm on the same wave-length as you here except that I don't see what 850 has to do with anything. My issues are - slow roll-out of reliable, fast, affordable data and the availability of devices which take advantage of them. I'm not clear that the issues brough up here have anything to do with 850 vs. 1900. I'm looking to replace my PocketPC and phone with a single device. GPRS is not a ...
Re: 850 downfall
Really? As far as I know, the only announced EDGE rollout from Cingular is the Indianapolis test market. That's not a significant launch. A significant launch is when it's available everywhere on the network that GPRS is available - ie. in production - not test. Until then, it's only test markets and that doesn't do me (or anyone outside of Indianapolis) any good at all. Besides, the only EDGE capable handsets that I know ...
Re: 850 downfall
I feel your frustration but really I think there's more to it than this. Yes, I wish providers would hurry up with some of their rollouts - I wish GSM coverage was complete and that EDGE was rolled out and that data rates were reasonable. But a provider can't offer a handset that doesn't exist. I've been waiting to jump to GSM and hopefully replace my PocketPC and phone with a single device. So far, ...
