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Audiovox Announces Its First EV-DO Phone

Oct 25, 2004, 9:13 AM by (staff)

Audiovox Communications today announced the CDM-8940, the company's first feature phone with CDMA EV-DO high-speed data technology. EV-DO provides broadband data rates - peaking at 2.4 mbps - for laptops connected via USB. Other features of the clamshell phone include dual 260,000-color TFT displays, a 1.3 megapixel camera with macro and video capture, and a miniSD memory card slot. The tri-mode phone can support either Java or BREW (carrier-dependent). Both Verizon Wireless and Sprint are currently deploying EV-DO networks.

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Achilles

Oct 25, 2004, 1:00 PM

Dual- or tri-mode?

Did the 8940 change from dual- to tri-mode, or did I read a typo?

cp1973

I just e-mailed phonescoop the same question.

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Rich Brome

What the FCC has approved so far is a dual-mode (digital-only) phone. The press release said tri-mode. That's all I know... 😕

Audiovox typically does both versions, and Verizon typically offers the digital-only one. You might see USCC, or even S...
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