EDGE Disappears From High End Motorolas
Bad for Moto, Great for Nokia, LG, Samsung
....Who will all be debuting EDGE-enabled products by years end, most noticably, Samsungs D600 on Cingular.
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It makes absolutely no sense that Sony Ericsson, Nokia have EDGE working perfectly on their phones, and Samsung and LG are both getting ready to release phones with EDGE...then you have the "number 1 phone manufacturer" or so they say, Motorola, that can't even develop a chipset that utilizes EDGE without problems? That really gives me a bad impression. Nobody wants to pay Motorola's prices and get average features...it's crazy, their high-end phones have tons of features, but to leave EDGE out of the line-up is ridiculous.
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Motorola doesn't develop their own EDGE chipsets, they come from RF Micro. RF Micro dropped the ball, Motorola will feel the effects somewhat. When you look at the broad market though, there are a lot more people out that don't subscribe to EDGE services from their carriers than people that do, so they shouldn't suffer too badly. Plus most of the other big manufacturers buy from RF Micro as well and may not be completely immune to the issues.
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