I'd be a little worried that they were only 1900Mhz here in Canada. I've been working with cell phones for many years now, and a phone that does not have 850Mhz is problematic. If you are primarily using VoIP and Wi-Fi, then it sounds like a great phone, but unless they brought out 850Mhz on it, I can't see myself getting one.
When Rogers first rolled out their GSM network, it was plagued with problems because they overlaid their 1900Mhz GSM network overtop of their existing Digital/Analog network. Unfortunately 1900 does not penetrate as well as the lower frequencies, meaning a lot of reception holes appeared. This "Swiss Cheese" effect was only countered after they released phones with the 850Mhz band in it and began expanding their network. Just some words of advice if you are thinking of getting one. Make sure you know the limitations of the 1900 only. If they ever bring them in with 850 though, I'm definitely interested! Christopher Allsop All-Aboard Telecom -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Simon P. Ditner Sent: March 24, 2008 8:03 AM To: biz Subject: [biz] Re: OpenMoko rev. 2 This batch is the 900/1800/1900mhz series, not 850/1800/1900 :-/ On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 9:29 AM, Simon P. Ditner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Answers to the frequently asked questions: > - They're not cheap; $200 to reserve, $400 total > - They support GSM, no CDMA -- so Rogers/Fido network only > - I'm checking whether these ones support 850mhz, which is important > for coverage outside the city cores > > > On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 10:09 PM, Simon P. Ditner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > The guys from Koolu wrote me and said they have a block of rev 2. > > OpenMoko phones coming in at the end of April > > (http://koolu.com/Koolu-WE-Appliance/WE-Phone.html; they do come in > > black). If anyone is interested in pre-ordering before they go up on > > their website, email me offlist and perhaps we can do a group order if > > there's enough interest. > > > > Cheers, > > spd > > (no, I don't get a kickback ;-), but yes I have some stock) > > > > > > -- > | It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what > | you know for sure that just ain't so. -- Mark Twain > | > | The Toronto Asterisk Users Group > | Join the discussion group by visiting http://taug.ca > -- | It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what | you know for sure that just ain't so. -- Mark Twain | | The Toronto Asterisk Users Group | Join the discussion group by visiting http://taug.ca --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
