"And just this week, the Australian Federal Police specified that any new handsets it purchases for its mobile phone fleet must be 3G capable." ...
Now of course, whether they like it or not, every large organisation will be forced to use 3G sooner or later as the 2G networks are eventually phased out. But one could surmise that CIOs at some of these early adopters are looking to gain a competitive advantage by jumping on board before that time." - http://tinyurl.com/yjs3pc | http://preview.tinyurl.com/yjs3pc In Australia: Vodafone, Optus and Telstra all provide 800/1900 GSM. Vodafone, Optus, Telstra and Hutchison "3" all provide 2100 3G Telstra also operates another 3G network with wider coverage, called "NextG". This network is run using: UMTS 3G, 850MHz, HSDPA WiMax is due to come out some time soon. Would there be any possibility of swapping modules on the Neo 1973, or should we just treat it as disposable and hope for multiple OpenMoko options instead? It may be worth having two phones as an initial release - to demonstrate the versatility of OpenMoko - ie. one more budget/multimedia orientated, one more professional, GPS, etc. or with optional add-ons. I realise this would require a lot of extra effort, but I'm just trying to think of ways to separate the idea of OpenMoko from the Neo 1973. Given the mass of wireless network standards, a multifunction radio or swappable radio would be of great benefit, unless the Neo 1973 is fairly cheap, as it would need to be replaced (or already needs to be replaced). Ben _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/community
