Jonathon Suggs wrote:
Jonathon Suggs wrote:
I HIGHLY doubt (I'd actually be willing to bet) that the Neo is
incapable of working with the US carriers. Now, that doesn't mean
that it will be easy in the first few weeks/months of the developers
edition of the device, but it is not a hardware limitation. So, don't
worry about whether or not you will be able to get onto the
network...you will.
On which plan!??! Which plan can I get on the network with and which
can I not? There's a big different between a $9.99/mo plan and a
$39.99/mo plan. I don't want to become a neo developer if it's going to
cost me an additional $480/year beyond the initial device cost. This
whole "don't worry about it, you can get on somehow" crap is absurd!
It just may require a little elbow grease to get
it working. However, if you actually did read the wiki, the
developers edition is NOT meant for non-technical users, or users that
can't handle bugs.
Just to clarify, I'm betting that the Neo WILL be able to get onto the
networks via GPRS. I know there is a lot of discussion, but GSM and
GPRS are standardized protocols. Therefore, if the NEO hardware is able
to implement these standards, then it WILL be able to get onto the
network (which I'm willing to bet that it does).
Sorry to be condescending, in that last email, but it was written in a
somewhat arrogant tone. So, please no bad blood on the mail list.
Bottom line, you WILL be able to use the Neo on GPRS networks in the
US. My other email has the plans that will work. Again, they may take
some additional work to get up and running, but eventually it will work
and will be a much more user-friendly experience. But if you want a
phone during the developers phase, then don't count on it happening
within a specific timetable unless you are willing to do the work yourself.
Johnathan, it's not as simple as just "a GPRS network in the US". See
my thread "What mobile service to get". There are 12 data plans offered
by cingular. Different prices. Some of them have "Blackberry" in the
title. Can neo work with those? How do you know? After all, it's a
"GPRS network". As I said in my original response in this thread, the
sheer volume of information, and the tentative way everyone presented it
in my thread, indicates that finding a mobile plan is, in fact, not
simple, and I SHOULD worry about it.
The openmoko people had better provide us some information about what
will work and what won't, or I'm out and advising others to do the same.
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