* Harald Welte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070314 19:02]: > On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 12:10:22PM -0400, Mike wrote: > > > I had thought this would be like other third party electronics- like > > third party phone chargers for example- which do specify (and guarantee) > > what they'll work with. I guess not. > > I don't understand what is wrong about selling a device that has > > 1) FCC approval > 2) GSM certification > > The whole point about having norms and standards is that you do _not_ > have to talk to each and every vendor and/or operator, but that everyone > just complies with those starndards, have stringend certification > procedures, and ensure inter-vendor and cross-operator interoperability.
Well, US carriers joined the GSM game late, and they seem to keep the endusers even more ignorant then their collegues in Europe ;) Andreas _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community