>>>> "Ortwin Regel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 02/12/08 3:22 PM >>> > It sounds like Michael was talking about GSM in general. The area not > covered by that indeed does seem negligible in the US. You have got a > different issue. From what I picked up, it is not reasonably possible > to change the hardware in a GTA01 to support the 850 Mhz band. The > best option you have is probably to sell your GTA01 and get a GTA02 > that supports 850 Mhz when they become available. > > Ortwin
this is correct. due to limited resources we had to decide to rather focus on gta02 and make 850MHz possible there instead of finding a reasonable process on reworking gta01. the point is that ((shipping and manhours doing it) + (the time to set the whole logistics and process up / number of possible wanted reworks)) just gives a very unrealistic number which makes it even cheaper to directly go to gta02-850 and sell the gta01 to somebody who can use it in 900mhz-land. reworking requires lots of time due to the high packaging density inside a phone and also measuring equipment which we only have in asia. (which generates hassle with customs, taxes, etc.. you really do not wanna know ;) its not only changing firmware in gsm and exchanging a few parts. it also needs to be recalibrated. to sum it up: the status is that a 850mhz rework for gta01 for 'the masses' is not possible. please bear with us that this was not a decision taken lightly. -- Joachim Steiger developer relations/support _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community