Name someone in the US that is using them. Anyone? I'll give you a hint, it's the maker of a GPS tracker for kids. That's it. I never said anything regarding the length of time this has been out...12 years and it's still not standard. You are changing the point of what I said just enough to again try and be 'right'.
On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 4:36 PM, t.piwowar <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jan 31, 2010, at 3:32 PM, mike wrote: > >> Yes in fact it is non-standard, take the glasses off and read a little >> more >> about it. Apple used this sim for the one purpose of not allowing the >> standard sims to be placed in the device. The micro sim is not a 'thing >> of >> the future' it is just a level of control >> > > Gramps, dem dar new-fangled micro-SIMs have been around for 11 years and > standardized 7 years ago. And it is backwards compatible too. > > "The micro-SIM was developed by the European Telecommunications Standards > Institute along with SCP, 3GPP (UTRAN/GERAN), 3GPP2 (CDMA2000), ARIB, > GSMAssociaton (GSMA SCaG and GSMNA), GlobalPlatform, Liberty Alliance, and > the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) for the purpose of fitting in into devices > otherwise too small for a mini-SIM card.[4] [5] The form factor was > mentioned in the Dec 1998 3GPP SMG9 UMTS Working Party which is the > standards setting body for GSM SIM cards[6]and the form factor was agreed > upon in late 2003" > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro-SIM > > And quit waving your cane at me! > > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
