Tmo US or overseas? I just read an article today that said the micro sim was not in use anywhere in the US.
On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 10:48 PM, b_s-wilk <[email protected]> wrote: > >> nonstandard SIM slot >> >> It is not non-standard. In is the next generation SIM. >> >> Once again, some prefer to be clinging to the past. >> > > This SIM card is too small for those of us who switch cards frequently. The > micro SIM is about 30% smaller [about the size you need to cut a regular SIM > card to fit two SIMs for two networks in one phone], and is too easy to lose > when switching networks. Unless there is a way to add new networks without > removing the card, the micro SIM will be easily lost. > > Since T-Mobile is one of the first to use the cards, there probably will be > a remedy for that in their new European phones and devices. However because > the new specs add multitasking and authentication, it could be an > interesting way to prevent fraud [but that will be circumvented quickly]. > > There's no good reason for the new SIM to be a different size than the old > SIM since the active part is the same size as the current SIM card. However > there may be two not so good reasons. First, size makes it so that the two > cards are distinguishable from each other [not important, since new card is > backward compatible]. More important, the newer SIM won't fit [you can slide > it in, but you can't get it out!] in a lot of current phones that work fine > now but may have to be replaced sooner than expected if AT&T and T-Mobile > decide to switch quickly to the new cards. > > Questionable for most consumers--good for the corporate bottom line. Who > has a budget for this? I can wait until next year, at least, and let the > bleeding edgers get hosed before the price drops. I think I'll go read a > real book now. > > > ************************************************************************* > ** 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/ ** *************************************************************************
