Well supposedly Motorola is moving entirely to Android and the next series of Android phones are looming so every provider should have Android in one form or another soon.
3G is really helpful when shopping at your favorite electronics store and you need to read a review of something. On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Chris Penn <[email protected]> wrote: > I think we all agree that you cant use the G1 tmobile on the ATT 3g > network because the frequencies are different. The best we can hope > for is a G1 brought to us by AT&T or the openmoko GTA04 for those that > use AT&T. > > Chris... > > On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Dino K <[email protected]> wrote: > > The 3g radio chip operates at that frequency... so not worth hacking. > > > > > > > > On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 10:14 AM, John R. Hogerhuis <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 2:36 AM, Dino K <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > Unfortunately it's not just a hack. They actually use different > >> > frequency > >> > bands. The T-Mobile 3G is in the non-standard 1700mhz band. The ATT > 3G > >> > frequency is actually whats used around the world. How did this > happen? > >> > It's because the FCC auctions those frequency bands off to providers > and > >> > T-Mobile couldn't afford the 14 billion dollars for that frequency > range > >> > but > >> > obviously ma-bell could. > >> > > >> > >> > >> That's what I'm getting at. Is it a limitation in hardware, firmware > >> or software. If firmware or software there's hope for setting the > >> frequency. If hardware, forget about it. > >> > >> -- John. > >> _______________________________________________ > >> LinuxUsers mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LinuxUsers mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > > > > > > > -- > "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to > be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." > -Roger Penrose > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >
