A few CDMA phones can also work on GSM networks. The CDMA version of the HTC Touch Pro2 was an example of that. The US CDMA carriers sometimes sell these phones as 'world phones' but tend to block US GSM frequencies in the devices.
With the CDMA Touch Pro2, phone enthusiasts figured out how to unlock access to the US GSM frequencies. Doing so requires unlocking and reflashing the phone. Google and xdadevelopers is your friend if you want to know more. (The hardware is definitely capable of both GSM and CDMA, most restrictions in place are due to carriers blocking the devices from working to their full potential.) (Whether you re-enable this capability may depend on whether you have a need for it along with how you feel about device ownership. This is the ownership and control debate...do you feel a device you bought and paid for actually belongs to you and is something you can do with as you please as long as it doesn't negatively affect other users? Or is the device just a 'rented' communications network access device that you have no right to modify? The jailbreaking of iPhones, iPads, Playstations, and XBoxes to run custom software and add capabilities raises very similar issues about device ownership and control.) On 3/21/2011 12:03 PM, Jan Stanger wrote: > Non-GSM and me is like drinking orange juice right after brushing your > teeth -- it doesn't go together. I need my phone to be working in other > countries, too. > > Sent from my Windows Phone From: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 13:10 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [T-Mobile-US] Re: AT&T to buy T-Mobile USA > Alternative?? Go with a non GSM carrier!! Both T-Mobile and AT&T suck!! > > Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® ------------------------------------ - - T-Mobile-US on Google Groups: http://groups.google.com/group/T-Mobile-US _ _ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/T-Mobile-US/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/T-Mobile-US/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
