As an additional point to Chris's message, sometimes there is actual hardware differences. For example the Nokia 6650 Flip from AT&T and the 6650 from T-Mobile, I believe in the UK. Another example of a branded model is the E73 with T Mobile USA. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Chaltain" <[email protected]> To: "Talks Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 9:32 AM Subject: Re: [Talks] memory cards
Branded means the phone is running software that's been modified by or on behalf of the phones carrier, such as AT&T. It usually means there's some bloatware added with the carrier logo and enticements to buy into the carriers services, not unlike buying a PC from HP, for example. Sometimes features in Nokia's firmware for the same phone have been modified or disabled. Sometimes this is to "enhance" the user's experience, at least in the eyes of the carrier, but it may also be to force you into using the carrier's service, such as a paid GPS service instead of a free GPS application from Nokia. The N75 is a good example. there was an unbranded N75 running stock firmware from Nokia as well as an AT&T branded N75. Note this isn't the same as having a phone locked to a specific carrier. Also, some phones, like the E71X are branded to AT&T, but there's no unbranded equivalent. The E71 for example, is actually just a different phone, and not an unbranded version of the E71x. -- Christopher [email protected] On 1/13/2011 8:50 AM, Allan wrote: > hi, > what do you mean by "unbranded" and "branded"? > > > -- > > Allan (WKF) > > #¤#¤#¤#¤#¤#¤#¤#¤#¤#¤#¤#¤#¤#¤#¤#¤#¤#¤#¤#¤#¤#¤#¤#¤#¤#¤#¤#¤#¤# > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Brad Keller > To: Talks Mailing List > Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 22:02 > Subject: Re: [Talks] memory cards > > > My statement still holds true. Some phones that will take the HC card when > unbranded may not take them when branded. e.g. the 6790 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mario"<[email protected]> > To: "Talks Mailing List"<[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 11:49 PM > Subject: Re: [Talks] memory cards > > > If you read my email, i specified micro sd hc capacity phones. > > And all of the hc phone will take cards above 2gig. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brad Keller"<[email protected]> > To: "Talks Mailing List"<[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 11:05 AM > Subject: Re: [Talks] memory cards > > >> This is not always true. There are some branded phones out there that >> will >> only except up to a 2GB micro SD card. Some of the older models even >> unbranded will have problems with larger cards. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Mario"<[email protected]> >> To: "Talks Mailing List"<[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 5:49 PM >> Subject: [Talks] memory cards >> >> >> most phones that take a micro sd hc memory card wil be able to handle >> 32gig >> card. >> >> When phone specs sate that the phone can take up to a certain size card, >> it >> can generally take larger size card. >> >> However, i have found that when i use a larger card than the phone specs >> say, accessing the larger card is slower. >> How much slower is detirmmend by how much data is on the card, and the >> individual phone, processor etc. >> >> hth >> >> >> >> ======= >> Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. >> (Email Guard: 7.0.0.21, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.16680) >> http://www.pctools.com/ >> ======= > _______________________________________________ > Talks mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.talksusers.com/mailman/listinfo/talks > > Hosting of this list provided courtesy of: > eHosting Limited: http://www.ehosting.com/ > and > Talknav Inc. http://www.talknav.net/ _______________________________________________ Talks mailing list [email protected] http://lists.talksusers.com/mailman/listinfo/talks Hosting of this list provided courtesy of: eHosting Limited: http://www.ehosting.com/ and Talknav Inc. http://www.talknav.net/ _______________________________________________ Talks mailing list [email protected] http://lists.talksusers.com/mailman/listinfo/talks Hosting of this list provided courtesy of: eHosting Limited: http://www.ehosting.com/ and Talknav Inc. http://www.talknav.net/
