CDMA is also the dominant standard in South Korea. You actually cared about TDMA coverage and left Cingular because of that? Wow, you deserve the 12 hour time then. hahahaha.. Of course, maybe I'm spoiled because I'm in Seattle. Home of both AT&T Wireless (before Cingular bought them) and T-Mobile.
Anyway, I have Cingular. I've used my phone all over Europe, Canada and even India without missing a beat. And by the way, regardless of your carrier, if you have Microsoft Windows Mobile (Smartphone), then you should be able to set 24 hour time in the regional settings just like you can in Windows. FYI that you can even get it on Verizon. It's more a handset software thing than a CDMA vs GSM thing. On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 20:55:04 -0500, Nat Hager III wrote > Carlton, > > That PO's me too, and I'm forced to live with AM/PM on my VZW cellphone. > Fortunately I still use a wrist watch, not my cellphone, as my > primary timepiece. And of course that's 24h format. > > The problem is that VZW and Sprint use the CDMA digital standard, > which is only used in North America, so there's little incentive > for them to provide 24 h format. Cingular and T-Mobile use the GSM > standard, which is a world standard which pretty much requires they > include 24 h format. > > I had Cingular until August 2005, but left because of their TDMA/GSM > conversion problems. I had a phone that got both networks, until > they informed me they were turning off the TDMA backup. I > subsequently informed them I was turning off Cingular. > > When my contract is up this fall I may shop for a better VZW phone, > or give Cingular another try since GSM conversion is now about complete. > > If you want to get all the lowdown on cellphone lore check Howard Forums: > http://www.howardforums.com/
