BAhhh!! T-Mobile previously known as Voicestream has been GSM for
at least 10 years now. AT&T Wireless started GSM migration from
TDMA at least 2001-2002 timeframe, that's 5 years. And Cingular
(previous to AT&T Wireless merger) was GSM starting in 2001 as
well....again 5-6 years ago.
Maybe I'm spoiled being from Seattle, home of the former AT&T
Wireless and home of Voicestream/T-Mobile. But I've used my GSM
phone all over the United States, Europe and even India without hiccup.
I'd say, maybe you give it another try. ;)
At 12:17 2007-06-29, Nat Hager III wrote:
Brian,
The reality is that CDMA is far more built-out in North America than GSM,
both conventional and high-speed. Large-scale GSM has only been around for
2-3 years, whereas CDMA has been around for 10.
I want a phone that works great now, not 2012.
Nat
Sorry....Verizon made the silly mistake of not using GSM. <grin>
At 10:35 2007-06-29, Nat Hager III wrote:
>If they had a VZW broadband model I'd be standing in line this evening!
>
>Nat
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
>Behalf Of Brian J White
>Sent: Friday, 29 June 2007 13:26
>To: U.S. Metric Association
>Subject: [USMA:38974] Re: iPhone
>
>At 10:11 2007-06-29, Nat Hager III wrote:
> >If you watch the demonstrations this thing is innovative as the
> >dickens, which in my mind goes hand in hand with metric. If you
> >watch an old TNT movie - "Pirates of Silicon Valley" - it makes it
> >clear that Jobs was always the radical experimenter while Gates was
> >the shrewd businessman, and this is reflected in the novel iPhone
interface vs.
> >the standard Windows PC.
> >
> >So I would expect someone like Jobs to say 11 mm, without the weird
> >inch conversions.
> >
> >Nat
> >
> >PS The only drawback is its locked to the AT&T/Cingular network
>
>
>Why is that a drawback? The only other provider that can use it is
>T-Mobile. I'm sure someone will figure out a simple way to unlock it
>so you can use it with T-Mobile.
