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Old 02-19-2002, 05:28 PM
Daniel
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Default I agree , 71xx series sucks

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Originally Posted by JMountford
Daniel you may be right about standardizing, but I doubt it will ever happen. I find it so blam dang doubtful that Verizon and Sprint PCS have any intention on completely rebuilding their networks to use GSM/GPRS. I do know that AT&T is switching from TDMA to GSM/GPRS so I guess TDMA is gone but CDMA is here for at least a very, very long time. And have you ever noticed that with the exception of onyl a few companies like TI OEMs do not exist in America for cell phones. We rely on out of country Manufacturers for our phones. It kinda bites.
The US really needs change in this area if there is to be real innovation. It's sad but true, kind of a viscious (sp?) cycle: bad networks = no demand = no investment = bad networks.

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Originally Posted by JMountford
PS. Thanks for the Infosync link I'll take a look.
No problem.

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Originally Posted by nirav28
The phone has a tendency to shutdown without any reason. I think this is due to the battery contacts on the back of the phone. (it uses the same battery as the 51xx/61xx series).
Fold a peice of (thin) cardboard over a couple of times and put it in between the phone and the battery, that should "solve" the problem.

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Originally Posted by nirav28
Also the slide becomes loose after some time , so the phone doesn't properly end a call when you shut the slide. Several times, I've had to open and shut the slide to end a call or manually hit "end".
I had the automatic-reboot-on-use-of-flip feature, very, very, character building. I am surprised that the phone is still in one peice.

daniel
 
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