03-24-2006, 08:25 PM
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Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 15,171
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North American Wireless Technology News of the Week
Two interesting headlines in the North American wireless industry caught my eye this week:- Cingular is going to be shutting down legacy TDMA and analog networks by 2008. While the analog shutdown isn't surprising, as the government has been encouraging carriers to start planning for it to free up spectrum for 3G and other technologies, the quick TDMA shutdown is a bit of a surprise. Looks like Cingular is looking to open up space for their burgeoning GSM/UMTS/HSDPA networks. As it stands, there's no (current?) Pocket PC Phone with TDMA or analog, so this is a good thing for us.
- EVDO Revision A is making its way to the market, with the announcement of Sierra Wireless's announcement of both Cardbus and Mini-PCI cards supporting the standard. EVDO Rev A will support roughly 3Mbps downstream/1.8Mbps upstream; while it remains to see what bandwidth carriers will support, the card is supposed to be available in the 3rd quarter, hinting at some EVDO Rev A support at the end of this year. No clue if any EVDO Rev A Pocket PCs are in the deadline or if existing Pocket PCs could be upgraded, but either way, this is seriously fast bandwidth (outside of Japan).
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03-24-2006, 10:34 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 349
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Something tells me that this is going to be unlikely a firmware upgrade on existing EVDO Pocket PC Phones, and if it is, it's even less likely that our current carriers (Verizon and Sprint) will make the effort to release such a firmware upgrade.
In other words, new purchase... 
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