"If it weren't for RIM's "help, we're stuck in 2006 and can't get out!" approach of topping this thing out with EDGE data, we'd be all over its warm embrace of an all-new form factor -- but yeah, seriously RIM, what's up with that?"
Well, the answer to that is pretty straight forward. T-Mo don't have a 3G network, and by the sounds of your reporting, they're not going to have 3G anytime in the near future. So, why should RIM spend the bucks putting 3G radios in these?
I'm not sold on the form factor and will stick with my 8310 till the 9000, but I'm sure this will appeal to a small segment of the market. Good for RIM
I don't think a carrier can really be said to "have a 3G network" until it exists in at least half their major metro markets -- or even a quarter of them.
You missed the big news of the week - T-Mobile is launching a "voice-only 3G network pilot in NYC. So, sorry, there is no 3G data on T-Mo. In NYC, or anywhere else in the US.
Are you sure you know what you are talking about? It's impossible to connect to two radio (UMTS for voice and GSM/EDGE for data) at the same time. You are either on UMTS/3G or GSM/EDGE for both voice and data. BTW T-Mobile users in NY reported that they are using UMTS for data.
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"If it weren't for RIM's "help, we're stuck in 2006 and can't get out!" approach of topping this thing out with EDGE data, we'd be all over its warm embrace of an all-new form factor -- but yeah, seriously RIM, what's up with that?"
Well, the answer to that is pretty straight forward. T-Mo don't have a 3G network, and by the sounds of your reporting, they're not going to have 3G anytime in the near future. So, why should RIM spend the bucks putting 3G radios in these?
I'm not sold on the form factor and will stick with my 8310 till the 9000, but I'm sure this will appeal to a small segment of the market. Good for RIM
Hey Rex....3G launched in NYC for T-Mo yesterday...where have you been?
@threeG
I don't think a carrier can really be said to "have a 3G network" until it exists in at least half their major metro markets -- or even a quarter of them.
/One/ city just doesn't cut it.
ThreeG
You missed the big news of the week - T-Mobile is launching a "voice-only 3G network pilot in NYC. So, sorry, there is no 3G data on T-Mo. In NYC, or anywhere else in the US.
http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/30/t-mobile-to-debut-3g-as-voice-only-no-data-were-over-it/
@ Rex,
Are you sure you know what you are talking about? It's impossible to connect to two radio (UMTS for voice and GSM/EDGE for data) at the same time. You are either on UMTS/3G or GSM/EDGE for both voice and data. BTW T-Mobile users in NY reported that they are using UMTS for data.