And unfortunately there are quite a few people here in the US who have no desire to use either of the two GSM providers we have to choose from so CDMA isn't such a bad idea for us. Considering Palm is a US company, they likely chose the US carrier who gave them the best deal. Sprint is in need of a flagship phone so they likely cut the best offer. For those of us U.S. residents who don't like paying more for less, this is a good thing. For the rest of the world, there will be a GSM version soon enough. It's not like there aren't all kinds of non-US GSM phones that we never even see here.
I never understand this. To me, CDMA produces clearer sound, less background noise and NO SPEAKER NOISE when my phone rings (in the car, home, wherever).
It's funny you say this, I have been saying the same thing in reverse for the iPhone. I work for a CDMA carrier (though, admittedly, we also have a GSM overlay) and I personally turned up our EVDO network last year. With the only 3G wireless in the state being CDMA, I've been waiting for something to be comparable to the iPhone for quite a while.
It has always bothered me that CDMA has the last pick of good phones. It makes sense though since GSM was adopted world-wide. GSM seems so open by comparison to CDMA - but not the iPhone. They locked the thing down and, even though I was excited about the product, I couldn't justify purchasing one - 1.) I'd either have to buy AT&T service or crack it for my 2G GSM network and hope the next update doesn't break me - 2.) Apple and AT&T would have to go to you know where and get frostbite before I would give them money for a product and service that they have manipulated into being exclusive when there is no other reason besides blatant greed to make it so. Consumers in support of a free/open market that purchased an iPhone should be ashamed of themselves.
Sprint's 6 month exclusivity is relatively reasonable, or at least consistent with other phone releases. They don't have service at my home, but it doesn't look like that is going to be a problem when the Pre comes out as I should be able to pick one up and program it myself for my own network.
If Sprint is just lacking coverage in your house (but has coverage in most other parts of your area) you could look into the AIRWAVE. Its essentially a little mini sprint tower that you plug into your broadband modem to get full Sprint signal in your house.
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Enuff with the CDMA crap, when are we going to see this GSM? Its so much better with being able to swap out SIMs, unlock and change cell phones.
In about 6months after the release I believe.
And unfortunately there are quite a few people here in the US who have no desire to use either of the two GSM providers we have to choose from so CDMA isn't such a bad idea for us. Considering Palm is a US company, they likely chose the US carrier who gave them the best deal. Sprint is in need of a flagship phone so they likely cut the best offer. For those of us U.S. residents who don't like paying more for less, this is a good thing. For the rest of the world, there will be a GSM version soon enough. It's not like there aren't all kinds of non-US GSM phones that we never even see here.
I never understand this. To me, CDMA produces clearer sound, less background noise and NO SPEAKER NOISE when my phone rings (in the car, home, wherever).
It's funny you say this, I have been saying the same thing in reverse for the iPhone. I work for a CDMA carrier (though, admittedly, we also have a GSM overlay) and I personally turned up our EVDO network last year. With the only 3G wireless in the state being CDMA, I've been waiting for something to be comparable to the iPhone for quite a while.
It has always bothered me that CDMA has the last pick of good phones. It makes sense though since GSM was adopted world-wide. GSM seems so open by comparison to CDMA - but not the iPhone. They locked the thing down and, even though I was excited about the product, I couldn't justify purchasing one - 1.) I'd either have to buy AT&T service or crack it for my 2G GSM network and hope the next update doesn't break me - 2.) Apple and AT&T would have to go to you know where and get frostbite before I would give them money for a product and service that they have manipulated into being exclusive when there is no other reason besides blatant greed to make it so. Consumers in support of a free/open market that purchased an iPhone should be ashamed of themselves.
Sprint's 6 month exclusivity is relatively reasonable, or at least consistent with other phone releases. They don't have service at my home, but it doesn't look like that is going to be a problem when the Pre comes out as I should be able to pick one up and program it myself for my own network.
@benjin
If Sprint is just lacking coverage in your house (but has coverage in most other parts of your area) you could look into the AIRWAVE. Its essentially a little mini sprint tower that you plug into your broadband modem to get full Sprint signal in your house.