Heres the deal, Asia was the first country to go live with CDMA in 1995, Sprint was very impressed so they decided to build a CDMA network and go live in 1996, all the nay sayers expected it to fail, it did not. Over the years CDMA has proven to be more reliable and secure than GSM. That is why the Govt is using CDMA for it's wireless transmissions. LTE has yet to make it out of a laboratory, LTE hasn't had any real world testing. Based on network reliability Intel will not incorporate LTE into it's chips. Wimax is like having CDMA on roids, LTE is basically a hi-end GSM network.
GSM networks in America are piggy-backed, they are basically build-ups of older networks, the same will be true for LTE, the CDMA network was built new from the ground up, same is true for Wimax.
Sprint is going Wimax, Verizon is going LTE. I wouldn't say the rest of the world is going LTE since ONLY the majority of the CARRIERS are going LTE, that does not include 3rd party (non carriers) businesses that use wireless transmissions for their business. Just about all of the computer manufacturers will be going with Wimax, especially since Intel is on board with Wimax. In America the financial industry, educational industry, Govt, petroleum industry, etc will all be using Wimax for wireless transmissions. Those industries already use CDMA for their wireless transmissions.
In a bit of irony ATT will be using Wimax for it's residential customers in rural areas.
WOW! There can't be that many sheep... "SO FAR Sprint is the only carrier that said it will use Android". Did you guys not see the SO FAR part?! SO FAR meaning Up to the present moment!
WOW! There can't be that many sheep... "SO FAR Sprint is the only carrier that said it will use Android". Did you guys not see the SO FAR part?! SO FAR meaning Up to the present moment!
Learn to read, no where in my post did I say Sprint will be the only carrier, also get your facts straight, Sprint will be the 1st to use Android, look up the Google - Sprint alliance.
The only problem Sprint "HAD" was customer service, to my understanding it's getting better I've noticed it myself. As far as pricing Sprint can't be beat and the network is solid. Sprint also implemented an 100% open source policy for SDK, the 1st device is the Instinct.
Also, Google, Samsung and Sprint have a solid partnership!
When did Google ever say Android would be released prior to 4thQ 2008? Also, Android is not a phone it's an OS, so far Sprint is the only carrier that said it will use Android. A Sprint official said during a Webinar, "in 4thQ 2008 to 1stQ 2009 Sprint plans on releasing devices that embrace the Android and Linux environments". The Samsung Instinct was developed with Android in mind, a version of Android will be available for the Instinct late 4th Quarter this year to early 1st Quarter next year.
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GSM networks in America are piggy-backed, they are basically build-ups of older networks, the same will be true for LTE, the CDMA network was built new from the ground up, same is true for Wimax.