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Date:      Tue, 23 Jan 2001 12:25:27 +1030
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com>
Cc:        freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: GSM vs. CDMA (was: VCD (was Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/ata atapi-cd.c))
Message-ID:  <20010123122527.H16170@wantadilla.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0101221840340.33333-100000@shell-2.enteract.com>; from dscheidt@enteract.com on Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 06:42:36PM -0600
References:  <20010123110243.B16070@wantadilla.lemis.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0101221840340.33333-100000@shell-2.enteract.com>

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On Monday, 22 January 2001 at 18:42:36 -0600, David Scheidt wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, Greg Lehey wrote:
>> That depends on where you live.  Triband GSM phones aren't overly
>> expensive, there just aren't many of them.  I have a Motorola L+,
>> which has different names in different parts of the world.  It works
>> just about everywhere I have taken it, and it costs no more than its
>> two-band competitors.  It's just a POS.  I really hate the user
>> interface, and as soon as Nokia comes out with a triband phone, I'll
>> buy one.  I did consider using the Motorola only in America and the
>> Nokia in the Real World(tm), but I found that jumping from one
>> interface to another was more of a nuisance than I thought.  It was
>> relatively simple, though, since I just needed to swap SIMs :-)
>
> Have you considered getting the US version of the same phone you use
> in the US? Still means you need two phones, but only one UI.

Well, the phone I use works in the USA, but I suppose you mean the
Nokia.  Yes, I considered that, but remember that a second phone can
be very expensive.  I've also looked at the US Nokia phones, and
they're noticeably different from the GSM ones.

Greg
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