NEWS: Motorola shows new phones, media partnerships

On 17 May 2007 10:00:53 -0500, t@toddh.net (Todd H.) wrote:

>This is my experience with a GSM model on Cingular.

Hmmmm...insignificant info since I was thinking you were on Verizon
since it is a Verizon group.
Thanks anyway.

Pegleg <Pegleg@usnavyret.mil> writes:

> On 17 May 2007 10:00:53 -0500, t@toddh.net (Todd H.) wrote:
>
> >This is my experience with a GSM model on Cingular.
>
> Hmmmm...insignificant info since I was thinking you were on Verizon
> since it is a Verizon group.
> Thanks anyway.

You must have missed that the original thread was cross posted and my
specific mention of GSM/Cingular that you had to read over when
trimming the quote.

If your 'thanks anyway' is sincere, no worries.

Best Regards,
--
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It is alleged that Pegleg claimed:

> On 17 May 2007 10:00:53 -0500, t@toddh.net (Todd H.) wrote:
>
> >This is my experience with a GSM model on Cingular.
>
> Hmmmm...insignificant info since I was thinking you were on Verizon
> since it is a Verizon group.

Check the Newsgroups line... I'm reading this thread from the Cingular
group.

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On 17 May 2007 11:15:26 -0500, t@toddh.net (Todd H.) wrote:

>You must have missed that the original thread was cross posted and my
>specific mention of GSM/Cingular that you had to read over when
>trimming the quote.
>
>If your 'thanks anyway' is sincere, no worries.

It was sincere.

I'm starting to look at replacements for my V710 but need info from
Verizon subscribers so I can know how Verizon has screwed with the
phone.

Regards

Pegleg <Pegleg@usnavyret.mil> writes:

> On 17 May 2007 11:15:26 -0500, t@toddh.net (Todd H.) wrote:
>
> >You must have missed that the original thread was cross posted and my
> >specific mention of GSM/Cingular that you had to read over when
> >trimming the quote.
> >
> >If your 'thanks anyway' is sincere, no worries.
>
> It was sincere.
>
> I'm starting to look at replacements for my V710 but need info from
> Verizon subscribers so I can know how Verizon has screwed with the
> phone.

Absolutely. Not so much for the carrier dicking with it, but the
design of the radio is different between CDMA/VErizon and GSM/Cingular
I believe, or at the very least uses different functionality within
the same phone.

For instance, all this raving about the Startac in this thread -- I
remember trying one of those for Cingular back in their TDMA days, and
my word that STartac was a piece of crap. It dropped the first 3
calls I made within a 12 minute drive home. And coverage wasn't the
issue--I took the phone back after it dropped call #3, got my money
back, exchanged for the free Nokia one (I was a Motorola employee at
the time and was willing to try to spend $150 to remain company
loyal--if the damn phone worked). The Nokia performed flawlessly over
that same stretch of road on the way home. When asked by coworkers
why the Nokia phone, I told em exactly why.

Meanwhile, folks with Verizon at the time with CDMA versions of the
StarTac were very happy campers.

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Jeffrey Kaplan schrieb:
> [...] But there was never a GSM StarTac [...]

I may not have been of much use for you in the US, but that doesn't mean
there was no GSM StarTAC:

http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_startac_85-74.php
http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_startac_130-73.php

Andreas

I remember when Pacific Bell had the GSM StarTAC in Califorinia. The SIM
was the size of a regular credit card and the slot was on the bottom of
the phone so it slid up under the keypad.

Andreas Wenzel wrote:
> Jeffrey Kaplan schrieb:
>> [...] But there was never a GSM StarTac [...]
>
> I may not have been of much use for you in the US, but that doesn't
> mean there was no GSM StarTAC:
>
> http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_startac_85-74.php
> http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_startac_130-73.php
>
> Andreas

It is alleged that Andreas Wenzel claimed:

> Jeffrey Kaplan schrieb:
> > [...] But there was never a GSM StarTac [...]
>
> I may not have been of much use for you in the US, but that doesn't mean
> there was no GSM StarTAC:
>
> http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_startac_85-74.php

I stand (or sit) corrected.

"There was never a GSM StarTac in the US."

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It is alleged that Jeffrey Kaplan claimed:

> It is alleged that Andreas Wenzel claimed:
>
> > Jeffrey Kaplan schrieb:
> > > [...] But there was never a GSM StarTac [...]
> >
> > I may not have been of much use for you in the US, but that doesn't mean
> > there was no GSM StarTAC:
> >
> > http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_startac_85-74.php
>
> I stand (or sit) corrected.
>
> "There was never a GSM StarTac in the US."

And apparently I'm wrong about that too.

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"In terms of timetables, as quickly as possible - whatever that means."
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On Wed, 16 May 2007 23:55:14 +0000, Larry <noone@home.com> wrote in
<Xns9932CB1C65008noonehomecom@208.49.80.253>:

>John Navas <spamfilter1@navasgroup.com> wrote in
>news:3uhk43p42suk5dipn4dlp9f8jffr73p2o3@4ax.com :
>
>> NEW YORK (Reuters) - Motorola Inc. the No. 2 cell phone maker,
>> unveiled a slimmer Razr phone on Tuesday and said it was working with
>> some Hollywood studios to put movies on handsets as it aims to regain
>> market share.
>
>Don't get all excited about this. The carriers will do what Alltel has
>done to Axcess TV streams....Every 10 minutes the damned movie will stop,
>a popup will as you, "Continue watching this movie?" and you'll press the
>YES button, missing 4 minutes of the movie while the damned software
>reloads, recaches and FINALLY starts replaying...later in the movie.
>
>You all don't REALLY think any cellular carrier is going to let you watch
>a stream for a whole 2 hour movie, uninterrupted, do you? PFAT CHANCE!

Other carriers do allow uninterrupted streaming.

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