Community update: The 850 MHz issue

[Joshua Layne]

I hate to add to the fire on this one, but no 850 is a definite deal 
breaker.
No quad-band is a serious limitation, as it has been marketed since 
inception as a quad-band phone.  I'm not sure that I am willing to spend 
$450 for a non-world phone.

Regards,
joshua
Tupshin Harper wrote:
> FWIW, I was planning on buying a GTA02 as soon as its available, but 
> no 850 is a deal breaker since I would be using it on AT&T's network 
> in California. I would certainly be willing to buy it without 900MHZ 
> support, though.
>
> -Tupshin
>
> Michael Shiloh wrote:
>> Unfortunately, this also affects the GTA02, which is now far too 
>> close to production to try to enable quad-band operation.
>>
>> An 850/1800/1900MHz variant has been suggested but this is not yet 
>> determined.
>>
>> Michael
>>
>>
>> Randall Mason wrote:
>>> Will the GTA02 have the quad band board (full working quad band 
>>> capabilities to end users)?
>>>
>>> On 11/5/07, *Michael Shiloh* < michael at openmoko.org 
>>> <mailto:michael at openmoko.org>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     Hello Community,
>>>
>>>     I've just arrived in Taiwan and have figured out the quad band 
>>> issue.
>>>
>>>     The chipset is capable of quad band but the board was laid out 
>>> to only
>>>     support 3 bands. So, 850Mhz is not supported on the GTA01 board. 
>>> Instead
>>>     we support 900/1800/1900MHz.
>>>
>>>     Anyone interested in more details is welcome to email me.
>>>
>>>     Michael
>>>
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