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Yes well it is the dreaded silly 110V/220V, Pal/NTSC, lb/kg
standards monster again.<br>
Not long ago (10 yeqrs ago) there were a lot of resistance to GSM here
which is just not understandable and luckily it is getting way more
foothold.<br>
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I am currently with T-Mobile as they always were a GSM shop.<br>
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The phone with the ultimate best coverage for me here in the states on
GSM is an Old Siemens M56 on T-Mobile.<br>
I tried several new phones/services which just died out in the sticks.<br>
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Does anyone know if the Siemens M56 was a dual or single band phone?<br>
If the band-spec is contained in the Neo, I would not be worried about
it.<br>
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thanks <br>
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Mikko J Rauhala wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On ke, 2007-11-07 at 10:31 -0500, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:admin@mmri.us">admin@mmri.us</a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Sorry, I cannot get the original reference to why this is an issue for
North American users.
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NA uses the unusual 850 MHz and 1900 MHz bands for GSM. The Neo, at
least as it will be first available, will not support 850 MHz (but will
1900 MHz). This means that it can work in NA, _but_ will get worse
coverage than GSM phones capable of also 850 MHz operation. According to
my second-hand understanding of the situation, of the major US GSM
providers, T-Mobile has more 1900 MHz coverage than AT&T/Cingular, and
that major cities may have decent amounts of it as opposed to rural
areas.
It's vague, but HTH.
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