I believe CDMA is a proprietary technology owned/licensed/patented by Qualcom. If that is correct, you'd have to license to use the patent. Kind of conflicts with the idea of an "open" phone. I guess no more so than some of the GSM stuff... but hey.. who knows.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 11:02 AM, Steven ** <<a href="mailto:montgoss%2Bopenmokocommunity@gmail.com">montgoss+openmokocommunity@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I talk with friends and co-workers about OpenMoko and the Neo<br>
Freerunner all the time. Inevitably, they say something like "That's<br>
cool. Will it work with Verizon?" or "That's cool. Will it work with<br>
Sprint?". And of course, the answer is no... I don't think any of my<br>
friends are with at&t (even though they're supposedly the largest<br>
wireless carrier in the US) or any other GSM provider. They're all on<br>
Sprint or Verizon. I myself was originally on Verizon and switched to<br>
at&t solely for the Neo. But most people aren't willing to do that<br>
(and most are locked into contracts with a $250+ early termination<br>
fee).<br>
<br>
So, have you considered making a CDMA version of the Neo? I think<br>
that'd about double your sales in the US.<br>
<br>
-Steven<br>
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