It looks like Ruslan Koogan will have an Agora at CES (http://www.kogan.com.au/blog/2008/dec/17/android-apps/) I'll ask him if he's testing it with AT&T 3G.
Al. Al Sutton wrote: > HTC put built the 'phone so ultimately it's their say. The telecoms body > in each country decides which parts of the spectrum are available for > use for a given purpose, and the carriers decide how to use them. > > At the moment the only phone which looks like it may support AT&Ts' 3G > network is the Kogan Agora, it's specs state it has a 850/1900/2100 MHz > UMTS/HSDPA trasceiver, so you may want to talk to them about testing it > on AT&Ts network. > > The G1 has, according to HTC, the ability to support the "global" > standard 2100Mhz band for 3G and the 1700Mhz band used by T-Mobile in > the US. It does not, however, have the capability to support the 850Mhz > and 1900Mhz bands that AT&T have used. > > The biggest problem is that some countries (namely the US and Japan) > didn't follow the Interational Telecommunication Unions spectrum > allocation recommendations, which means that the initial standard of > 2100Mhz for 3G couldn't be used in the US because the 2100Mhz band was > already in use for something else (and even after the US regulator freed > some space there wasn't enough to support the number of 3G users the > carriers were expecting). > > Hope this is useful, > > Al. > > P.S. frequency band differences isn't something new to 3G, even with 2G > some of the US carriers were given the OK to deploy GSM equipment > operating on the 900MHz bands which isn't in use elsewhere. > > > > > Auauaua wrote: > >> right - the specs are in question on that Canadian site - the phone is >> "out of stock" ;) >> It would be interesting to get to the bottom of this - so to speak, >> and find out what exactly determines the frequencies and if the radio >> chip is modable. >> >> narkis >> >> >> On Dec 16, 6:13 pm, Michael <michael573...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >>> Last I checked, T-Mobile didn't have a presence in Canada. Which >>> would mean, no Canadian G1. >>> >>> From what others are saying around here, it's AT&T who did this wrong, >>> using oddball frequencies. >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
