back to the 3g problem. Its true japan and korea use 2100, the problem
is that G1 needs 2100 and 1700, it will not work with one of them
alone.

On Mar 16, 5:25 am, pod <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well, I thought the G1 was triband. Sorry. I must admit that it's a
> problem for you :/
>
> Anyway, Japan and Korea also use 2100 as a 3G standard.  America
> (mostly north part) is the only one not to use that frequency. T-
> Mobile use standard frequency because they are german and work with
> Ericsson 3G emittor I believe.
>
> On Mar 14, 4:31 pm, jbraun <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > you are right: 3g is a standard but works in diff. frequencies.
> > countries with GSM standard (all except USA, Japan and Korea), work in
> > 1900 or 2100 for 3g. In the US, ATT works with 850 and Tmobile with
> > both 1700/2100.  That is to say that with respect to 3g G1 only works
> > with tmobile. That is not what i call unlocked.
> > the specs of the g1 are in the official site.
> > juan
>
> > On Mar 14, 6:57 am, pod <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > Don't confuse Operator/carrier and Mobile OS ...
> > > The HTC G1 perfectly works with 3G which is a standard. If your
> > > carrier has a 3G cover in your area, it will perfectly work. But don't
> > > forget that 3G is completely new in North America and the coverage is
> > > poor in most areas.
>
> > > On 14 mar, 07:32,jbraun<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > By open I mean that you can use the phone with any carrier, in fact I
> > > > got confused when it was anounced that the G1 would be unlocked after
> > > > three months. So, its right you can use it in any carrier, but 3G will
> > > > not work. Same thing with the paid market. You can use it only with
> > > > TMobile, that what I call closed framework.
> > > > In any case I am complaining for not being able to use the paid
> > > > market, not because it is paid. In fact I was waiting for the paid
> > > > apps., I not only think its fair, it also produces better produucts.
> > > > Again, I assumed one could use the market with any carrier given that
> > > > the phone was not blocked.
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