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.
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 11:02 AM, Steven ** < [EMAIL PROTECTED]<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > I talk with friends and co-workers about OpenMoko and the Neo > Freerunner all the time. Inevitably, they say something like "That's > cool. Will it work with Verizon?" or "That's cool. Will it work with > Sprint?". And of course, the answer is no... I don't think any of my > friends are with at&t (even though they're supposedly the largest > wireless carrier in the US) or any other GSM provider. They're all on > Sprint or Verizon. I myself was originally on Verizon and switched to > at&t solely for the Neo. But most people aren't willing to do that > (and most are locked into contracts with a $250+ early termination > fee). > > So, have you considered making a CDMA version of the Neo? I think > that'd about double your sales in the US. > > -Steven > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community >
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