On Jan 31, 2010, at 3:32 PM, mike wrote:
Yes in fact it is non-standard, take the glasses off and read a
little more
about it. Apple used this sim for the one purpose of not allowing the
standard sims to be placed in the device. The micro sim is not a
'thing of
the future' it is just a level of control
Gramps, dem dar new-fangled micro-SIMs have been around for 11 years
and standardized 7 years ago. And it is backwards compatible too.
"The micro-SIM was developed by the European Telecommunications
Standards Institute along with SCP, 3GPP (UTRAN/GERAN), 3GPP2
(CDMA2000), ARIB, GSMAssociaton (GSMA SCaG and GSMNA), GlobalPlatform,
Liberty Alliance, and the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) for the purpose
of fitting in into devices otherwise too small for a mini-SIM card.[4]
[5] The form factor was mentioned in the Dec 1998 3GPP SMG9 UMTS
Working Party which is the standards setting body for GSM SIM
cards[6]and the form factor was agreed upon in late 2003"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro-SIM
And quit waving your cane at me!
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