For some, change=improvement. Get a life. I am grateful, but alarmed at your reporting, Betty. "next-generation" for new generation sims looks like sales device, period paragraph. What benefit to consumers? The simplicity of swapping sim cards has been a huge boon to my professional activities elsewhere; I do not welcome the need to carry tweezers and magnifier, only to accomplish ordinary transit from country to country. My needs possibly are unusual, this does appear analogous to being told that my shoe size has been improved.
--- On Mon, 2/1/10, b_s-wilk <b1sun...@yahoo.es> wrote: From: b_s-wilk <b1sun...@yahoo.es> Subject: [CGUYS] New SIM, but improved? [was: You Saw the Demo?...] To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Date: Monday, February 1, 2010, 12:48 AM > > nonstandard SIM slot > > It is not non-standard. In is the next generation SIM. > > Once again, some prefer to be clinging to the past. This SIM card is too small for those of us who switch cards frequently. The micro SIM is about 30% smaller [about the size you need to cut a regular SIM card to fit two SIMs for two networks in one phone], and is too easy to lose when switching networks. Unless there is a way to add new networks without removing the card, the micro SIM will be easily lost. Since T-Mobile is one of the first to use the cards, there probably will be a remedy for that in their new European phones and devices. However because the new specs add multitasking and authentication, it could be an interesting way to prevent fraud [but that will be circumvented quickly]. There's no good reason for the new SIM to be a different size than the old SIM since the active part is the same size as the current SIM card. However there may be two not so good reasons. First, size makes it so that the two cards are distinguishable from each other [not important, since new card is backward compatible]. More important, the newer SIM won't fit [you can slide it in, but you can't get it out!] in a lot of current phones that work fine now but may have to be replaced sooner than expected if AT&T and T-Mobile decide to switch quickly to the new cards. Questionable for most consumers--good for the corporate bottom line. Who has a budget for this? I can wait until next year, at least, and let the bleeding edgers get hosed before the price drops. I think I'll go read a real book now. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
