On 11/1/07, Jae Stutzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So I'm reading the list and reading what I've known for awhile. The FCC > never approved the Neo1973 for the 850 band. It appears that it was never > part of the FIC application. How is it then, that OpenMoko Inc sold it as a > quad band phone? Where do we stand? Is there a plan to submit the GTA01 and > GTA02 for FCC authorization? My optimistic side says "of course". But I've > become more pessimistic in recent months as I've seen the seemingly slow > moving development of this project (no flame, just observation). Like > Sagacis said in the other list, I firmly believe in this project, our > company has committed to developing on this hardware/software stack. > However, we were led to believe that the Neo1973 was Quad band from the get > go, and it isn't. I actually observed signal strength issues/behavior months > ago in my own testing and was told that I need to "read the spec" because I > didn't understand (I actually did know a little about what I was talking > about since my E2 can be hacked into a triband phone with similar results to > the Neo). Why is it only now coming out that the modem does not do 850 > because it is not approved to. Somebody at FIC/OpenMoko knew that this was > so. > > Every organization has a certain amount of "capital" and each one must > determine where to spend it. OpenMoko Inc needs to be forthright in the > future or they are going to get a reputation. > > So my question: Is Quadband coming to the Neo1973? Please don't jerk me > around and please don't hijack this thread.
Is that right? I have maybe been having trouble getting 850Mhz to work, but in my area there is dual 850/1900 and I have no idea how to tell (if it's even possible) what I'm on. I did get one call to go through though. What do you mean "only coming out now"? I was told there was a bug with 850. Is there some new news that says that this bug is actually in policy, not code? If so, where are you reading this? If not, explain yourself. -Nick
