Brian, Thanks so much Brian, this helps. I have talked to so many who say Cingular is not good, yet for some reason the Razor phone is only usable through them, so I may go back to the Palm.
Thanks, I needed the help, and Ward I will stop by and talk to Mark, I want to come see your new duds anyway. John R. On Jun 24, 2005, at 8:14 AM, Brian O'Neal wrote: > CDMA = Code Division Multiple Access > GSM= Global system for mobile Communication > GPS=Global positioning system > > > The better technology is hard to say. I'm not an expert. GSM is much > older than CDMA. I believe that GSM has better coverage, but CDMA has > an advantage when it comes to data transfer. GSM phones come with a > SIM card. This sim card can allow you to change phones by taking out > the sim card and inserting it into another phone. But, with that comes > the problem of subsidy locked phones. I had a GSM Palm OS phone (a > Tungsten W) It was locked to the AT&T wireless service, meaning I > could not take it to another GSM carrier like T-Mobile or Cingular > before the merger. Most all carriers lock their phones. Some will > unlock them after a certain amount of time has passed. I think that I > would go with the CDMA phone. Mainly because I believe, but am not > certain, that CDMA has faster data throughput than GSM, and since your > phone can do Web, email and SMS, you may want to utilize those down > the line. > Just using it as a phone you shouldn't notice a difference, except > maybe the way the audio sounds from different compression methods. > Clarity should be there with both. > > Opinion, Verizon-good, Cingular-bad, Sprint-OK, AT&T-Thank goodness > they no longer exist. > > Brian O'Neal > > > > > > > On Jun 24, 2005, at 1:14 AM, John Robinson wrote: > > Advise is needed. > > Today I checked with Verizon on a phone (Treo 650) and it's > integration with a MAC. On the Palm website some of the features are > only available for Windows, some for the MAC as well. > > I also checked with Cingular on the Motorola Razor phone, not as many > features, but a very small phone. > > Here is my question for the group, as I had two stories. > > The Verison salesperson said that the CDMA network that they used is > far superior to the GSM (I thought it was GPS, not sure) that Cingular > uses. > > Once I got to the Cingular store they pointed out that the GPS was far > superior to downloading of email, getting connected to the web, etc. > then the older technology of CDMA. > > So once again I ask the advise of the experts. Which is the better > technology? Will it matter if you are using it only for a phone? If > you do what internet connection then would that make a difference as > to which is better. > > Many thanks, I so appreciate the groups help. > > John Robinson > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be July 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be July 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be July 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
