Puck,
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Now that is a good question.
I am under the impression that unlike in GSM, two-way text messaging is not implemented uniformly between CDMA networks.
Verizon spent the better part of last year implementing a two-way text messaging capability, and has only recently released it.
However ... no matter ... Nokia is not going to get to many more opportunities with Verizon one would think. They have had a long absence from Verizon (and formerly BAM's stores), other than for low end AMPS only models (currently the 252).
Currently the Nokia 5185i is the only one of Verizon's top-tier tri-mode phones that is NOT WAP enabled, and as a matter of fact, virtually every other model Verizon has introduced since they introduced CDMA data service in 1999 has been WAP enabled.
I was in a local Verizon store on a very busy day when the 5185i was first introduced. It was being pushed pretty heavy by the sales reps, perhaps because stocks of the Kyocera 2035 had sold out and the new Vulcan was pretty pricey.
I was back about a month ago on a quiet day, and ask one of the senior reps what type of feed back they were getting from customers on the 5185i. He shrugged his shoulders, raised his hands and kinda shook his fingers, and said two words, "pretty marginal".
A few minutes later I was back in a service bay and I asked the service manager what he thought of the 5185i. He replied, its a P**** o* S***.
CDMA is the dominant wireless technology in the US (as of this month) and Nokia clearly does not yet have a CDMA winner.
Jorma can't be to happy about that.
As a stockholder, I'm not too happy about that.
As a stockholder, you can't be too happy about that.
As for the GSM carriers in the US. Still waiting for WAP from Nokia.
I think there is a Nokia TDMA model available in the US. Now there is a technology that is really going somewhere here. Just ask Tero.
- Eric - |
