>Can someone (other than rajala) clarify rajala's
>statements about the "always on" capabilities of 1X
>(and beyond) vs. GPRS (and W-CDMA)?
As you saw from the three incoherent "answers" you received, nobody could. But something tells me you don´t quite trust me.
The fundamental difference for the end-user is that GPRS is 100% packet data and CDMA2000 1X is a mixture of packet data and circuit switched data.
How that translates to the end-user is, for example, that you can glance your GPRS phone if you got any new e-mails. Or country songs. Or porn clips. If you have any, they are already there.
You can creep back into you Pinto parked right there in the darkest corner of the lowest level of the parking lot. It does not matter what speed the stuff came, it does not even matter if you have any coverage, hey, it is already in your phone. Brilliant.
CDMA2000 requires first you do the connection set-up and THEN you start waiting for the download. Unlike with GPRS, CDMA2000´s speed is very important.
Whether if it’s a greeting from your mom from a mobile home in Mobile, Ala., used hand gun offer from Bubba´s Classy Pawn, or several MB steamy flick from your brother´s correctional institute, well, you´d be better off with a GPRS phone.
In CDMA2000 world, this represents "3G". But in GSM world, well, actually I am considering to downgrade the CDMA2000 1X from 2.4 G to 2.25 G. I´ll let you know.
- rajala |
