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To: voop who wrote (11121)	5/30/2001 2:39:39 PM
From: kech	Respond to of 196717

Yes- that is the way I see it, Celeron vs. Pentium III. But the mystery of the number has to do with the peculiar history of the announcements. It seems that 5100 was announced first. Then China wanted a quick and dirty (or inexpensive chip depending on your perspective) with the R-UIM memory card. I think then the 5105 was announced. Why they didn't call it the 5075 I don't really know but maybe because the 50 was conidered to be more like the basic prototype such as the 3000. The 5100 should have been called the 5300 as the 1x upgrade for the 3300 chips and the 5105 should be the 5100 as the 1x upgrade of the 3100 chips. However, perhaps because they already had announced a 5200 chip which is the base W-CDMA chip they couldn't maintain the second digit consistincy. They wanted to make it clear that the 5105 had the R-UIM card like th 5100 (even though it doesn't have the other goodies that are on the 3300 and the 5300).