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To: scratchmyback who wrote (26330)	9/2/2002 8:36:36 AM
From: quartersawyer	Respond to of 196972

Nokia´s WCDMA phones for J-Phone Have to wonder if Nokia's done the chipset. 6200?

To: scratchmyback who wrote (26330)	9/2/2002 10:12:23 AM
From: slacker711	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 196972

How about this? Nokia´s WCDMA phones for J-Phone "will appear in stores as early as December! Pretty interesting....especially since there has been very little about Vodafone and Nokia working together on 3G. We should get a decent snapshot on how well the Nokia and Qualcomm W-CDMA initiatives stack up against each other (talk-times, weight, features). One concern is that I still havent seen anything about the MSM equipped J-SA01. It was supposed to be part of J-Phones initial trial but was delayed until sometime in August. I've looked to try and find the spec's on this handset but couldnt find anything. You would think that someone among the 4,000 users would post a review. FWIW....a single-band 1x handset from Nokia was approved a couple of days ago by the FCC. phonescoop.com Slacker

To: scratchmyback who wrote (26330)	9/5/2002 8:11:23 AM
From: quartersawyer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 196972

From interview of J-Phone PR's Matthew Nicholson by Daniel Skuka of WirelessWatch Japan, 9/5/02: <<How does dual mode technology figure into your 3G plans? "We've been saying we'll do dualmode handsets in 2003, and for us, that means GSM/W-CDMA," says Matthew. "This way, you get global roaming." Specifically, this will mean "plastic roaming," achieved through the UIM/SIM card that can be transferred from a W-CDMA handset to a GSM handset, thus transferring a subscriber's J-Phone account info to a handset that would then work in a GSM market. He also says they have no plans for dualmode PDC/W-CDMA, which contradicts what president Green said last November (read the Nikkei report). Why the change? We can only guess that the cost and technical problems involved in creating a dualmode PDC/W-CDMA handset for such a small audience was deemed prohibitive. Will J-Phone W-CDMA be compatible with DoCoMo W-CDMA? In a word, "no." J-Phone will make sure that the W-CDMA handsets used here can be used in Europe. Roaming is a "big part" of our plans, says Matthew.>> ------------------------------------------ ??How does the "W-CDMA handset used here" get used in Europe??