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To: Dave who wrote (8752)	2/22/1998 4:06:00 PM
From: qdog	Respond to of 152472

Lets back up. I haven't seen the specific's. What has been reported that there are 4 patents that QCOM holds that are applicable. What they are, I've no idea, as I haven't seen the technical specifications of the ETSI proposal. My speculation is it has to do with soft handoff, power control and maybe rake receiver. It's my speculation only. Whether it's even true. Frankly, I consider it a ruse by Ericsson and that they are really pushing W-TDMA as the future. It fits the GSM world more than W-CDMA does.

To: Dave who wrote (8752)	2/22/1998 4:12:00 PM
From: Owen Vaughan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

I have Sprint PCS service w/ a Samsung phone. Have been having problems like echo and volume fading in and out. WHen I talked to Sprint cust. svc. they said the phone was bad and could be exchanged. My next logical question was is this common and do the Q phones or Samsung have a higher defect rate. It is common w/ the Samsung phones, not common w/ the Qs. However because of price there should be a lot more Samsings on the market.