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To: tero kuittinen who wrote (1529)	2/25/1999 11:06:00 AM
From: Valueman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

Tero: Your ranting days are over. The standard, entry level Thin Phone, with a standard battery, a low price, and CDMA technology, has superior specs to the standard 61xx GSM phone. You have had 9 years to get it right, and CDMA manufacturers have surpassed GSM in 3. From Nokia's own site, the best 61xx has 3 hours talk, 60 hour standby, and weighs 4.8 oz. With a standard Thin Phone, weighing 4 oz., you get 2.5 hours talk and 90 hours standby. That requires no extra battery. why should any country choose IS-95 if the consumers can get far better handsets with GSM? That is the point. There are far better CDMA handsets now. Check out the Japanese offerings. The MSM3000 has allowed CDMA to surpass anything done in GSM-land, and it will only get better as the MSM3100 feeds the market. Development times for QCOM supplied manufacturers are minimal when compared to GSM manufacturers. GSM will never catch up now. the new Qualcomm Thin Phone "supports" eight days of stand-by time. That's 10 hours talk, 17 days of standby Oh, by the way, this is QCOM's standard, entry level handset, coming complete with an IP stack and data ready capabilities, for a low price.

To: tero kuittinen who wrote (1529)	2/25/1999 11:11:00 AM
From: DaveMG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

why should any country choose IS-95 if the consumers can get far better handsets with GSM Because the operators are making the decisions and it will cost them much less to start directly with CDMA.. Eight days of standbay time should be plenty for most people. How often do you go somewhere where you can't or don't charge your phone for more than a week? When the phones are out we'll see how they match up in the real world.. Dave