Posted by tranced
Today Nokia introduced the Nokia 1508, a compact mobile device for CDMA network. The Nokia 1508 features include a slim, lightweight candy bar design, easy key pad dialing, integrated stereo FM radio and high-speed data connectivity to the internet via cable. The Nokia 1508 is estimated to start shipping in the third quarter of 2008 in select CDMA markets.
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Posted by Muhammad-Oli
I though Nokia announced that they would not be supporting CDMA networks anymore... Weird.
Posted by tranced
you thought, but they seem to have not
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where did you read that?
Posted by Muhammad-Oli
Oh it was a news story maybe up to a year ago. US New Zealanders took notice of it because one of our two networks (the crap one) is a CDMA network, so we had a good laugh. Seems it was wrong though.
Oh well, our CDMA network is getting with the times and going GSM soon.
Posted by tranced
all i can say is that nokia announced this phone because if they had announced a high end one they would not get it sold as a gsm one
Posted by carkitter
On 2008-06-12 14:53:29, Muhammad-Oli wrote:
I though Nokia announced that they would not be supporting CDMA networks anymore... Weird.
Nokia announced that due to exorbitant licence fees from Qualcomm who own the CDMA technology, that they would no longer develop new CDMA phones so thats why this is a low-end model and not an all-singing, all-dancing, do-everything model like the N95.
I've heard that Nokia get another manufacturer to make thier CDMA models anyway just like SE is planning for thier low-end GSM models with Sagem.
Edit: For more on Nokia v Qualcomm look here
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Posted by carkitter
On 2008-06-12 15:01:05, tranced wrote:
you thought, but they seem to have not
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where did you read that?
http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=124304#post1680053
My original link in the New Zealanders thread was from Reuters but this 2006 article on Fox News should do as a creditable source.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,200604,00.html
Posted by tranced
Nokia 1508i CDMA 1900 PCS Phone FCC Approved
Posted by jakontil
On 2008-06-13 09:57:06, carkitter wrote:
On 2008-06-12 14:53:29, Muhammad-Oli wrote:
I though Nokia announced that they would not be supporting CDMA networks anymore... Weird.
Nokia announced that due to exorbitant licence fees from Qualcomm who own the CDMA technology, that they would no longer develop new CDMA phones so thats why this is a low-end model and not an all-singing, all-dancing, do-everything model like the N95.
I've heard that Nokia get another manufacturer to make thier CDMA models anyway just like SE is planning for thier low-end GSM models with Sagem.
Edit: For more on Nokia v Qualcomm look here
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[ This Message was edited by: carkitter on 2008-06-13 12:49 ]
that's it, this is what i read too
oh my, i think the best CDMA nokia phone to date is still the nokia 6235, with it's outstanding battery, what mode do you expect from a CDMA? i still use GSM as my main communication device, simply more trustable and mobile