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Originally Posted by Fargus
(Post 367953)
Are we clear now? If someone can pull a certification for the N900 on other frequencies then it might support this debate if not then it's pointless as at very least you would be operating illegally.
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Well, technically,
if it had some magic band capabilities, but no FCC/equivalent certifications, and
if they happened to overlap amateur radio bands, the possibility for legal ham operations is there. :p But still pretty pointless for most, and of course there are no such capabilities anyway.
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Originally Posted by Arrancamos
(Post 367819)
the deep point is that there is no technological issue about enable all bands on a desired celular phone. This practice is nothing new.
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This tells me you've never built a radio, not even the VHF and lower ones you make reference to. I
have (specifically, a Part 15 VHF WFM transmitter), and as an electrical engineer and a licensed amateur radio operator, I like to think I know what I'm talking about.
There _is_ a technological issue, because cost, complexity, and physical size are all under tight constraints here.
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Originally Posted by Arrancamos
(Post 368958)
and the point of this topis is?
whatever, they can handle it, if there are regulations ok. but at least they could release 2 n900 version with 2 triband types. is that so hard? no!!
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Not an issue of regulations, simply of hardware. But either way, no. It's not hard. No harder than, e.g., releasing two versions of the N95. Note that there was about 6 months delay from the initial N95 release (useful throughout most of the world) to the 850/1900 release (useful mainly in North America). As anyone would expect, they try to hit the big market first, and then fill in the niche cases with specialty models.
So you can expect to wait a few months after the main N900 release (useful throughout most of the world,
including urban areas in the US) to the 800/1900 version (useless outside N. & S. America, but significantly expanding rural coverage in the US, and.adding coverage in markets without a network in the AWS band, e.g. Canada and S. America.).
Will there be such a release? Of course I don't know, since they haven't announced anything about it, but it seems likely enough. However, it'll definitely be a while if it does happen.
