Motorola V551?

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In <[email protected]> on Thu, 16 Feb 2006 16:47:36
-0800, Marty <[email protected]> wrote:

>Somewhere around Thu, 16 Feb 2006 15:55:22 GMT, while reading
>alt.cellular.cingular, I think I thought I saw this post from "J Collins"
><[email protected]>:
>
>>I am currently on Verizon, but since Cingular and AT&T are now combined, I'm
>>thinking that the coverage should be much better than previously. Are you
>>happy with Cingular? If I want as much area coverage as possible, are there
>>certain bandwiths (I know nothing about this stuff) I should be sure any
>>phone I choose has? On Verizon you basically get all digital or tri-mode.
>>I don't understand GSM, EDGE--all that stuff.
>>
>>I know this is off-topic and someone would reply as such to me on the
>>Verizon board, so I apologize in advance as well as thanking in advance .
>>
>I'm pretty sure that dual-band (850, 1900) is all that's needed here in the
>US.

Correct.

>800, 1800 are used elsewhere in the world.

900 and 1800.
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In <[email protected]> on Thu, 16 Feb 2006 15:55:22 GMT,
"J Collins" <[email protected]> wrote:

>Thanks for your replies. On phonescoop one reviewer complained that you
>couldn't use this phone while charging and this seemed wrong, so I
>appreciate the responses. Someone else also posted that they charged you
>internet time for checking your usage from your handset (which also seemed
>wrong).

You *are* charged "Internet time" (data) if you use a WAP browser to check.
You are *not* changed if you use *services -- see the FAQ below for more info.

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Somewhere around Fri, 17 Feb 2006 16:29:28 GMT, while reading
alt.cellular.cingular, I think I thought I saw this post from John Navas
<[email protected]>:

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>
>In <[email protected]> on Thu, 16 Feb 2006 16:47:36
>-0800, Marty <[email protected]> wrote:
>

>>I'm pretty sure that dual-band (850, 1900) is all that's needed here in the
>>US.
>
>Correct.
>
>>800, 1800 are used elsewhere in the world.
>
>900 and 1800.
>---
Oops, typo, thanks for the correction.

For anyone that's interested, 800 is actually another name for 850, or
actually vice versa, I believe. Sometimes it's referred to as 800, other
times as 850.
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well, I have others." - Groucho Marx

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In <[email protected]> on Fri, 17 Feb 2006 13:44:51
-0800, Marty <[email protected]> wrote:

>Somewhere around Fri, 17 Feb 2006 16:29:28 GMT, while reading
>alt.cellular.cingular, I think I thought I saw this post from John Navas
><[email protected]>:
>
>>In <[email protected]> on Thu, 16 Feb 2006 16:47:36
>>-0800, Marty <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>>I'm pretty sure that dual-band (850, 1900) is all that's needed here in the
>>>US.
>>
>>Correct.
>>
>>>800, 1800 are used elsewhere in the world.
>>
>>900 and 1800.
>>---
>Oops, typo, thanks for the correction.
>
>For anyone that's interested, 800 is actually another name for 850, or
>actually vice versa, I believe. Sometimes it's referred to as 800, other
>times as 850.

Correct. "800" is normally used with D-AMPS ("TDMA"). "850" was adopted for
GSM, even though it's the same band, in order to minimize confusion between
GSM and D-AMPS.

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