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  1. #1
    SP
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    A few months ago a friend of mine switched to Cingular and purchased a Treo
    650. He got the Razr V3 for his wife. He claims that his wifes Razr gets
    reception in places that he can't get anything with his Treo. Is this
    possible or is their a problem with his Treo?

    Thanks for any input on this issue.

    Steve





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  2. #2
    Willa Jabir
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    Re: Treo Reception

    FWIW:

    I have had the Imate, treo, and a Nokia 6620. My son has the Razr and
    can make calls in fringe areas more often than me. BUT in the fringe
    afreas, he drops more calls once the call is established. Not many,
    but still more than me. I have not dropped a single call ONCE I get
    through with my Imate (sx66). Another thing we have noticed is that
    he does not drop the calls IF he does not use his BT headset in the
    fringe areas.

    On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 13:16:06 GMT, "SP" <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    >A few months ago a friend of mine switched to Cingular and purchased a Treo
    >650. He got the Razr V3 for his wife. He claims that his wifes Razr gets
    >reception in places that he can't get anything with his Treo. Is this
    >possible or is their a problem with his Treo?
    >
    >Thanks for any input on this issue.
    >
    >Steve
    >





  3. #3
    RobR
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    Re: Treo Reception

    That sounds normal. My RAZR and Nokia 6620 and 6230 have far
    better RF than my Treo 650 on Cingular. I live in a fringe area on an
    island so I tried out a ton of different phones to see what would work
    here. The Treo was useless unless I went outside. My wife settled
    on the RAZR and I on the Nokias.

    "SP" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    >A few months ago a friend of mine switched to Cingular and purchased a Treo
    >650. He got the Razr V3 for his wife. He claims that his wifes Razr gets
    >reception in places that he can't get anything with his Treo. Is this
    >possible or is their a problem with his Treo?
    >
    > Thanks for any input on this issue.
    >
    > Steve
    >






  4. #4
    John Navas
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    Re: Treo Reception

    [POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]

    In <[email protected]> on Mon, 23 Jan 2006
    13:16:06 GMT, "SP" <[email protected]> wrote:

    >A few months ago a friend of mine switched to Cingular and purchased a Treo
    >650. He got the Razr V3 for his wife. He claims that his wifes Razr gets
    >reception in places that he can't get anything with his Treo. Is this
    >possible or is their a problem with his Treo?


    The difference may be due to SIM programming -- you can only meaningfully
    compare two phones by using the *same* SIM in both phones.

    For example, if one SIM is programmed to "home" on "blue" (old ATTWS network),
    and another SIM is programmed to home on "orange" (old Cingular network), then
    one may work better than the other in a given location depending on which
    network has the better signal in that location.

    When Cingular completes network integration (expected in mid-to-late 2006),
    there won't be any such distinction. In the meantime, ENS (64K) SIMs and
    ENS-capable handsets make it possible for Cingular to change the home network
    OTA (over the air) between blue and orange, which might result in better (or
    worse) performance in a given location.

    --
    Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT
    John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>



  5. #5
    David
    Guest

    Re: Treo Reception

    On 2006-01-26 16:56:35 -0500, John Navas <[email protected]> said:

    > [POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]
    >
    > In <[email protected]> on Mon, 23 Jan 2006
    > 13:16:06 GMT, "SP" <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    >> A few months ago a friend of mine switched to Cingular and purchased a
    >> Treo 650. He got the Razr V3 for his wife. He claims that his wifes
    >> Razr gets reception in places that he can't get anything with his Treo.
    >> Is this possible or is their a problem with his Treo?

    >
    > The difference may be due to SIM programming -- you can only meaningfully
    > compare two phones by using the *same* SIM in both phones.
    >



    I'm a very happy Treo 650 owner. However, I do find that in weak signal
    areas the Treo has poorer reception than a "standard" mobile phone.




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