TDMA vs GSM

what's the big deal about TDMA?

does this mean i SHOULDN'T buy a TDMA phone? how long before it's
ACTUALLY phased out and replaced by GSM? particularly in the
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucy area?

i currently have a CDMA phone that's absolutely HORRIBLE. i get alot of
dropped calls, network busy & roaming when i'm in the city. the battery
life is a joke - i'm charging it at least three times a day. WORST thing
i ever did in my life was switching to SPRINT.

before that i had an IDEN phone from NEXTEL. battery was okay. reception
was pretty good, in hind sight, but the plan sucked. i read somewhere
that IDEN is actually TDMA with a different name. anyone know if that's
true?

now i'm looking into CINGULAR. the phone i like the most is a TDMA
phone....the Nokia 3560. i'm not big on extra features like games,
sounds, download capability and stuff like that. i just want a phone
with good reception and EXCELLENT battery life (my avg usage is around
90minutes PER call).

can anyone tell me if it would be a bad idea to buy this phone because
of TDMA? i haven't had any experience with GSM but IDEN was good enough
for me.


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Why not get the Nokia 6340i for free from Cingular. It does both
GSM and TDMA, plus has PDA features, sync to Outlook with free
software download, battery life is 6 hrs GSM use and 21 days
standby, email, web browsing, etc. The only negative is the
internal antenna on the back gets shielded when you lay it down.

I understand that Cingular is indeed switching from TDMA to GSM.
On their web site somewhere is a little note at the bottom that
says something about the schedule for a few states.

Ray

julie brown wrote:
>
> what's the big deal about TDMA?
>
> does this mean i SHOULDN'T buy a TDMA phone? how long before it's
> ACTUALLY phased out and replaced by GSM? particularly in the
> Cincinnati/Northern Kentucy area?
>
> i currently have a CDMA phone that's absolutely HORRIBLE. i get alot of
> dropped calls, network busy & roaming when i'm in the city. the battery
> life is a joke - i'm charging it at least three times a day. WORST thing
> i ever did in my life was switching to SPRINT.
>
> before that i had an IDEN phone from NEXTEL. battery was okay. reception
> was pretty good, in hind sight, but the plan sucked. i read somewhere
> that IDEN is actually TDMA with a different name. anyone know if that's
> true?
>
> now i'm looking into CINGULAR. the phone i like the most is a TDMA
> phone....the Nokia 3560. i'm not big on extra features like games,
> sounds, download capability and stuff like that. i just want a phone
> with good reception and EXCELLENT battery life (my avg usage is around
> 90minutes PER call).
>
> can anyone tell me if it would be a bad idea to buy this phone because
> of TDMA? i haven't had any experience with GSM but IDEN was good enough
> for me.
>
> [posted via phonescoop.com - free web access to the alt.cellular groups]