Join MTEB Forum if your are in wireless / telecomms

Join MTEB Forum if your are in wireless / telecomms.If you work in forensics and/or examination devices, investigations or deal with evidence then the MTEB forum puts you in contact with other professionals when you need help with technical issues, technical discussions or generally want to stay up to date. Due to the make up of the forum members: experts, high level security, law enforcement and

FIH takes over Nokia San Diego CDMA team, say sources

Foxconn International Holdings (FIH) has taken over the CDMA team of Nokia located in San Diego, USA, in attempts to further strengthen its partnership with the handset vendor, according to market sources.FIH is facing strong competition from rivals such as Compal Communications, BYD and TechFaith. These companies are expected to begin shipping low-end CDMA handsets to Nokia in the first half of

Samsung Launches CDMA Phone, MAX

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., has launched its first open market phone - Samsung MAX in the CDMA segment.The slider is launched through the company's own distribution network and aiming at the growing CDMA market, will be available to both Tata Indicom and Reliance Mobile subscribers.Hyundai Kim, Vice President and Head - CDMA Division, Samsung Telecommunications India Pvt. Ltd., said, "We expect

China Mobile Telephones

China Mobile Telephone Exports It wasn't difficult to guess that with China's industrial revolution into manufacturing everything and its growth markets in mobile telephones that China would aim to compete with the world's best known handset brandnames, such as Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, SonyEricsson, Alcatel, Sagem etc. I thought it might be helpful for mobile telephone examiners to be aware of

CDMA Support Studio

CDMA Support Studio It is very easy having been involved with GSM for 14 years to overlook other wireless technologies. I have been making a conscious effort for the last four years to collect tools for mobile telephone examination of digital wireless systems such as CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access). In fact it is most helpful to have an understanding of CDMA when considering 3G (wcdma),

Sprint Samsung IP-830W (CDMA and GSM Support)

Sprint International Smart Device IP-830W by Samsung

As I was pulling some smartphone data for a previous entry. I noticed a new phone in Sprint's lineup: Samsung IP-830W. I recall reading about this phone a while back, but didn't realize it has been added to their lineup.

This phone is very interesting, for starter, it offers 'digital quad-band'. In layman's term, this is an international phone allowing you to use it in North America, Asia and Europe. It supports both CDMA network (currently Verizon and Sprint) as well as GSM network (currently Cingular and TMobile).

This phone is physically identical to Verizon's 2 year-old Samsung SCH-i703. However, it uses Microsoft's latest Windows Mobile 5.0 with an upgrade adaptation kit (AKU 2.6). The phone offers EV-DO 3G network support, SDIO/MMC slot, a slider-design which uncovers the full QWERTY keyboard. According to this CNET review, it even ships with a SIM card for your convenience.

My immediate complaint is the lack of integrated WiFi like its predecessor; however, this can hopefully be worked-around through the usage of a SD WiFi Card. In addtion, Sprint's data plan is pretty reasonably priced at $15 to $25 per month.

I think this phone has a lot of potential and I think this is one of the best smartphones avilable today. If it had WiFi integration, it could have been the perfect smartphone!

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Cell phones do not disrupt navigation systems

Cell phones do not disrupt navigation systemsTests by Airbus and American Airlines /Qualcomm indicate that, contrary to popular lore, cellular signals do not disrupt airplanes' navigational systems. The two results were similar for both the CDMA and GSM cellular technologies, but the Federal Aviation Administration and the Federal Communications Commission say the tests can't officially be