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-- Visor Cellphone Module sneak peek!!!! (http://discussion.visorcentral.com/vcforum/showthread.php?threadid=8193)

Posted by jeff318 on 09-21-2000 11:33 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Hoser_in_USA
quote:
Originally posted by Gameboy70
It would be really cool if the VisorPhone had a microphone somewhere on it, so that when the module is outside the Visor and the phone rings, you could answer with, "Hello....Can you hold on a second?", then have a chance to pop the module in.

or better yet, it'll allow you to simply receive calls! That way you can have other modules in the visor and still get incoming calls. You should only have to put the module into the visor if you want to make an outgoing call.

Hmmm... cool idea. Maybe a battery so the module can ring, bbut you hafta stick it in the Visor to answer. A good idea (no, no, not good technologies).

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Posted by bearboy on 09-22-2000 01:49 AM:

Ah yes, just something else to waste another pay check on. I'll stick with my $75 Nokia wireless instead!

Posted by Leshrac on 09-22-2000 06:24 AM:

Stylus?

Maybe it's just the picture, but has anyone else noticed that the module seems to cover up the stylus slot? How are you supposed to use your Visor if you can't get to the stylus?

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Posted by Charo on 09-22-2000 08:33 AM:

Re: Stylus?

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Originally posted by Leshrac
anyone else noticed that the module seems to cover up the stylus slot?

Look at the picture again. You can see the "ice" colored back cover on the Visor and what appears to be the dark colored top of the stylus.

Posted by Gameboy70 on 09-24-2000 01:57 AM:

Regard, le VisorPhone!

Here are a couple of of VisorPhone pix from PDAFrance.com:

[Edited by Gameboy70 on 09-23-2000 at 08:59 PM]

Posted by Vinny on 09-24-2000 03:21 AM:

Sacred Bleu!

That is one sexy module! No out of Visor support it seems though :-(

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Posted by ChrisMarx on 09-25-2000 10:26 AM:

Re: GSM Coverage in US

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Originally posted by mxgian
Just some quick GSM things...

there are three GSM Frequencies used worldwide right now, 900, 1800, 1900 (i hope those are right

Minh

This is absolutely right. And when travelling from Europe to the US we (europeans) need a Tri-Band Mobile phone for getting service - and we only can get connected when using GSM in the States. Because it is not possible to combine analog and digital in one phone. BTW: The analogue network here in Germany will be shutdown somewhere during the next year. So there will be only GSM left.

Hope this helps.

Chris

Posted by Daryl on 09-25-2000 03:48 PM:

Handspring has updated their site with info on the Visorphone

http://www.handspring.com/products/...one/index.jhtml

Posted by Vinny on 09-25-2000 10:40 PM:

Re: Re: GSM Coverage in US

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Originally posted by ChrisMarx
quote:
Originally posted by mxgian
Just some quick GSM things...

there are three GSM Frequencies used worldwide right now, 900, 1800, 1900 (i hope those are right

Minh

Because it is not possible to combine analog and digital in one phone.

Are you sure? I've seen phones that are both analog and digital. My AudioVox CDM-9000 is Triband Dual-Mode. So I can get Analog and CDMA digital. I also know of a friend's newer StarTac (he gets his service with Verizon too) that supports CDMA digital and analog too. Or is this a GSM thing?

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Posted by fnj on 09-26-2000 01:33 PM:

Be all end all Springboard

It costs too much. It uses a different phone system. It's a little on the large side. All of this aside, it is the be-all-end-all Springboard. It's the "killer app" that you can brag to your Palm V and Pocket PC-owning friends about ("Gee, neat, you can flash your operating system on yours. Guess what? I can make phone calls on mine").

All things being equal, I gotta have one!

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Posted by Toby on 09-26-2000 02:13 PM:

Re: Re: GSM Coverage in US

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Originally posted by ChrisMarx
quote:
Originally posted by mxgian
Just some quick GSM things...

there are three GSM Frequencies used worldwide right now, 900, 1800, 1900 (i hope those are right

{...} Because it is not possible to combine analog and digital in one phone. {...}

This is simply not true. Nearly all digital phones sold in the U.S. will fall back to analog where digital service is not available. Some of the models even cover multiple digital standards, e.g. the Nokia 616x series covers 800MHz analog (AMPS), 800MHz digital (TDMA), and 1900MHz digital (TDMA).

Posted by ChrisMarx on 09-26-2000 11:31 PM:

Re: Re: Re: GSM Coverage in US

quote:
Originally posted by Vinny

Are you sure? I've seen phones that are both analog and digital. My AudioVox CDM-9000 is Triband Dual-Mode. So I can get Analog and CDMA digital. I also know of a friend's newer StarTac (he gets his service with Verizon too) that supports CDMA digital and analog too. Or is this a GSM thing? [/B]

Ja, I am quiet sure. Also the Tri-Band Mobile's are based on the GSM standard.
And the StarTac Tri-Band is a GSM standard phone.

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Posted by ChrisMarx on 09-26-2000 11:36 PM:

Re: Re: Re: GSM Coverage in US

quote:
Originally posted by Toby

This is simply not true. Nearly all digital phones sold in the U.S. will fall back to analog where digital service is not available. Some of the models even cover multiple digital standards, e.g. the Nokia 616x series covers 800MHz analog (AMPS), 800MHz digital (TDMA), and 1900MHz digital (TDMA). [/B]

Ups -- fallback to analog standard. Sounds strange to me. Looks like Germany uses a different net or we have different standards because our so called analog net is not supported by 800 MHz or the other frequencies build in the Tri-Band Mobile's.

Chris

Posted by Vinny on 09-27-2000 02:58 AM:

Re: Re: Re: Re: GSM Coverage in US

quote:
Originally posted by ChrisMarx

Ja, I am quiet sure. Also the Tri-Band Mobile's are based on the GSM standard.
And the StarTac Tri-Band is a GSM standard phone.

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Chris

Well, here's a picture of my phone.

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It's clearly a tri-mode dual-mode CDMA phone. Here's a link to the spec sheet: http://www.audiovox.com/cgi-bin/nco...d2w&cat=596 .

I can't speak for the StarTac though. It is a CDMA phone though. Could you explain?

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Posted by mxgian on 09-27-2000 04:12 PM:

band confusion

I think everyone is getting confused about CDMA/TDMA Digital and GSM digital.

If you have a TDMA/CDMA digital phone (at&t, verizon, sprint, cell one) That is tri band, that means it supports both digital frequencies (for either CDMA or TDMA) and analog.

If you have a GSM phone you have to support three digital frequencies (900, 1800, 1900) for it to be compatible on any GSM network in the world. Most GSM phones do not support analog. These GSM phones are in effect tri-band phones, they're just tri-digital band phones.

Everyone's right, TDMA/CDMA phones usually have analog built in, GSM does not.

Also FWIW, I don't think motorola sells a GSM based startac in the US (of course all i get is voicestream, if pacbell or bellsouth sell one I'd like to know). If you have a startac from verizon, sprint, at&t, then it's tdma/cdma.

Minh

Posted by Vinny on 09-28-2000 12:13 AM:

Ah!

Thanks Mxgian! That cleared this up before things got out of hand. I did a little investigation and found the exact same as you did on CDMA (I can't speak for TDMA). I did research and here is what my Tri-Mode AudioVox supports.
800MHz AMPS (analog)
800MHz CDMA
1900MHZ CDMA (isn't that PCS?--I'm a bit confused there).

So you were correct in your assumption.

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