Sony Ericsson T608 on Sprint

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#846 25-Dec-2003 00:01

Maybe it will come to NZ - roll on BT equiped CDMA phones!!

common sense is not very common

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#2529 25-Dec-2003 10:19

Good thinking. It's Christmas now, so I can't reach some people I know on Telecom New Zealand to check if there are plans for this. Will check this when possible.

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#2535 26-Dec-2003 19:23

As far as I'm aware, it's not on the roadmap. In fact, I seem to recall someone saying some time ago that Sony Ericsson were pulling out of the CDMA market everywhere except in North America.

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#2560 30-Dec-2003 12:35

my queries got the same response. no telecom Bluetooth phone in the near future.

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#2589 1-Jan-2004 13:08

The lack of Bluetooth wouldn't worry me if data cables were readily accessible. However, I've been quoted the ridiculous price of $199 for a data cable for my Slider! If, however, Bluetooth were available I would be able to interface my handset with my computer at no cost which makes me wonder if Telecom are losing potential data service customers because of this.

Wake up Telecom!

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#2591 1-Jan-2004 19:38

Bluetooth is essential to me.

I use alot of data from my PDA (about 50MB a month)
There isn't any Palm USC < - > cdma phone cables (not any i could find)
besides, the idea of buying a $200+ cable everytime i update either my phone or my PDA is just ridiculous.

not to mention the convenience of a good bluetooth handfree set.

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#2592 1-Jan-2004 19:42

perhaps telecom does need to wake up.
but the blames rest firmly with qualcomm, and their restrictive use of their patented cdma technology.

most phone makers cannot build a cdma phone without sending huge amounts of licensing dollars to their competitor. hence the cdma market does not have anywhere near the life that the gsm market now enjoys.

also the cdma marcket is driven by the US, which does not have the same hunger for data and gadgets. They seem to be more interested in coverage and cheap phone calls.

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#2776 15-Jan-2004 13:52

Sony Ericsson have pulled the plug on CDMA globally. The T608 was never heading to NZ and is the last SE phone you'll see on CDMA anywhwre....unless they change their tune in a years time.

SE never got their heads around CDMA and always lagged behind the other manufacturers on a technical level

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#2779 15-Jan-2004 14:02

I just discovered the Treo 600 comes in a cdma flavour....
now that's a worthy phone.

SonyEricsson make some great GSMs (well, they have some issues, but they suit me)
but seems they can't just rebuild these to make a CDMA model