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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / Cingular / May 2005Is data service compatibility hardware driven?
Is a cell phone's compatibility with one of the prevailing data service protocols (GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSPDA, and EDVO) limited by hardware within the phone? And, can it be changed? For example, if you purchased a Cingular phone that was GPRS-capable, and wanted to take advantage of Cingular making available to all its susbscribers AT&T's faster EDGE network, could you re-configure your phone to do so, or would you have to change phones? JD > Is a cell phone's compatibility with one of the prevailing data service > protocols (GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSPDA, and EDVO) limited by hardware [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > susbscribers AT&T's faster EDGE network, could you re-configure your > phone to do so, or would you have to change phones? You would have to change phones. Double check your phone's capabilities on Phone Scoop. sfx96-gro...@yahoo.com wrote: > For example, if you purchased a Cingular phone that was GPRS-capable, > and wanted to take advantage of Cingular making available to all its > susbscribers AT&T's faster EDGE network, could you re-configure your > phone to do so, or would you have to change phones? Generally you'd have to change phones. The only handset I've seen that was upgradable was the Handspring Treo 180 -- it came with CSD and could be software upgraded to do GPRS. tg. > Is a cell phone's compatibility with one of the prevailing data service > protocols (GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSPDA, and EDVO) limited by hardware > within the phone? Yes. > And, can it be changed? No. > For example, if you purchased a Cingular phone that was GPRS-capable, > and wanted to take advantage of Cingular making available to all its > susbscribers AT&T's faster EDGE network, could you re-configure your > phone to do so, or would you have to change phones? You would have to change phones.  SignatureE-mail fudged to thwart spammers. Transpose the c's and a's in my e-mail address to reply. > > Is a cell phone's compatibility with one of the prevailing data service > > protocols (GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSPDA, and EDVO) limited by hardware [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > You would have to change phones. Not necessarily. In some cases firmware changes can handle it, although Cingular is loath to get involved with firmware changes. >>>For example, if you purchased a Cingular phone that was GPRS-capable, >>>and wanted to take advantage of Cingular making available to all its [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Not necessarily. In some cases firmware changes can handle it, although > Cingular is loath to get involved with firmware changes. Name some current model phones that can be switched with a firmware upgrade. SignatureE-mail fudged to thwart spammers. Transpose the c's and a's in my e-mail address to reply. > >>>For example, if you purchased a Cingular phone that was GPRS-capable, > >>>and wanted to take advantage of Cingular making available to all its [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Name some current model phones that can be switched with a firmware upgrade. The newer Motorola V series. >>Name some current model phones that can be switched with a firmware upgrade. > The newer Motorola V series. Let's go down the list then: Cingular offers the Motorola V180. The V180 is GPRS only. Cingular does NOT offer the V186, which is EDGE capable. Cingular offers the V220. It is listed as being only GPRS capable. Cingular offers the V551. It is already EDGE capable, no firmware update needed. So from what I can see, none of the phones you've cited are EDGE capable with the addition of a firmware update. They are either limited by hardware, or are already EDGE enabled. SignatureE-mail fudged to thwart spammers. Transpose the c's and a's in my e-mail address to reply. > >>Name some current model phones that can be switched with a firmware > >>upgrade. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > with the addition of a firmware update. They are either limited by > hardware, or are already EDGE enabled. You listed only a small subset of the V series. Try checking out info on firmweare upgrades: http://s87445123.onlinehome.us/triplets/ > You listed only a small subset of the V series. Yes, the ones being offered by Cingular, because you insisted that it was Cingular that was responsible for limiting certain phones to EDGE only. SignatureE-mail fudged to thwart spammers. Transpose the c's and a's in my e-mail address to reply. > > You listed only a small subset of the V series. > > Yes, the ones being offered by Cingular, because you insisted that it > was Cingular that was responsible for limiting certain phones to EDGE only. I did no such thing you Sprint troll. Make sure ypu omit the URL proving otherwise. P L O N K |
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