- According to this picture the 8530 is a replacement for the 8330: HTC Hero coming October 11th to Sprint?
My question is, how is it better? The 8520 is EDGE, so is the 8530 not 3G either? It may have WiFi, but won't it be losing other features of the Curve, or at least not gaining any, and not gaining any increase in network speed either?
Why wouldn't the 8930 (if there will be one) be considered the 8330's replacement? Although isn't the 8900 also EDGE only? Hopefully RIM would make the newer models 3G.08-06-09 11:17 AMLike 0 - The dumbest thing RIM could do is to give up on the curve line of phones. they will be around for a long while. like clavs said, the most selling pda. numbers dont lie.08-06-09 03:56 PMLike 0
- It's only a name. They may not want to stick with the name "Curve" forever but instead move on. A phone with better specs than a Curve is not worse than a Curve simply because it's not called a "Curve."08-06-09 03:58 PMLike 0
- Is the 8330 considered "3G" then? I know it's not revA, so does that mean it's closer to EDGE speed?08-06-09 04:52 PMLike 0
- Yeah the 8330 is 3G
rev A is a faster version of EVDO rev0, but rev0 is still 3g.
3g is kind of a deceptive term and doesn't really tell you a lot anyways. GSM phones have HSDPA and HSUPA on top of 3g for example. On top of that you can have HSDPA 3.6 vs HSDPA 7.2. But all of those are still 3G.
Any of the recent phones are going to be 3g on CDMA, just a matter of how fast the 3g is.08-06-09 04:58 PMLike 0 - Yeah the 8330 is 3G
rev A is a faster version of EVDO rev0, but rev0 is still 3g.
3g is kind of a deceptive term and doesn't really tell you a lot anyways. GSM phones have HSDPA and HSUPA on top of 3g for example. On top of that you can have HSDPA 3.6 vs HSDPA 7.2. But all of those are still 3G.
Any of the recent phones are going to be 3g on CDMA, just a matter of how fast the 3g is.08-06-09 05:29 PMLike 0 - EVDO isn't 3G since you can't do simultaneous voice and data. EVDO may reach 3G speeds like EDGE occasionally does but its not a true 3G network.08-06-09 11:52 PMLike 0
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I also don't think simultaneous voice/data has anything to do with 3G itself. I think it has more to do with the underlying (i.e. specific) technologies.08-07-09 08:05 AMLike 0
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