Motorola Select 2000e


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This is the oldest GSM phone sold in the US. The large brick phones of the 80′s were out here but they were all analog and later TDMA. GSM came later and this was a launch phone on Pacific Bell Wireless …. This company used 1900Mhz and serviced all of California and part of Nevada. (The same region as Pacific Bell Telephone, our land line telephone company.)

That company became part of Cingular and then now AT&T. The original network is still around but is now run by T-Mobile USA. For a while Cingular and T-Mobile shared the network here in Los Angeles and AT&T had a seperate GSM network. When Cingular bought AT&T, Cingular users could use either network. The AT&T network used both 850Mhz and 1900Mhz, so there was better coverage indoors than the old 1900Mhz network.

BUT, the 1900Mhz was older and very well developed — so it generally had good coverage and performance. The the new AT&T network had growing pains….

But now, the AT&T network is used by Cingular (and now AT&T again) customers exclusively. They have fixed the major problems with it and along with Verizon, it’s the only other 850Mhz network in town. This is great as it works in elevators and deeper inside buildings than do other 1900Mhz networks.

This old Pac Bell phone still works with my SIM card and on the 1900Mhz AT&T network. There is only a small slice of 1900Mhz left on AT&T so I bet it would suck using this phone. The HSDPA network sits on 1900Mhz and uses most of it.

Also, just using this phone with its two line screen just sucks in general too! Looking through the phonebook is ridiculous. It shows one name per screen.

But I still love having this old phone and use it occasionally to freak people out. Sound quality is great on this phone. Reception (on the old 1900Mhz network) was great. It has a pullout antenna — something you never see anymore.

Also, when you turn it on, it makes that familiar Motorola BEEP sound.

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Motorola Milestone XT720 Unlocked Phone with Android OS, 8 MP Camera and HD Video - International Version (Blue/Silver)

• This unlocked cell phone is compatible with GSM carriers like AT&T and T-Mobile. Not all carrier features may be supported. It will not work with CDMA carriers like Verizon Wireless, Alltel and Sprint.
• Memory: Phone Book(unlimited), Dialled Calls, Missed Calls, Received Calls, 256(RAM), 512MB(internal), microSDHC(memory card)
• Camera: 8 megapixels(autofocus), 3x Digital Zoom, Xeon Flash, Image Stabilization, Smile Shutter, Blink Detection, Geo Tagging, Face Recognition
• Video: Recording Resolution: HD(720 x 1280), Recording Speed: 24fps, Supported formats: MP4, 3GP, DivX, XviD, Video Streaming, YouTube
• Android 2.1
• 8mp camera
• Gps
• Touchscreen
• Wifi

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motorola droid 3

GSM SIM card included – … #droid #motorola #phone http://bit.ly/popR5Q – by lol_league (LeagueChamps.com)

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I live in Canada, and wanted to know whether the Droid can be unlocked to use with Rogers? Furthermore, i was also wondering if someone could explain what ROOTING does to the droid?

The droid is a CDMA phone and cannot be used on a GSM network like Rogers.

Rooting is similar to jailbreaking GSM phone. It allows you to add themes, tether and the like.

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I really want the Android for Christmas, but I’m not sure if it’s goes with Rogers. I can’t really find any sources that would let me know.

thanks in advance.

If rogers doesnt sell it itself ( and i dont think they do) but it is a gsm phone (the one you want is), then yeah, you can get it. just buy it online and make sure the phone is unlocked, then just put your sim in and viola, it works!
good luck!

btw, its going to be sorta costly for the phone though.

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