Cell phones: Can the Storm be put on AT&T or T-Mo??

by skyline6 - 11/20/08 2:31 PM

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Can the Storm be put on AT&T or T-Mo??

by skyline6 - 11/20/08 2:31 PM

So im kinda the know-it-all guy when it comes to most electronics and people ask me stuff... and i used common sense and said the you cannot have AT&T with the Storm because it wownt even have a place where to put the sim car in.. im not a big blackberry person and know almost nothing about them... so has this been going on for a while? verizon using GSM? because i heard a bunch of rumors about it last year but never seen anything solid... PLEASE help... this is not for purchase purposes but im shocked that i didnt know this!!

Thank you
Vlad...

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No

by birdmantd - 11/20/08 4:25 PM In reply to: Can the Storm be put on AT&T or T-Mo?? by skyline6

Can't use a GSM phone with either Sprint or Verizon while in the US.

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ya i know but...

by skyline6 - 11/20/08 11:15 PM In reply to: No by birdmantd

Since it has dual functionality and duzz have a CIM card slot and supports both GSM and CDMA so you can use it anywhere in the world then.... it must be possible......

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It lacks 850/1900/1700 WCDMA bands for ATT/T-Mo in U.S.

by Pepe7 - 11/21/08 7:19 AM In reply to: ya i know but... by skyline6

Unfortunately, in the U.S. it will only work on Verizon's (EVDO) 3G data network. It can roam abroad on 2100 MHz HDSPA networks though, which is nice. The model's so new that I don't know whether or not it could (yet) be unlocked for use with the GSM (voice) network in the U.S. w/ ATT or T-Mo.

-Pedro

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thanx

by skyline6 - 11/25/08 11:40 PM In reply to: It lacks 850/1900/1700 WCDMA bands for ATT/T-Mo in U.S. by Pepe7

ya it is to new... and i was seriously lost because i did not think verizon was coming out with their part GSM phones now! There was new about them doing that a year ago. A huge article on Gizmodo but i thought it would happen much later on, like end of 2009....

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Verizon won't be switching to GSM

by Pepe7 - 11/26/08 7:19 AM In reply to: thanx by skyline6

...but will eventually switch to LTE. There's an excellent blog with some helpful resources regarding the types of technologies involved here-
http://ltewatch.blogspot.com/2008/09/motorola-starts-lte-trials-on-verizon.html

I'm not entirely certain whether we'll see CDMA/EVDO/LTE handsets before VZW actual does the switch. I do look forward to more compatibility between network technologies like the majority of the rest of the planet .

best,
Pedro