Star Licensing webOS: "It's Not a Religious Issue for Us"
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 26th Jun 2009 21:11 UTC
PDAs, Cellphones, Wireless Back when we were still using the old PalmOS, Palm licensed its operating to other manufacturers, such as Sony with its Clie devices. As it turns out, the company might also license its new webOS to other device makers. They haven't yet made any decision about it, but Palm CFO Douglas Jeffries said that for Palm, "it's not a religious issue". What do y'all think? Good idea? Bad idea? In related news, here's a Sprint ad for the Pre.
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RE[3]: Probably their best bet
by kaiwai on Sat 27th Jun 2009 10:03 UTC in reply to "RE[2]: Probably their best bet"
kaiwai
Member since:
2005-07-06

Two reasons why the Pre isn't sold worldwide just yet:

1) It's a CDMA phone (Sprint is CDMA) not GSM. Even if you did get one, it would be useless outside of the US.


So what about it being CDMA; New Zealand (Telecom) and Australia (Telstra) are both CDMA; in fact, both New Zealand and Australia are using WCDMA at 850Mhz. Nothing stopping them from bringing it over.

2) Like Apple and the iPhone, Palm needs to make deals with other carriers around the world.


Its amazing how quickly LG and HTC were able to get their products to New Zealand - maybe they have voodoo magic.

Edited 2009-06-27 10:06 UTC

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drewunwired Member since:
2005-07-06

in fact, both New Zealand and Australia are using WCDMA at 850Mhz

Is that a typo?

WCDMA = 3G GSM, a.k.a. UMTS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCDMA
cdma2000 = 3G (Sprint/Verizon/...) CDMA

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RE[5]: Probably their best bet
by kaiwai on Sat 27th Jun 2009 11:13 in reply to "RE[4]: Probably their best bet"
kaiwai Member since:
2005-07-06

Is that a typo?

WCDMA = 3G GSM, a.k.a. UMTS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCDMA
cdma2000 = 3G (Sprint/Verizon/...) CDMA


Thank you for the correction; Telecom NZ used to have CDMA but they have launched XT Network which is the gradual roll out of WCDMA. Which ever the case maybe, it would still work on the NZ network - I can't work out, mind you, why they settled for CDMA2000 when so few carriers use it.

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StephenBeDoper Member since:
2005-07-06

So what about it being CDMA; New Zealand (Telecom) and Australia (Telstra) are both CDMA;


Telus / Bell Mobility in Canada are also CDMA (and, reportedly, due to start carrying the Pre later this year).

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