[LinuxUsers] Palm Pre, Any takers?

[Dino K]

ATT is on the 1900mhz which is worldwide HSDPA


On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 12:56 AM, Chris Penn <cantormath at gmail.com> wrote:

> "although if they come out with a european or asian Pre which is SIM
> based you'll probably be able to use it on ATT with 3g"
>
> Yeah,  I was kinda assuming that would be necessary for the Pre to
> work with AT&T.  The true test is whether or not the Pre's 3g chip
> uses a frequency that is compatible with the AT&T network.
>
> Chris...
>
> On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 12:27 AM, Dino K<socallinux at cloudcomp.info> wrote:
> > although if they come out with a european or asian Pre which is SIM based
> > you'll probably be able to use it on ATT with 3g
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 7:40 PM, Jason Burris <spidey at oldskool.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> I went down to the local store yesterday and tried out the demo.  The
> >> interface is pretty slick as the videos show you.  I'll probably
> >> upgrade when they get the next batch in since I'm tired of my current
> >> WinMo phone.  It works well now, but man Microsoft needs to redo their
> >> interface for fingers instead of the stylus.
> >>
> >> The short answer as why the current Pre won't work on AT&T.
> >> AT&T and T-Mobile = GSM
> >> Sprint and Verizon = CDMA
> >>
> >> :wq!
> >> jason
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 7:10 PM, Jeff Lasman<jplists at nobaloney.net>
> wrote:
> >> > On Sunday 07 June 2009 06:31 pm, Chris Penn wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> I haven't seen anyone crack a Pre yet...  I wonder if 3g on the Pre
> >> >> will work with AT&T (wow that rhythms).
> >> >
> >> > I'll leave it up to others to explain exactly WHY the current Pre will
> >> > never work with AT&T.
> >> >
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