April 13, 2004

Out 3G-ing 3G - CDMA 20001xEV-DO Revision A

A standards board passed the technical specifications for the CDMA 2000 1x-EV-DO Revision A. What does this mean to you? Think about 1.8-3.1Mps of wireless bandwidth for your smartphone, laptop, or PDA. This will allow true full motion mobile video phone calls. Verizon is currently rolling out access for laptops in select cities. Companies need to get with the program and think of easier to remember monikers. Who the hell thought up CDMA 2000 1x-EV-DO? Can't they just say CDMA Version 3? Sigh. Read