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From: Mike S. on 11 Aug 2010 16:45

In article <fld566lsg1ripmskababt2e8s932qe34t9(a)4ax.com>,
John Navas <spamfilter1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote:
>On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 12:19:47 +0000 (UTC), in
><i3u4h3$qbd$2(a)reader1.panix.com>, retsuhcs(a)xinap.moc (Mike S.) wrote:
>
>>
>>In article <op.vg878hn2itl47o(a)acer250.gateway.2wire.net>,
>>tlvp <tPlOvUpBErLeLsEs(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>On Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:57:04 -0400, John Navas
>>><spamfilter1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Research In Motion formally introduced the BlackBerry Curve 9300 today,
>>>> the first GSM-based Curve to offer 3G. It is also "BlackBerry 6-ready."
>>>>
>>>> MORE:
>>>>
>>><http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/handheld/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=226600220>
>>>>
>>>> COMMENT: Do or perhaps die for RIM
>>>
>>>Would be even more attractive, for me, if, instead of offering only
>>>"800/850/1900/2100MHz for AT&T and 900/1700/2100MHz for T-Mobile",
>>>there were a true world-band 800/850/900/1700/1800/1900/2100 version.
>>
>>Nokia N8.
>
>Severely hobbled with Symbian^3 unfortunately.
>
>But there's already a Chinese clone (CJ-3) running Android (2.1):
><http://www.fonearena.com/blog/21440/nokia-n8-clone-with-android.html>

But no specs on RF bands used ... much less any indication of 3-band 3G.
Most Chinese clones don't have any 3G bands at all.


From: Todd Allcock on 12 Aug 2010 01:44
At 11 Aug 2010 07:48:00 -0700 John Navas wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 12:19:47 +0000 (UTC), in
> <i3u4h3$qbd$2(a)reader1.panix.com>, retsuhcs(a)xinap.moc (Mike S.) wrote:
>
> >
> >In article <op.vg878hn2itl47o(a)acer250.gateway.2wire.net>,
> >tlvp <tPlOvUpBErLeLsEs(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>On Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:57:04 -0400, John Navas
> >><spamfilter1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Research In Motion formally introduced the BlackBerry Curve 9300
today,
> >>> the first GSM-based Curve to offer 3G. It is also "BlackBerry 6-
ready."
> >>>
> >>> MORE:
> >>>
>
>><http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/handheld/showArticle.jhtml
?articleID=226600220>
> >>>
> >>> COMMENT: Do or perhaps die for RIM
> >>
> >>Would be even more attractive, for me, if, instead of offering only
> >>"800/850/1900/2100MHz for AT&T and 900/1700/2100MHz for T-Mobile",
> >>there were a true world-band 800/850/900/1700/1800/1900/2100 version.
> >
> >Nokia N8.
>
> Severely hobbled with Symbian^3 unfortunately.
>
> But there's already a Chinese clone (CJ-3) running Android (2.1):
> <http://www.fonearena.com/blog/21440/nokia-n8-clone-with-android.html>


Typically such clones are physical/style clones only, and lack radio
bands or even 3G.

The attraction of the N8 for most is the 5-band UMTS radio, which is, so
far, unique to any phone, AFAIK.

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