Re: 3G-Ready Nexus One Now Available Unlocked on AT&T - Google - Gizmodo

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Rahul Tongia <tongia.cmu () gmail com>
Date: March 17, 2010 9:39:46 AM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Cc: ip <ip () v2 listbox com>
Subject: Re: [IP] Re: 3G-Ready Nexus One Now Available Unlocked on AT&T - Google - Gizmodo

So, can't a *phone manufacturer* use a multi-band chip (which conforms to the respective spectrum requirements) - this 
is before we dream of SDR solutions?  

Can someone from industry help me understand the cost tradeoffs between adding more bands (just one, really) on silicon 
vs. the much higher volume a pseudo-universal chip might allow for?

Rahul

On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 7:03 PM, David Farber <dave () farber net> wrote:


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From: "David P. Reed" <dpreed () reed com>
Date: March 17, 2010 9:21:38 AM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Cc: ip <ip () v2 listbox com>
Subject: Re: [IP] Re: 3G-Ready Nexus One Now Available Unlocked on AT&T - Google - Gizmodo

Are we sure it is just a firmware change? The FCC licenses devices for specific frequencies.  Perhaps one needs to buy 
a device that comes with a different FCC license, associated with a different model number?  It's even possible that 
the new NexusOne needs a different internal antenna, but I actually doubt that.

In any case, firmware changes are against the law in the US, because of the way spectrum licenses work.

(I personally devoted a lot of time to trying to change that part of the law, but given how many years it took to get 
UWB legal - more than a decade - the ability to have any end-user-software-defined wideband-capable devices licensed to 
transmit in the US will probably take decades.  The spectrum "ownership" cabal will fight it tooth and nail.).


On 03/17/2010 05:21 AM, David Farber wrote:
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> From: "Bob Frankston" <bob2-39 () bobf frankston com>
> Date: March 16, 2010 8:18:59 PM EDT
> To: <dave () farber net>, "'ip'" <ip () v2 listbox com>
> Subject: RE: [IP] 3G-Ready Nexus One Now Available Unlocked on AT&T - Google - Gizmodo
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> So why I need to buy a whole new phone just to load different firmware into its radio? Where is the antitrust 
> investigation  – seems like collusion to divvy up the market. How does one petition the FTC to investigate?
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> From: David Farber [mailto:dave () farber net] 
> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 15:58
> To: ip
> Subject: [IP] 3G-Ready Nexus One Now Available Unlocked on AT&T - Google - Gizmodo
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> So does the Nexus "work" under the IPhone SIM plan. Is " unlimited" data on the iphone translate to unlimited data on 
> the Nexus.>> djf
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> http://gizmodo.com/5494635/3g+ready-nexus-one-now-available-unlocked-on-att
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