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Re: CDMA: The “Betamax” of Wireless

ipodman — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:44:00 -0000

OK. Thanks for info.

Re: CDMA: The “Betamax” of Wireless

Nortel Watcher — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:18:42 -0000

How about if we update this post to read: "CDMA: The HD-DVD of HD".

CDMA has some technical advantages, but there are two fundamental weaknesses that turned me off it and onto GSM from the beginning: 1) No international roaming; 2) No SIM card support. I know you can now roam to some limited locations with CDMA, but it's too little, too late.

Re: CDMA: The “Betamax” of Wireless

many — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:16:50 -0000

Mark, what I miss is the ability to quickly check where new comments have been made. As it stands now you have to browse all subjects and I am just noot that invested :)

Re: CDMA: The “Betamax” of Wireless

buckpost — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:19:06 -0000

Okay, I understand now. I'll look into it. It may be that the old way was a better way, and if that's the case, I'll go back to the earlier system.

cheers, Mark

Re: CDMA: The “Betamax” of Wireless

Duncan — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:22:22 -0000

In all fairness, he might have been using the CDMA/Betamax analogy to compare market positions rather than ultimate success or failure. In its early days CDMA was positioned as technologically superior, whereas GSM was the sort of thing people living in trailer homes might use (I am kidding.)

Over time, GSM narrowed the technology gap enormously and was able to translate its scale, user base and penetration into a time to market and price advantage that is hurting CDMA. The dynamics between VHS and Betamax weren't identical -- but there certainly are a number of similarities.

Re: CDMA: The “Betamax” of Wireless

Anonymous — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:24:11 -0000

I also preferred the old system where the "recent comments" box informed me about, well, recent comments. With the new system there's no way to tell where to look for comments that have been posted since I last visited.

Re: CDMA: The “Betamax” of Wireless

Nortel Watcher — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:21:13 -0000

If you look at the 'Recent Comments' sidebar on the right, none of the postings since the adoption of Disqus are listed there. You have to hunt through the individual items to find updates. Not good. Note to self: don't invest in Disqus.

Re: CDMA: The “Betamax” of Wireless

buckpost — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:01:22 -0000

Apple,

Not sure what you mean by "comments are not updating the list". I recently switched over to a new comment system called Disqus, which allows for threaded comments. I just added my categories so you can look for old posts that way or by using the search box.

Re: CDMA: The “Betamax” of Wireless

Apple — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 11:28:06 -0000

Mark Evans, what's wrong with your blog?
Recent comments are not updating the list!
I don't see the groups as you had before, example posts sorted by analysts updates...
How to look for an old post on your blog? May you introduce your new blog a little bit?

Re: CDMA: The “Betamax” of Wireless

Rembrandt — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 09:50:16 -0000

Yes..and what is your point?