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[Staydown]

Mite sound dumb. but what dose CDMA MEAN? And GSM? IM A EXTRA NOOB! BE KIND!lol

[razorloves]

Originally Posted by Staydown

Mite sound dumb. but what dose CDMA MEAN? And GSM? IM A EXTRA NOOB! BE KIND!lol

Try using Google or the search button on here before you ask questions. A quick basic description is, it is the type of frequency used by a cell phone company. Alltel, Sprint, Verizon, Cricket, MetroPCS...and a few others use CDMA, so all of their phones have to be CDMA to work. GSM is used by AT&T, T-Mobile, and pretty much the rest of the world. So, all their phones have to be GSM to work.

[Staydown]

Originally Posted by razorloves

Try using Google or the search button on here before you ask questions. A quick basic description is, it is the type of frequency used by a cell phone company. Alltel, Sprint, Verizon, Cricket, MetroPCS...and a few others use CDMA, so all of their phones have to be CDMA to work. GSM is used by AT&T, T-Mobile, and pretty much the rest of the world. So, all their phones have to be GSM to work.

Thanks Bro. I read so much on this site. Sometimes I just want to ask a question. THANKS!!!

[blasphemous_prime]

Originally Posted by Staydown

Mite sound dumb. but what dose CDMA MEAN? And GSM? IM A EXTRA NOOB! BE KIND!lol

For those that didn't answer his question, CDMA stands for Code Division Multiple Access and the EvDO for data stands for Evolution Data Optimised.

GSM stands for Global System for Mobile communications, and the various forms of 3G data it uses are:

HSDPA/HSUPA = High Speed Downlink/Uplink Packet Access
UMTS = Universal Mobile Telecommunications System

[puff]

@ prime

nice explanation, before anyone asks, 3G is third generation
btw should this still be a sticky? we have separate sub-forums for GSM and CDMA now...