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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on What's up with Sony Ericsson's W712a and Z712a?]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/09/whats-up-with-sony-ericssons-w712a-and-z712a/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/09/whats-up-with-sony-ericssons-w712a-and-z712a/</guid><description><![CDATA[Wow! This is very interesting news.  The dual band is most likely describing the 1900 and 800mhz bands that Sprint and Verizon use.  (Although you say 850mhz in your article which is interesting;maybe a misprint?)  The most interesting part is Sony Ericsson didn't want to deal with the CDMA carriers a few years back because of the lack of profit in the US.  So, Sony Ericsson entering the US CDMA market again is VERY BIG NEWS!!<br><br><br>Oh and the CDMA carriers receptions signal do allot better with those unsightly antennas sticking out of them! Yuck!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Doug West]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 9th 2006 9:45PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on What's up with Sony Ericsson's W712a and Z712a?]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/09/whats-up-with-sony-ericssons-w712a-and-z712a/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/09/whats-up-with-sony-ericssons-w712a-and-z712a/</guid><description><![CDATA[no, these are gsm phones.  850/1900 are the US gsm bands that are used by cingular and t-mobile.  i personally agree with chris though.  why reinvent the wheel? they totally butchered this phone.  i hope if cingular or t-mo decides to pick up this line of phones, they use the quad band version as that one is so much better in regards to 2 v 4 bands and internal v external antenna (10 series v 12 series)<br><br>this is very disappointing that sony ericsson is trying to pass these models by the fcc instead of the originals.  i think they butchered these phones and if they try to release them in the states, i hope they suffer horrible sales.  i on the other hand, will be getting a w810 in cingular when they come out, or the treo 750 that boy genius has showed us today]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[adam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 9th 2006 10:07PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on What's up with Sony Ericsson's W712a and Z712a?]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/09/whats-up-with-sony-ericssons-w712a-and-z712a/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/09/whats-up-with-sony-ericssons-w712a-and-z712a/</guid><description><![CDATA[SE seems to be on a roll: K790i (a high end phone) is only triband 900/1800/1900, then releasing this? Geez...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[TAK]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 9th 2006 10:42PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on What's up with Sony Ericsson's W712a and Z712a?]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/09/whats-up-with-sony-ericssons-w712a-and-z712a/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/09/whats-up-with-sony-ericssons-w712a-and-z712a/</guid><description><![CDATA[Is there any reference to PTT in the documentation? They could be remixes of the W710 and Z710 with PTT for Cingular, like the z525.<br><br>Though why they'd cut two bands out is beyond me.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 9th 2006 11:05PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on What's up with Sony Ericsson's W712a and Z712a?]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/09/whats-up-with-sony-ericssons-w712a-and-z712a/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/09/whats-up-with-sony-ericssons-w712a-and-z712a/</guid><description><![CDATA[It seems likely to me that one of the US GSM carriers contracted for these phones on spec. The external antenna and loss of the 900 / 1800 bands have probably slashed a whopping $1 off of the manufacturing cost of each phone. A whole dollar (if that) is nothing to you, but it's obviously important to the carrier (Cingular, maybe) that'll offer these phones for free [size=-2]with a two year contract[/size]. Yup, it's sad, but even more sad is that these phones will probably do pretty well in the US market.<br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[vince]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 10th 2006 12:16AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on What's up with Sony Ericsson's W712a and Z712a?]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/09/whats-up-with-sony-ericssons-w712a-and-z712a/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/09/whats-up-with-sony-ericssons-w712a-and-z712a/</guid><description><![CDATA[It's a hearing-aid related thing. There're going to be 712i-variants as well.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[greenlight]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 10th 2006 3:18AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on What's up with Sony Ericsson's W712a and Z712a?]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/09/whats-up-with-sony-ericssons-w712a-and-z712a/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/09/whats-up-with-sony-ericssons-w712a-and-z712a/</guid><description><![CDATA[Forgot to mention the proof about it being a hearing-aid version: Look at the FCC photos. The sticker on the z712a says "Carina HAC". Carina = Codename for z710. HAC = Hearing Aid Compliance (look it up on wikipedia)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[greenlight]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 10th 2006 3:23AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on What's up with Sony Ericsson's W712a and Z712a?]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/09/whats-up-with-sony-ericssons-w712a-and-z712a/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/09/whats-up-with-sony-ericssons-w712a-and-z712a/</guid><description><![CDATA[I like the black one alot or the white one dont matter but i just got the Pantech C300 so im not really interested in buying a new phone soon though i would pick one of these up]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[korey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 10th 2006 9:07AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on What's up with Sony Ericsson's W712a and Z712a?]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/09/whats-up-with-sony-ericssons-w712a-and-z712a/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/09/whats-up-with-sony-ericssons-w712a-and-z712a/</guid><description><![CDATA[I don't know if this is big news, but "Kunde" means customer, so maybe these things are destined for Cetecom GmbH, presmably a German firm, or in any case, have something to do with this Cetecom.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[A Gupta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 10th 2006 11:34AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on What's up with Sony Ericsson's W712a and Z712a?]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/09/whats-up-with-sony-ericssons-w712a-and-z712a/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/09/whats-up-with-sony-ericssons-w712a-and-z712a/</guid><description><![CDATA[Maybe its dualband 850/1900 umts which might explain the black things sticking out the top of the phone(or maybe not) but more than likely some info is wrong and hopefully will be updated.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[calogero]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 10th 2006 12:20PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on What's up with Sony Ericsson's W712a and Z712a?]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/09/whats-up-with-sony-ericssons-w712a-and-z712a/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/09/whats-up-with-sony-ericssons-w712a-and-z712a/</guid><description><![CDATA[ugly. im pretty sure ill never buy another SE phone again. anyone want to buy a s710a?<br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 10th 2006 1:01PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on What's up with Sony Ericsson's W712a and Z712a?]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/09/whats-up-with-sony-ericssons-w712a-and-z712a/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/09/whats-up-with-sony-ericssons-w712a-and-z712a/</guid><description><![CDATA[these phones are pointless.  kinda like the v400 was to the v500: a look-a-like that was uglier and had a smaller feature set.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[-_-]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 10th 2006 3:42PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on What's up with Sony Ericsson's W712a and Z712a?]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/09/whats-up-with-sony-ericssons-w712a-and-z712a/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/09/whats-up-with-sony-ericssons-w712a-and-z712a/</guid><description><![CDATA[Um, I think it is a CDMA phone, that would explain the antenna. CDMA operates in that spectrum too.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marc]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 11th 2006 11:08AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>