DevilsPGD wrote:

> In message <reply_in_group-4828FA.21575616022008@news.supernews.com> Tim
> Smith <reply_in_group@mouse-potato.com> wrote:
>
>>In article <rp9fr3he8ciduik9kgpssp1vocddnsue5h@4ax.com>,
>> DevilsPGD <spam_narf_spam@crazyhat.net> wrote:
>>> GSM means the iPhone is ready to go world-wide, rather then only in a
>>> couple markets.
>>
>>But that "couple markets" includes the USA and Japan. That's a pretty
>>good couple of markets!
>
> Japan is W-CDMA, which is not compatible with the CDMA protocol used in
> US and Canada. In other words, from a development point of view, the
> choice would be CDMA for US and Canada, CDMA for Japan, or GSM for most
> of the cellular coverage across the planet, including US and Canada.

W-CDMA is UMTS/HSDPA which mainly applies to data anyway.


Dave