At 09 Jul 2008 15:01:08 -0500 ps56k wrote:

> It will be interesting to see if the draw/demand is there, like with the
> first one.


The new lower pricing will assure that.

> My interest was in the Exchange active sync email (push) support,
> but I think I read that it does not work when the link is "https"...
which
> is the normal setup.


I find it hard to believe it won't handle secure Exchange servers, but
we'll see, I guess...

> Also - with respect to GSM vs CDMA -
> It looks like Verizon might be heading away from CDMA EVDO data
> and towards the GSM data world of LTE.

That will allow (future) interoperability with the networks of Verizon's
foreign masters at Vodaphone. It makes perfect sense that carriers would
migrate to a uniform voice/data standard eventually, via system upades,
without having to tear down and replace existing infrastructure.

As to the "CDMA vs. GSM" thing, Verizon won't be "switching" from CDMA to
GSM- LTE will be a 4G data overlay on their current CDMA network, much like
WCDMA (UMTS, GSM's 3G system) was an overlay on the 2G GSM system.
Verizon's LTE will let future 4G international phone owners with the
correct frequency bands roam in the US on Verizon's otherwise incompatible
network the same way some GSM 3G phones with the right bands can roam on
the 3G overlay of Japan's otherwise incompatible CDMA networks.