<jonfklein@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Do you know where I can confirm this? For example is there some
> technical documentation or a web page that states the frequency bands
> that the phone operates at?
>
> It seems strange that the operating frequencies for UMTS would not be
> standardized world-wide and why would Cingular/Samsung make a phone
> that would only work in some countries and not others? Why wouldn't
> they make a phone that covered all 1900 bands world wide? So I'd like
> to look into this a bit more before I give up on the Blackjack
> altogether.

You could start at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMTS