Comments on: Motorola Napoleon Q9 – When You Cant Innovate…

By: abcyesn

abcyesn — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:30:13 +0000

The Q9 Napoleon might show Motorola’s new direction when it comes to naming its handsets. There are already rumors about a Motorola Alexander, which should bring a wide touchscreen display and a killer-camera of 8 Megapixels. I wonder what’s next: a “Moto Louis XIV”, a “Moto Hammurabi”? Well, the history books are filled with names of ex-kings, so Motorola won’t run out of inspiration in case it goes this way with its naming strategy.
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By: DavidB

DavidB — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:13:39 +0000

Yeah Ronen, I’ve seen the EV-DO roadmap. BUT i’ve seen no indication that either Verizon or Sprint (the biggest North America CDMA carriers) intend to go to anything beyond EV-DO Rev A? Verizon has said they are going to LTE (GSM’s version of 4G) and Sprint is entrenched in the WiMax camp. I don’t follow Canada much so not sure what Bell or Telus have planned for beyond Rev A, or what IUSACELL has planned for Mexico.

By: Randy R.

Randy R. — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:58:14 +0000

At this rate, Im thinking about changing to Verizon.

By: Ronen Halevy

Ronen Halevy — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:34:09 +0000

David,
That idea is bounced around at this link
http://www.blackberryforums.com/rumor-mill/134144-thunder-dual-mode-ev-do-rev-c-gsm-hspa.html

Rev A is the current standard with BB devices supporting Rev 0 which has more latency and slower uploads. Rev B brings 75Mbps speeds and Rev C brings 280Mbps speeds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: DavidB

DavidB — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:26:22 +0000

Thought I read somewhere (BGR?) that the Thunder is supposed to have “EV-DO Rev C”. And that “no carrier supports that yet”?

Ah well, RIM has never been known for being up to date with the latest gadgetry in their devices. I guess that’s either good or bad, depending on if you’re a “glass half full” or “glass half empty” type of person…