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Old 01-16-2003, 02:18 PM
Leo77 Leo77 is offline
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Why no CDMA bluetooth phone yet?

CDMA technology is widely used in US. Why there is no bluetooth-enabled phone yet?

I think the first one will be Sony-Ericsson T606(608) comming up in March or April. But still why so late?
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Old 01-17-2003, 08:35 AM
KidoBorg KidoBorg is offline
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Most articles blame the absence of Bluetooth phones to lack of bluetooth capable chipsets from Qualcomm.

This is from TheRegister posted 06/2002:
"A case in point: Bluetooth is a standard feature on many new GSM/GPRS phones but the first CDMA 1X phone has yet to be launched. We were astonished to learn, after speaking to representatives from Samsung and Kyocera which are launching interesting PalmOS-based smartphones that the industry is waiting on Bluetooth-capable chipsets from Qualcomm. What, just the one supplier?
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When I looked around I read a news brief about Qualcomm unveiling the first CDMA200 1X Bluetooth capable chipset back in October 2001.
cdma2000 1x bluetooth article

So i guess, Qualcomm can not be solely blamed for the lack on Bluetooth in cdma phones.
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