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The first triband HSDPA phone is out … what’s taking Nokia so long?

Categories: Telecommunications
By: , IntoMobile
Friday, January 26th, 2007 at 12:31 PM

Is this a dream? Have we landed in some alternate reality where the world’s hottest devices inexplicably rock 3G radios with compatibility on American bands? That’s the only conceivable explanation we can come up with after catching wind that HTC’s X7500 / Athena / T-Mobile Ameo will pack not one, not two, but three frequencies of glorious High-Speed Downlink Packet Access, aka HSDPA, aka "we must have one, now." Since all our intel thus far has suggested that the Athena would come out of the gate with 2100MHz only, we’d normally be our jaded selves and reject this new spec as hearsay, but Boy Genius himself has scored what appears to be a legit spec sheet straight from HTC that delivers the good news. Guess there’s only one way we can confirm this (HTC, you have our mailing address) but we’re cautiously optimistic that things are looking up for North America’s mobile warriors here.

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Source: Engadget Mobile

Let me be the first to say OH SNAP!

UPDATE: I was incorrect, the HTC TyTn is the first triband HSDPA device. Thanks Ricky! My question still applies however.

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Stefan Constantinescu

Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.

  • Ricky Cadden

    Actually, the HTC TyTn was the first tri-band 3G device. It’s available on Cingular as the 8525, also.

  • Stefan Constantinescu

    thanks mate! good eye