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Apple vs. Nokia, RIM and Motorola On Nano-SIM Standard

Posted by timothy on from the wish-they'd-fight-more-to-improve-interfaces dept.

angry tapir writes "Next week, two proposals for a new, smaller SIM card, dubbed nano-SIM — one backed by Apple and the other by Nokia, Research In Motion and Motorola Mobility — will go head-to-head as ETSI (the European Telecommunications Standards Institute) decides which card future smartphones and tablets will use. Measuring approximately 12 millimeters by 9 millimeters, the new SIM will be about 30 percent smaller than the micro-SIM. The thickness of the cards has been reduced by about 15 percent, according to Giesecke & Devrient. The nano-SIM is also approximately 60 percent smaller than traditional-size SIM cards."

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  1. WHo get how much by Anomalyst · · Score: 0, Troll

    What will these coprprate beheoths be charging for the manufacturing license?
    Apples and my personal definition of Reasonable in Reasonable And Non-Discriminatory are kilometers apart.

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    There is no right to feel safe thru security vaudeville at the expense of everyone's freedom, privacy and tax money.