>>> Just like a monoculture of GSM has hurt the innovation of mobile phones in Europe.
God bless the USA where competition between GSM, CDMA, & what ever sprint uses has increased innovation such that the USA always has the best cellphones out of any civilized country.
Hasn't hurt sales in Europe to have a single standard - notably, the UK and Ireland each have mobile phone presence in excess of 100% (more mobile phones than people). This seems to be more important to the companies than the actual power of the phones, and being able to connect anywhere in Europe has been a boon to the consumer, despite the lack of innovation - one of the few areas where a lack of technical innovation isn't that much of a drawback.
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>>> Just like a monoculture of GSM has hurt the innovation of mobile phones in Europe.
God bless the USA where competition between GSM, CDMA, & what ever sprint uses has increased innovation such that the USA always has the best cellphones out of any civilized country.
Hasn't hurt sales in Europe to have a single standard - notably, the UK and Ireland each have mobile phone presence in excess of 100% (more mobile phones than people). This seems to be more important to the companies than the actual power of the phones, and being able to connect anywhere in Europe has been a boon to the consumer, despite the lack of innovation - one of the few areas where a lack of technical innovation isn't that much of a drawback.