| I've been getting a lot of emails lately about the CECT | | | | with the shiny, slick housing, the additional 10 pages or |
| i9 3G. One of the most common questions is whether | | | | icon possibilities, and tons of cool, additional colors. |
| this phone works with 3G networks, and if so, which | | | | And, just because this is a later model does not mean |
| ones? I will answer this question, as well as tell you | | | | that you can use CDMA technologies. That really has |
| which networks it works flawlessly with, in the | | | | not changed either because they are two different |
| following article. | | | | technologies. So, CDMA networks like Virgin Mobile, |
| The Term 3G Is Referencing The Generation Or | | | | Metro PCS, Verizon, and Tracfone, net 10, etc. still do |
| Model, Not The Network: When this phone is | | | | not fall into the GSM category. |
| referenced as the "3G version of the i9" this means | | | | I'm sometimes contacted by folks who are using the |
| that it is the third generation or version of the phone, | | | | right sim and still, they can't get the internet or the |
| not that this is the phone that works with 3G networks. | | | | messaging to work. In this case, you can check a few |
| Like most of the other clones, this one works with | | | | things. You can make sure that the cards are |
| GSM sim cards. Examples of networks or carriers | | | | activated and / or inserted correctly. You can check to |
| that use this technology are AT&T, Fido, Cingular, | | | | make sure that the corresponding data, WAP, SMS, |
| and T Mobile. There are many others world wide that | | | | and MMS settings have been correctly input and then |
| fall into this category so that is not an exhaustive list, | | | | activated. And, finally, you want to make sure that your |
| but those names are the most well known. | | | | card includes web and messaging usage. |
| Now, underneath the AT&T umbrella, I'm often | | | | All of these things are not at all difficult. These clones |
| asked if the 3G GSM cards for this carrier work. I | | | | have become so mainstream that there is a lot of |
| have heard that they do, but they only work just like | | | | support available. You can easily get instructions, |
| the regular cards, there is no additional speed or | | | | manuals, set up, etc. in any language that you need. |
| anything like that. What the 3 really means here is that | | | | And pre paid cards that include every thing - talk, text, |
| you are getting the latest version of the i9. What this | | | | web, etc. are also readily available today. |
| means is that you are getting the new rounded body | | | | |