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if you get a galaxy tab that has been unblocked with the root configuration it works here in chile with entel, movisar and claro on 3g my unit is from UK and has the phone application build in which also works on all 3 networks

Wedding Photographer wrote:if you get a galaxy tab that has been unblocked with the root configuration it works here in chile with entel, movisar and claro on 3g my unit is from UK and has the phone application build in which also works on all 3 networks

The verizon Galaxy Tab uses 800/1900 CDMA, it will also not work in chile......

the generic version uses quad band umts, this will work every where but verizon

swdchile

My advise for your,

Buy a cheap phone when you get here with entel/movistar or claro, choose your poison.....

Buy a verizon tablet, and just use wifi when you get here.....

Forget the consolidation idea while in chile....

zer0nz wrote:The verizon Galaxy Tab uses 800/1900 CDMA, it will also not work in chile......

Don't you just need ONE of those bands for it to work? I understand from the infallible Wikipedia that Chile uses 850/1900. Nice how they make these standards so straightforward for customers...

PenquistaDeCorazon wrote:Tablet will suck in sunlight, as will sound quality compared to handset.

Unless it's this one, with a reflective screen...

http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/05/noti ... iew-video/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_tablet

(Just a couple of random links). Currently this start-up is still getting of the ground with pre-orders though.

jehturner wrote:

zer0nz wrote:The verizon Galaxy Tab uses 800/1900 CDMA, it will also not work in chile......

Don't you just need ONE of those bands for it to work? I understand from the infallible Wikipedia that Chile uses 850/1900. Nice how they make these standards so straightforward for customers...

1900 CDMA vs 1900 UMTS same bands different technology! Would be like a chinese person talking to a korean in the same room!, in their own languages!, wouldnt work!

CDMA = 32 countries world wide, its only still around because verizon has 93 millon customers!

UMTS = 200 +

and just to make it more confusing, UMTS = CMDA-W, but im not going to say that again

Ah, thanks. Fortunately I think the one I was looking at is UMTS (it is described as "3G HSPA", which may not mean much, but wikipedia redirects the frequency band links to their UTMS article).