Huh? Do you have a Kyo 7135? Treo? Samsung? If it is CDMA and says 3G it should be just fine, so I don't understand (unless you mean streaming movies, heh). EvDO is a cost saver for us end users, as it works *with* existing 3G technology, as a "data only" (hence the "DO") companion to CDMA2000 1X (this means no TXTing or phone calls while it's active). Otherwise, the changeover should be almost completely transparent to the user community (maybe a firmware upgrade). According to Verizon, even pricing won't change over existing 1X-RTT rates (yeah right). I cannot comment on the other offerings and their compatibility: CFDM (Nextel); Not sure about Cingular/AT&T; EV-DV (Sprint). *Note* Sprint has pushed back the faster EV-DV (Data+Voice) in favor of a sooner release of EV-DO. But this may be good news out of the gate for Sprint users as well. And if GSM carriers like Cingular can't get their "own" UMTS (like CDMA with different frequencies) out in time, they may be stuck with the slower EDGE technology (it's only 100K or so as of this writing), but I'd think it would be cheaper, which for me in the middle of nowhere I'd ALWAYS prefer cost over bandwidth (how much does your PDA really need? One of the problems these carriers face now is frequency space, and what's available (what's left).

EvDO has been in testing since February in a few US cities, and Richmond Virginia is one of them. It's so transparent that my former boss lives there now, and said he "Just called them up, and poof!" That was all it took. The $4 Billion that VZW has set aside for the upgrades will all be on their end.

Hmm no more hotspot worries, since they all want us to have broadband phones, wheee

And...it's invading Europe

Want to read more? One of my favourite places to visit is DSLReports but you are probably there already, hehe

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