Mobile Phon

[69billy]

Hi..Guys
This is a question to our American friends..
I have been looking at the Casio G'zOne Type-S phon on the net. And it's only on sale in America (Verizon.?) , l love to have one ...
I couldn't see if it has a sim card or not..Without sim it won't work in U.K..even then I don't know if it will..
Any of you guys got any idea if it will work in U.K..That is if I can get one...
Thx..

[Guest]

i could not find anything on mods for it yet billy. i also could not find a mention if it had sim card. if it has a sim card the modders will get ahold of it and unlock it. so you should be able to use it overseas. give it a little time after its release and something should be out about it..also check ebay if it says unlocked on the description then your good to go.

you do know this is a cdma 2 band phone

[rxpharm]

Although there is no details on this phone having a sim card slot, there are some comments about people who changed over to this phone - and no complaints about having to recopy numbers - so I would guess that it would have a sim card slot.

The difficulty is that the CDMA network in Thailand is not fully set up yet - check this article out in The Nation, dated Sept. 4/07
CDMA Network late in Thailand

Huawei seeks to avoid CAT-imposed fine
Chinese telecom-equipment manufacturer Huawei Technologies is in talks with CAT Telecom to seek a way out of the state agency's decision to fine the company for alleged late delivery of a complete cellular network. Published on September 4, 2007

Victor Wang, Huawei's president and CEO for the Asia-Pacific, yesterday said the company was negotiating with CAT, although CAT had yet officially to notify the company of its decision to impose a fine.

Late last month, CAT's board decided to fine Huawei for its late delivery of the complete second phase of the roll-out of the Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) 2000 1-x cellular network in 51 provinces.

CAT is waiting for its fine-calculation committee to propose the final amount for the board's consideration next Tuesday. The contract stipulates that the fine be Bt90 million a day for the project's late delivery.

While on a visit to Thailand, Wang said the problem stemmed from different interpretations of the details of the contract, which stated Huawei had to deliver the second phase by this past January 26, while the complementary high-speed software would be completely installed in the network next year.

The company has proposed installing the complementary equipment free of charge.

But CAT interpreted the contract to mean the entire network had to be delivered in January of this year.

Wang declined to comment on how Huawei would react if CAT imposed a fine.

In 2005, Huawei quoted Bt7.2 billion to win the tender to roll out 1,600 base stations for the CDMA cellular network for CAT. The first and second phases each require the installation of 800 base stations.

Huawei did deliver the complete second phase to CAT by the January 26 deadline, but CAT views that the Chinese company has yet to install the software completely.

Sirivish Toomgum

The Nation

So a CDMA phone may have spotty network coverage until the network is completed.

[moe666]

Billy, Verizon doesn't use the GSM system so it will not work outside of the US unless you are in an area that has the system they use. No sim card and the phone is locked by Verizon.

[BAM]

http://www.casio.co.jp/release/2005/gzone.html

Get'm in Japan  


Keep in mind this is a 3G phone.

[69billy]

Thnx. Guys..
Its a nice phon. Shame we can not get it in U.K..