HTC Kaiser manual mentions T-Mobile, 1700MHz support

by Chris Ziegler posted Sep 20th 2007 at 5:50AM

So the FCC documentation for the Kaiser is a little wacky in that it makes repeated mention of T-Mobile in the user's manual. That in itself isn't strange -- T-Mobile Germany has the Kaiser as the MDA Vario III, after all -- but what is strange is that we're pretty sure this is the US T-Mobile they're talking about here on account of the English manual and screen shots, myFaves mention, and the lack of Vario branding in the photos. With the Wing in the wild and the Juno allegedly in the pipe, we weren't totally sure how the Kaiser would fit into T-Mobile's lineup, but here's the ace up T-Mobile's sleeve: 3G support on the 1700MHz band. The documentation identifies the 1700MHz radio as a feature destined for Japan, but it's just too much of a coincidence, isn't it? In our blind desire for T-Mobile's fricking AWS services to launch, are we being overly optimistic here?

[Via Boy Genius Report, thanks Orlando]

Filed under: Handsets, HTC, T-Mobile, Windows Mobile, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS

Tags: fcc, htc, kaiser, t-mobile, tytn ii, TytnIi

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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vince @ Sep 20th 2007 6:58AM

Both Docomo and Softbank use 1900 UMTS, so I don't know what carrier in Japan would have the 1700 band...

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bob @ Sep 20th 2007 8:27PM

I thought it was 2100mhz UMTS / WCDMA
http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/cou_jp.shtml

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vince @ Sep 20th 2007 11:59PM

Yeah, that's right. The UMTS standard uses simultaneous connections on two two separate freqencies, the 3GSM 2100 that GSM World referrs to is the 1900/2100 flavor of UMTS. I've seen that also referred to as 1900 UMTS, 2100 UMTS or WCDMA 2000...

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darkjester220 @ Sep 20th 2007 10:24AM

I'm pretty sure that EMobile of Japan (a newly licensed cellphone carrier owned by eAccess) uses a 1700mhz UMTS network exclusively. They seem to cater to the smartphone crowd, so the Kaiser would be a good fit for their line up.

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vince @ Sep 20th 2007 11:59PM

I totally forgot about E-mobile. Right now they are operating as an MNVO on docomo's network, so obviously they're currently on 1900/2100. I seem to recall that their roadmap included voice service on docomo after thier 1700 HSDPA network goes live next year, so at the least any handset they use hast to be dual band UMTS/HSDPA...I think.

E-mobile's network will be 1700/2100, and for some reason I thought T-Mo's network was going to be 1700/1900, which would make the handset's incompatible...But maybe I'm wrong about T-Mo's plans. According to Wikipedia's UMTS page, it seems like their network will be 1700/2100 as well.

That's good for me...at least it will be if Emobile extends their service to my small town...

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xnifex @ Sep 20th 2007 10:36AM

What does AWS stand for?

and i'd buy this the day it comes out!

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Tiffany @ Sep 20th 2007 12:14PM

AWS= Advanced Wireless Services

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xnifex @ Sep 20th 2007 12:22PM

thanks

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NuShrike @ Sep 21st 2007 4:37AM

Phonescoop has a pretty good guide to AWS: http://www.phonescoop.com/articles/aws/

Also, Qualcomm already declared AWS support:
http://www.qualcomm.com/press/releases/2006/060628_adds_aws_band.html

So maybe the Kaiser's Qualcomm 7200 tranceiver has proper 1700/2100 AWS support that just isn't "turned on".

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Nando @ Sep 20th 2007 12:13PM

Aaawww, no front-facing camera.

Still pretty cool, though!

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nanobi @ Sep 28th 2007 7:22AM

The Kaiser (TyTN II) has 3 versions: 2 camera, 1 camera, or none (corporate). If this 1700 MHZ info is true, it solves my #1 problem.

http://www.electronista.com/articles/07/07/26/htc.kaiser.at.fcc/

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Tyler71 @ Oct 11th 2007 9:04AM

Man I hope that the mentions in the user guide are a sign that T-Mob will be offering this phone here in the states in the near future. I really like this new phone but can't stomach the idea of having to sign an ATT contract to get one. Plus I'm a little short $$ for a unlocked version.