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parkcyc
09-11-2010, 09:29 AM
Any way a sim card phone(ATT Torch) can be used on a NON-sim card network(Sprint/Boost)??

I really like the Torch and use the Sprint/Boost network.

Or any news on when the other guys might get the Torch?
MidnightDraven
09-11-2010, 09:58 AM
Nope.
Dubdub
09-11-2010, 10:32 AM
The Torch is GSM. Sprint is CDMA. Totally different and incompatible technologies. Plus, Sprint will not allow a non-Sprint device on their network.
SoldiersWife07
09-11-2010, 01:35 PM
Will Sprint ever get the Torch? Ah I want it soooo bad!!
Dubdub
09-11-2010, 08:55 PM
Your guess is a good as anyone's. I would say it is doubtful. Need to wait and see what the Storm 3 is like.
CoraCora
09-11-2010, 09:34 PM
Most likely not, More to happen like on T-Mobile's network.
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tsac
09-12-2010, 12:46 PM
I'm sure Sprint is pushing RIM for something. The market demand is something RIM watches.
akosnitzky
09-12-2010, 06:35 PM
We may see a 9830 at some point.
rambo47
09-13-2010, 11:54 AM
6 months to a year until we see this. I was pining for the Storm 2 on Sprint and finally gave up on that pipe dream. It appears to me that Sprint is concentrating on Android, leaving BlackBerry as a sideline thing.
parkcyc
09-13-2010, 01:43 PM
I think it is kind of bunk that Sprint might be ignoring RIM. They are having a great surge in Blackberry sales due to the Boost/Blackberry deal.

If T-Mobile gets it, that would really suck. The number 4 gets it before number 3?!

I am curious about the Strom 3. But I am not a super huge fan of the bouncy keyboard. Which made me not want a 1 or 2.

Anyways, any more info would of course be great as I would love to get a Torch. But really hate Verizon and AT&T and their customer service.
NJBlackBerry
09-13-2010, 03:20 PM
Much greater likelihood that T-Mobile gets the Torch before Sprint.
GSM - minor change in 3G radio bands - and the Torch runs very nicely on it now.

CDMA is, well, different, and Sprint has to concentrate on consumer driven pre-paid business, which is the part that is growing for them.
tsac
09-13-2010, 08:16 PM
PCWORLD was not too kind the the Torch in this months mag. Comments on the slow processor and screen response.
parkcyc
09-14-2010, 06:04 AM
I heard it was a bit slower...huh. They have the tech so i wonder what the deal is. Is it the web or the functions in general that are lagging?
NJBlackBerry
09-14-2010, 06:21 AM
Software. With each new release it gets faster.