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Originally Posted by pkulk

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i am curious about this. i can never use my cingular bb locally in korea on because of cdma vs gsm. how are you using a bb from TMo with sim card?
maybe i am missing something
thanks

Just to add to my comment above, you will need an unlocked 8707 series for your service to work in Korea. We got ours on ebay and I see one on ebay now, an unlocked 8707g for 549.99. Good luck!

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Originally Posted by cwosigns

Why don't you Google 3G, or visit 3G Today and see that Verizon Wireless is all over the website. EV-DO is considered 3G.

It's funny that Verizon Wireless is the only one that continues to claim that EV-DO is 3G - this just shows that 3G definition differs for many carriers.

EV-DO has been around for years in Korea and Japan but they have never called it 3G. Only late last year / early this did Korea and Japan officially launch 3G service which is based on UMTS. EV-DO and UMTS are both based on WCDMA so they both could be called 3G, but the leading 3G countries tend to use 3G naming for UMTS services only.

Enjoy your 8830 and I'll continue to enjoy my 8707g here in Korea / Japan.