Europe's mobile network isn't really more advanced that North America's

Ziff Davis's Sascha Segan — one of the old hands in the gadget game — takes a spirited swipe at the misconception that European cellular networks are any more advanced than those here in North America.

The network debate also gets clouded by the geographical nature of US and European networks. US networks tend to look like cheesecloth - lots of little holes, weak areas, etcetera. European networks are denser. So people think the Europeans have "better technology" when they don't - they just have "more towers."

The Europeans are indeed ahead of us in certain things which are not "building new networks." They have a more open handset marketplace with more handset choices. They are ahead of us in high-megapixel camera phones and Symbian smart phones. We tend to be on par with them, and sometimes ahead of them, in music phones and deployments of products based on Windows Mobile, Blackberry, and Apple technology.

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[#1 posted by teamshadowboat , June 4, 2008 7:51 AM]

Europeans must be brought to their knees on this issue.

Far too many times has my more-than-adequate cell coverage been mocked by some misinformed Danish prig.

[#2 posted by frankiez , June 4, 2008 8:33 AM]

More towers? ^_^'
In mobile market more towers means more power: this is the basic knowledge of every carrier...

Now, just "Gambatte" and try to beat Japanese ketai power!

[#3 posted by Ryan Waddell , June 4, 2008 9:55 AM]

I *hated* the mobile phone options in Ireland. Huge lock-ins on handsets, CRAPPY handsets, and crazy expensive, both for the phones and the service. Of course, Canada really isn't any better.