Both passed this test easily. By David Vincent One of the biggest headaches for mobile-hugging globetrotters may soon be a thing of the past. Currently, the mobile-phone world is divided into CDMA and GSM networks. A GSM phone won't work on a CDMA system, and vice versa. But help is at hand.
Smart cards hold a user's personal number, billing details and address book.
Unfortunately, while Schlumberger's Simera Airflex card will bridge the two networks, no one has yet developed a handset that works on both. Luis Pineda, vice-president for product management at Qualcomm CDMA Technologies, is confident that a handset will be available by year's end. With it you can listen to downloaded MP3 music files. Through earphones, the quality of the music is as clear as it is on a computer sound system. You can control the treble and the player can be programmed to repeat songs, shuffle, or play on an endless loop.