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HAUPPAUGE, MY - Four new Audiovox wireless phones due to carriers in October and November will include the company's first two CDMA2000 1X phones.
Suppliers LG InfoComm, Samsung and Kyocera are also preparing to offer tX handsets later this year.
Audiovox's 1X phones, scheduled for delivery in October, are trimode models capable of operating in the Verizon or Sprint PCS networks, which are currently installing IX technology.
At launch, 1X will double CDMA carriers' voice capacity, deliver data at datarates up to 144Kbps in both directions to allow for transmission of attachments, increase battery standby times by 50 percent, and allow for an always-on packet-data connection to the Internet. Packet-data connections make it possible to access the Internet without using up your rate plan's circuit-switched voice minutes. 1X...