Unknown Motorola handset, possibly the Zeppelin aka the Titanium, passes through the FCC
Rumor and speculation abound as an unknown Motorola world phone has been spotted at the FCC. The handset includes CDMA 800/1900, GSM/GPRS 850/900/1800/1900, EV-DO Rev. A, standalone GPS, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR and WiFi 802.11b/g. This particular feature set suggests that the phone is a smartphone, not a feature phone. It is also reasonable to assume that this is another Android handset as Motorola has embraced Android as its smartphone platform of choice. The phone is identified by the codename “Titanium” in the FCC documents but may in fact be the Zeppelin. The Zeppelin was revealed by digi.QQ.com to be a dual-sim CDMA/GSM phone slated for China. Digging deep into this initial rumor uncovers the suggestion that the Zeppelin may be codenamed the Titanium. Zeppelin = Titanium = our mysterious FCC phone, which is headed to China and not the US. Case closed?
[Via PhoneArena and digi.QQ]
Dude, if it’s exclusively China-bound, why would it need to bother passing through the FCC?
Exactly!
Either Sprint or Verizon, as Sam already explained the reason why BG is wrong. It could be the Sholes Tablet.
It wouldn’t need to pass through the FCC to get to China, they allow anything over there.
Everything except freedom of speech, and apparently porn now.
have any LTE devices been approved? every time something new goes the the FCC I look right at data capabilities and end up disappointed.
This is not the first, nor the last China-bound handset to pass through the FCC. Here is a another one that passed thru this summer:
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/07/31/fcc-approves-nokia-5800i-dont-get-too-excited-its-headed-to-china/
If you do a little searching, you will find more examples of phones headed to China, South Korea, Mexico and more. They dont “need” to get FCC approval but sometimes do.
Right. However, if it does not have FCC approval, then it is illegal to use in the United States. There are also a number of smaller countries which just copy FCC or European approvals (by sending it to any EU recognized test lab).
Don’t phones get FCC approval so they can be used on American airwaves?
Titanium is a version of Sholes Tablet for one Asian country. Zepellin is a different phone entirely.