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Motorola Q9 Napoleon First to Offer CDMA & Quad-band GSM

By on July 3, 2008

Rumor site Boy Genius Report has posted images of a new Motorola Q9 code-named Napoleon.

The device has several remixed functions, including a new keyboard and directional pad. In addition, the device features a fingerprint scanner, targeting it squarely at the corporate user marketplace. The device is otherwise identical to the Motorola Q9c, with Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard.

More importantly, the device is a CDMA world phone, featuring EV-DO Rev A, as well as quad-band GSM/EDGE. If launched by a CDMA carrier in the United States, it would mark the first phone that supports both American CDMA and GSM frequencies, ever sold by a US carrier.

While it is highly unlikely that a CDMA carrier would engage in roaming agreements with domestic GSM networks, it does open the door for an unlocked version of the device to support inserting an AT&T or T-Mobile SIM card, and using a GSM network as a fallback for when CDMA service is not available.

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9 responses to “Motorola Q9 Napoleon First to Offer CDMA & Quad-band GSM”

  1. bobby callens
    bobby callens August 3, 2008 at 9:15 pm |

    when will motorola napaleon q9 be available

  2. Zena
    Zena August 14, 2008 at 10:38 am |

    Ditto!
    I would love to upgrade to this phone. When will it be released?

  3. Richard Stuart
    Richard Stuart September 27, 2008 at 10:06 am |

    umm. acctually this is wrong. there is a phone that can do both gsm and CDMA already its on verizon. its the world phone.

  4. Christopher Price
    Christopher Price September 27, 2008 at 1:50 pm |

    Richard, you are correct there are multiple world phones on Verizon Wireless. However, none of them have quad-band GSM.

  5. carlos
    carlos September 29, 2008 at 10:30 pm |

    i thought the first cdma/gsm phone was the blackberry World Edition??

    that is a nice phone though

  6. Richard Stuart
    Richard Stuart November 10, 2008 at 12:18 pm |

    Either way, wont the blackberry storm be coming out before it. So that makes the blackberry storm the first CDMA + Quadband GSM phone. And do you know when the Motorola Napoleon Q9 will be coming out? I really need to find out because if it isn’t coming out like this month, I am going to get the Motorola Q9c.

  7. kevin
    kevin January 7, 2009 at 8:44 pm |

    i love this phone but does anyone know what the price will be?

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  9. Taltaljan
    Taltaljan February 11, 2009 at 3:09 pm |

    Wiil we be required to purchase an additional service plan through Verizon for this phone? I know that Verizon is making some of its PDA’s to require a data package but none of the previous Motorola Q’s have ever required it through Verizon.