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Originally Posted by Texrat View Post
...NOW I get it: including GSM has a cascading effect, ie, it drives other design factors.
Yes, it does. If you add a HSPA modem with an antenna to a device, you need a space in the industrial design where to put it. Putting the antenna behind the display or a generic metal piece is not a particular good idea, especially if you want to meet US network requirements. And you add other radios into the picture such as Bluetooth, FM radio, FM transmitter, and/or WIFI, then you need really good industrial designers to get it done without it becoming a oversized piece of consumer electronics. Anyway, for touchscreen-based devices built with Maemo, this meant in the past, now, and in the future that we will have some stuff around the display to place the antennas. So, when talking about certain use cases for a Maemo 5 device, don't forget that not only the display size defines the maximum size of the device but also all these radios you integrate.
 

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