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The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has chosen Apple's (AAPL) "nano" sim...

  • Sunday, June 3, 2012, 5:48 AM ET
    The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has chosen Apple's (AAPL) "nano" sim card design as the new standard for the next generation of such cards over a rival proposal from Nokia (NOK), RIM (RIMM) and Motorola (GOOG). The new sim is 40% smaller than the micro-Sim used in some devices today.
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    Well, that'll make the phones lighter then! The full size SIMs are already about at the limit of smallness that my fingers can manage without dropping, so I don't see the point, but doubtless there is one.
    3 Jun 2012, 06:24 AM Reply Like
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    NOKIA needed that deal
    3 Jun 2012, 07:14 AM Reply Like
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    Why?
    3 Jun 2012, 08:58 AM Reply Like
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    well, apple ended up essentially redesigning it to please nok and the others. see here: http://bit.ly/LcX11I. anyway, this is no big deal from a market share/IP standpoint = doesn't affect any positions.
    3 Jun 2012, 09:24 AM Reply Like
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    Why it sounds like it's backward compatible and everyone got something they wanted.
    3 Jun 2012, 10:00 AM Reply Like
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    Any ideas what concequence it will have for Nokia?
    3 Jun 2012, 09:42 AM Reply Like
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    None
    3 Jun 2012, 10:01 AM Reply Like
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    How much worse could it get for Nokia? The company is hopeless.
    3 Jun 2012, 03:17 PM Reply Like
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    Kind of like Apple in the Fall of 1997?
    4 Jun 2012, 10:14 AM Reply Like
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    SIM- are we not talking SIMM- as in PC memory?? Just asking.
    3 Jun 2012, 05:23 PM Reply Like
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    its the card in the phone follow ictia's link excellent photo
    3 Jun 2012, 10:35 PM Reply Like
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    It's the Subscriber Identity Module which is a chip that contains the carriers data so the device can connect to a carriers networks. Some phones allow for more than one SIM.

    http://bit.ly/NzxzSu
    4 Jun 2012, 10:18 AM Reply Like
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    Thank you, beryrb and techy46
    4 Jun 2012, 12:51 PM Reply Like
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