[nmglug] Purism/Librem phone app development

[Akkana Peck]

Arlo Barnes writes:
> On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 9:54 AM, Akkana Peck <akkana at shallowsky.com> wrote:
> 
> >  https://puri.sm/shop/librem-5/
> > says "Works with 2G/3G/4G, GSM, UMTS, and LTE networks" -- does that
> > mean it doesn't work with Verizon?
> >
>  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verizon_Wireless#Network says it is LTE.

Correct me if I'm wrong, since I'm definitely not a cellphone
expert, but my understanding is that LTE is data only (4G?). So the
Librem would be a neat PDA, but wouldn't work as a phone (voice and
SMS) over Verizon anywhere. In the major cities where there's good
data coverage, it would work like a tablet, and you could probably
make VOIP calls, but you wouldn't have that in most of the state.

        ...Akkana