Stage of GTA03 development?
Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
hns at computer.org
Thu Dec 18 09:46:54 CET 2008
Am 18.12.2008 um 00:12 schrieb Will Siddall:
> On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 7:02 PM, Justyn Butler
> <justynbutler+openmoko at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>> Replace the mc75i with a 3.5G modem! Go on, surprise us all!
We perhaps will be most surprised how much a 3G modem will cost...
>> I have to agree with Justyn and say that we need a 3G phone. I
>> bought
> this phone in hopes that I can use it when I travel around.
> Unfortunately, when I leave the country, it just becomes a toy to play
> around with and most of the time I have to leave it behind :(
Why that?
I don't own a 3G phone but a UMTS wireless card for my Mac.
My practical experience is:
a) in areas (urban) where you have HSDPA speed, you also have WiFi
hotspots
b) in all other areas (more rural) your connection falls back to GPRS
anyway
So, a phone that combines GPRS and WiFi is a little more difficult to
connect
to the correct network but has no dramatically worse connectivity than
real 3G.
2 months ago I had to run a VNC connection to my server back home
through GPRS.
Slowly, but it worked.
Improving to 3G is therefore a "nice to have" for me. Not mandatory.
Nikolaus
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