* Jean-Philippe Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070118 03:16]: > Hi Community > > A lot of stuff around WiFi these days - A feature that does _not_ seems to be > even planned as of now! :) > > Why do I want WiFi? > > NOT to make expensive VoIP calls in airports - if I want to spend money in > airports, there are plenty of other ways... > > I want WiFI so that the Phone is a real part of my network, allowing Sync's & > Backups, move/consultation of files over standard smb:// protocol: safe, > fast, secure, you choose what to share & what not.
That you can do with BT well enough. > > I want WiFi to overcome the trouble of GPRS not being recognized/set up right > with my local carrier (tell me about it: exotic phones are never acknowledged > as data-capable by carriers), so I can apt-get over the network (cheaper, Setting up GPRS is rather a straightforward thing with GSM phones. You need the APN, and the dial string. The dialstring is a constant, that's it. (Ok, there are some potential options to be set at AT-command level, but I don't remember to have needed them ever) > faster than over GPRS BTW), so I can get the online stuff I _need_ (mails, > mainly. Ever tried to browse the internet over a Palm? useless.) Quite useful with a Nokia. (GPRS makes it no fun, EGPRS would be fun). I fear it's more a question of the client software than the network connection that you had. Andreas _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
