Am 18.12.2008 um 00:12 schrieb Will Siddall: > On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 7:02 PM, Justyn Butler > <justynbutler+openm...@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 _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community