John, I use Cingular because I think it gives me the best coverage in more remote parts of Ky. I also have a plan that gives the whole family phones and enough minutes to share. My latest goal though is to use my Motorola phone's bluetooth connection to get my laptop a wireless connection to the web anywhere I have a cellular signal. I understand that this is possible (although still unproven by me) with the standard voice connection and OS X with no extra data connection fees. Have you tried this? Jeff
On Jun 24, 2005, at 10:44 AM, John Robinson wrote: > Brian, > > Thanks so much Brian, this helps. I have talked to so many who say > Cingular is not good, yet for some reason the Razor phone is only > usable through them, so I may go back to the Palm. > > Thanks, I needed the help, and Ward I will stop by and talk to Mark, I > want to come see your new duds anyway. > > > John R. > > On Jun 24, 2005, at 8:14 AM, Brian O'Neal wrote: > >> CDMA = Code Division Multiple Access >> GSM= Global system for mobile Communication >> GPS=Global positioning system >> >> >> The better technology is hard to say. I'm not an expert. GSM is much >> older than CDMA. I believe that GSM has better coverage, but CDMA has >> an advantage when it comes to data transfer. GSM phones come with a >> SIM card. This sim card can allow you to change phones by taking out >> the sim card and inserting it into another phone. But, with that >> comes the problem of subsidy locked phones. I had a GSM Palm OS phone >> (a Tungsten W) It was locked to the AT&T wireless service, meaning I >> could not take it to another GSM carrier like T-Mobile or Cingular >> before the merger. Most all carriers lock their phones. Some will >> unlock them after a certain amount of time has passed. I think that I >> would go with the CDMA phone. Mainly because I believe, but am not >> certain, that CDMA has faster data throughput than GSM, and since >> your phone can do Web, email and SMS, you may want to utilize those >> down the line. >> Just using it as a phone you shouldn't notice a difference, except >> maybe the way the audio sounds from different compression methods. >> Clarity should be there with both. >> >> Opinion, Verizon-good, Cingular-bad, Sprint-OK, AT&T-Thank goodness >> they no longer exist. >> >> Brian O'Neal >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Jun 24, 2005, at 1:14 AM, John Robinson wrote: >> >> Advise is needed. >> >> Today I checked with Verizon on a phone (Treo 650) and it's >> integration with a MAC. On the Palm website some of the features are >> only available for Windows, some for the MAC as well. >> >> I also checked with Cingular on the Motorola Razor phone, not as many >> features, but a very small phone. >> >> Here is my question for the group, as I had two stories. >> >> The Verison salesperson said that the CDMA network that they used is >> far superior to the GSM (I thought it was GPS, not sure) that >> Cingular uses. >> >> Once I got to the Cingular store they pointed out that the GPS was >> far superior to downloading of email, getting connected to the web, >> etc. then the older technology of CDMA. >> >> So once again I ask the advise of the experts. Which is the better >> technology? Will it matter if you are using it only for a phone? If >> you do what internet connection then would that make a difference as >> to which is better. >> >> Many thanks, I so appreciate the groups help. >> >> John Robinson >> >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be July 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >> >> >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be July 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >> > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be July 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be July 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
