De: Bastien Nocera Enviado el: jue 06/03/2008 17:12 Para: PEDRO MACANAS VALVERDE CC: Dan Williams; Will Stephenson; [email protected] Asunto: RE: ppp support naming
On Thu, 2008-03-06 at 08:16 +0100, PEDRO MACANAS VALVERDE wrote: > De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] en nombre de Dan Williams > Enviado el: mié 05/03/2008 19:55 > Para: Will Stephenson > CC: [email protected] > Asunto: Re: ppp support naming > > >Just a quick point; _nothing_ should ever use or expose the 2G/3G/4G > names anywhere to the user. > > It could be shown optionally, if the user marks the option. > > >Where possible, we should display model and manufacturer strings in > the > UI because people usually know they have a Nokia or an LG or a Samsung > phone. They don't care if they have a Nokia CDMA phone or a Nokia GSM > phone. It's a phone. Or you could just use the OUI from the Bluetooth address if via Bluetooth, or the USB data otherwise. OK > >> Now, when I have to buy a new mobile phone I wouldn´t buy one older > than HSPA . >You can't really know that, even if you know all the details about the phone, as even a phone with 3G, GPRS and all the whizzbang might not have contracts to allow that (As I can vouch for with the latest Sony Ericsson I got from Ericsson having a pay-as-you-go SIM card with 5 quid credit). Really I know I can use the HSPA in the Vodafone network. I use it in my Huawei E220 modem also. In any case, I give me no confidance a mobile network operator that does not offer any HSPA mobile phone to the users (this is first step selection). Regards. Pedro.
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