On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, Pablo Manalastas wrote: .. > GPRS phones are very hot items on the [mapalad] mailing list. > Since this is OT anyway, I have a few questions: > > 1. What is the difference between GPRS and the usual GSM technology? > Do I need GPRS?
Yes you do! =) Permanent internet connection, how about that? .. > 2. Using a normal WAP phone, I can wap-browse, but there is no > wap content out there, and the current per minute charge is so > discouraging. No one wants to wap-browse only to get nothing > but pay an arm and a leg for such non-service. Is the situation > better with a GPRS phone? Can you do a real HTML browse with > GPRS phones? No. Current GPRS phones use WAP 1.2 browsers. But since the connection is permanent, and not metered by the minute, the experience is much smoother. Allegedly GPRS should be metered by the MB. It's about $50 for 20MB in the US. That translates to 7.7KB/peso. Which is still much cheaper than SMS (160B/2.50 peso). .. > 3. What is the cheapest good enough Nokia GPRS phone? How much is > it selling today? Is today the right time to buy one? There is only one Nokia GPRS phone -- the 8310. I would not buy one, because the functionality is rather limited and it has a reputation for falling apart easily. Some GPRS phones: Nokia - 8310 (GPRS, IrDA, Bluetooth) Ericsson - T65 (GPRS), T39 (GPRS, BlueTooth, IrDA), T68 (GPRS, BlueTooth, IrDA, color screen) Siemens - ME45, S45 -- Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mosaic Communications, Inc. _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
