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cwamit
cwamit
WA
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cwamit cwamit
WA, 1194 posts
14 May 2007 3:55pm
With cdma about to be thrown out the window i am looking for a new phone to suit the next g telstra system.

Anyone upgraded to a new smart phones yet and have some feedback to share?

I am looking at getting the palm treo 750 - seems to be a nifty device anyone bought this yet and have some negatives to say about it? Only hear so far its great but there has to be a downside to it.. apart from stealability !!

Is it water proof for example - ok thats a given. how is the reception and anyone used the "atenna pad" to conect to a larger antena (talking about those car ones)



mineral1
mineral1
WA
4564 posts
mineral1 mineral1
WA, 4564 posts
14 May 2007 4:47pm
We have a bunch of Nokia CDMA. Unfortunately Nokia not making next G yet. Our investigation for robustness and reliability is LG, has a flip top but out of the bunch, its proving to be sort of OK for our work. (mining enviro) The rest we didnt get too excited about. We have about 100 CDMA.

Hope this helps.
Mineral
cwamit
cwamit
WA
1194 posts
cwamit cwamit
WA, 1194 posts
14 May 2007 5:50pm
lol - didnt help.. but thanks anyhow! haha should post in a nerd forum huh

Nokia is making a next g mobile , its called the n95 or something.. camera, gps , phone and couple other features. Not what i am looking for though.
grumplestiltskin
grumplestiltskin
WA
2331 posts
grumplestiltskin grumplestiltskin
WA, 2331 posts
14 May 2007 9:13pm
isn't NextG same as three G? pretty sure all the 3G phones work on the NextG network.
Greenroom
Greenroom
WA
7608 posts
Greenroom Greenroom
WA, 7608 posts
15 May 2007 12:09am
All this talk about G is making me horny
cwamit
cwamit
WA
1194 posts
cwamit cwamit
WA, 1194 posts
15 May 2007 7:07am
quote:
Originally posted by Greenroom

All this talk about G is making me horny


so now wouldnt be a good idea to start talking about which mobile has the best vibration function?

GreenPat
GreenPat
QLD
4107 posts
GreenPat GreenPat
QLD, 4107 posts
15 May 2007 5:30pm
In a fit of intelligence, a bit over 10km of development and associated stoping in the mine I'm at right now has been named part of the "G-Zone".

On the subject of phones, don't get the i-mate JAS-JAM. It has been in the shop getting fixed three times now, I have been without it for about three months in total. Apparently there are about 160 of them sitting there with the same problem waiting on the same replacement part from the Middle East, and they can't even give me an estimate on when it will be back.
gerard
gerard
QLD
175 posts
gerard gerard
QLD, 175 posts
15 May 2007 5:50pm
This pretty amazing! A GPS site where you can type in a mobile phone number and it finds exactly the location the person is (assuming the mobile is switched on).
Try it out - it's pretty accurate.

Put in the first 4 digits in the first field, and the remaining digits in the other field.

Log on to www.sat-gps-tracker.com/english/index.html

Is this part of the 3G?
nebbian
nebbian
WA
6277 posts
nebbian nebbian
WA, 6277 posts
15 May 2007 4:37pm
I'd be wary of sites like that GPS tracking one, often they're nothing more than fronts for telemarketing companies, looking to harvest mobile phone numbers.

So sure put the number of someone you hate in there, but I wouldn't put my own number in...

Regarding NextG, I swapped over a couple of months ago from CDMA, and the new phone has roughly the same coverage, and much better features. GSM doesn't work at all out where I am, CDMA and NextG are borderline. It's definitely the way of the future though, it's a much better designed protocol than CDMA.
grumplestiltskin
grumplestiltskin
WA
2331 posts
grumplestiltskin grumplestiltskin
WA, 2331 posts
15 May 2007 5:19pm
quote:
Originally posted by nebbian

I'd be wary of sites like that GPS tracking one, often they're nothing more than fronts for telemarketing companies, looking to harvest mobile phone numbers.

So sure put the number of someone you hate in there, but I wouldn't put my own number in...

Regarding NextG, I swapped over a couple of months ago from CDMA, and the new phone has roughly the same coverage, and much better features. GSM doesn't work at all out where I am, CDMA and NextG are borderline. It's definitely the way of the future though, it's a much better designed protocol than CDMA.



Neb thats not a tracking site, as such. Put any eight digits in you'll get the picture.

as for nextG v CDMA the coverage should be the same because they both used the 850Mhz range.
cwamit
cwamit
WA
1194 posts
cwamit cwamit
WA, 1194 posts
15 May 2007 7:10pm
yeah have been told the i mates are bug prone.. tend to lock up and have to be restarted often so wasnt to keen on looking at them.

anyhow got the palm treo 750 today... v.neat even seabreeze web site looks ok on its small screen. just got to dish out some extra for all the optional extra to make it actualy more functional so i can cancel my home phone once and for all....
TelecomGreg
TelecomGreg
QLD
94 posts
TelecomGreg TelecomGreg
QLD, 94 posts
16 May 2007 5:14pm
I'm ex big T and the last 2 phones I had were Kyocera CDMA and they were great!!! I'm told they don't do a 3G yet so I'm sticking with my nokia CDMA until I can get one.


TelecomGreg
mr Hippo
mr Hippo
WA
115 posts
mr Hippo mr Hippo
WA, 115 posts
17 May 2007 7:43am
i find that the 3G mode is always screwing up and i caever seem to find reception wheni need it
mr Hippo
mr Hippo
WA
115 posts
mr Hippo mr Hippo
WA, 115 posts
17 May 2007 7:44am
can never
BoDiddly
BoDiddly
VIC
622 posts
BoDiddly BoDiddly
VIC, 622 posts
17 May 2007 10:10am
Next G works on the 850MHz bandwidth, and '3G' works on the 2100MHz bandwidth, so no, traditional '3G' phones will not work on the Next G network. The Next G Network is currently the only national HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) which currently enables upto 14.4Mbps which is pretty damn sweet!
-Oh and I think Virgin is testing out that capability in like Sydney only or something?

quote:
Originally posted by grumplestiltskin

isn't NextG same as three G? pretty sure all the 3G phones work on the NextG network.
cwamit
cwamit
WA
1194 posts
cwamit cwamit
WA, 1194 posts
17 May 2007 10:08am
14.4 megs hey wow! Not bad - going of the price plans then a 70 meg monthly download plan @ 30 bucks would be used up in 5 seconds or there abouts? I need longer than 5 seconds to stream porn!

Idiot Alert: I know the movie will go longer than 5 sec as it doesn’t have anything to do with downloading times!

BoDiddly
BoDiddly
VIC
622 posts
BoDiddly BoDiddly
VIC, 622 posts
17 May 2007 1:14pm
Or do you only need 5 seconds?! hahahah

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