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| Thread ID: 97251 | 2009-02-09 05:57:00 | Telecom Brings World's Best Mobile To NZ | Misty (368) | PC World Chat |
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| 746215 | 2009-02-09 05:57:00 | www.voxy.co.nz Do I get commission ? Misty ;) |
Misty (368) | ||
| 746216 | 2009-02-09 06:54:00 | The article is dated 15 October 2008.... :confused: :illogical Old news? |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 746217 | 2009-02-09 07:05:00 | Consumer have a item on CDMA phones in the February 2009 issue. However, despite the fact that they wax lyrical about half a dozen CDMA phones (which look pretty average to me), they advise anyone thinking about upgrading their current CDMA phone to hold off until after the new network ("W850") launches... :lol: Sorry Telecom, you're going to have a pile of crap CDMA stock to dump... |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 746218 | 2009-02-09 09:43:00 | I wonder what Vodafone will do when the new telecom network launches & gets a lot of free press? It seems like they don't even try to compete with Telecom for non-business customers at the moment, and this could be the final straw the breaks the powerful grip of inertia. | Greven (91) | ||
| 746219 | 2009-02-09 10:07:00 | One can but hope! My biggest concern is the cost to the consumer (business or otherwise) of using the 3G network (either one). Both networks will have a great range of phones capable of doing so much more than just phone calls and SMS, but high data charges will be the biggest drag on full uptake of the new services. What's the point in owning a top of the line iPhone/Blackberry, or whatever, that can do just about everything short of making the tea, if all you can afford is $10 text and $30/month off-peak calling.... Unless one or other networks bites the bullet and brings data charges down to a level that Joe Bloggs can afford, they will continue to sell vanilla Nokias and not maximise the potential of true multimedia devices... |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 746220 | 2009-02-09 10:43:00 | I thought the best mobile was the iPhone, and it wont run on Telecom? ;) Anyways, the new networks gonna be nice, but not all its cracked up to be. Seriously, who downloads music (According to that article) while on a chairlift? That said, the extended coverage, if it works as predicted, will be a welcome change for many people no doubt :) IMO mobile broadband is generally overated, I dont know anybody who actually *requires* (let alone really wants) the ability to have a connection they can use to stream YouTube videos whilst on the road. Mobile broadband is more about checking your emails on-the-go at a semi-decent pace, or a bit of browsing here and there, or VPN'ing into work while away from the office ... For that you just want a reliable and semi-low-latency connection, not a super-high-speed one. VoIP over data networks? Again, low-latency, speed is not an issue IMO |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 746221 | 2009-02-09 19:03:00 | According to "Master Spinner" Paul Brislen in a thread a few months ago, the reason for the high cost of data is that the equipment (at the cell tower site) has to be able to handle the hand-over to the next site with no interruption to service, and is therefore more complicated (and expensive!) than the Woosh Wireless solution, which basically provides the same solution but limited to internet connectivity for laptops/PCs . The explanation sounds and smell like BS to me . But I'm with you Chill, streaming YouTube on the bus? I believe that either the Telcos don't realy understand how people use their smartphones and/or they are cynically and artificially keeping the prices high so their networks don't get overloaded and they make huge profits off business users in the meantime . . . |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 746222 | 2009-02-09 19:29:00 | IIRC they will use the same network that Japan use, and their ENTRY level phones are awesome (rotating screens, anyone?) :D | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 746223 | 2009-02-09 19:40:00 | Umm ... Its a phone ... why do you need a rotating screen? If you're showing something on your phone to somebody else, why not just give it to them to look at, then take it back off them? Call me a simple man, but .... :D |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 746224 | 2009-02-09 19:42:00 | It's Japan. :p Plus it folds over the keyboard, like a mini-tablet PC. :D | pcuser42 (130) | ||
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