What cingular phones offer EDGE, bluetooth, and full HTML support?

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HockeyZ39 - 15 Dec 2005 05:23 GMT

What cingular phones offer EDGE, bluetooth, and full HTML support
Thumbpad would also be nice, but dont want to spends $600 or have
huge phone.

TIA for any help

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dold@XReXXWhatX.usenet.us.com - 15 Dec 2005 18:37 GMT

> What cingular phones offer EDGE, bluetooth, and full HTML support?
> Thumbpad would also be nice, but dont want to spends $600 or have a
> huge phone.

The Motorola V551 offers EDGE class 4 and bluetooth, along with a typical
WAP browser.

Free Opera Mini runs on the V551, giving a well-featured html experience.

I like Opera Mini so much that I want to pay for ongoing server side
support. It is a client server model, currently with some free server
providing pre-processing of web pages. I don't want that to go away from
lack of funding.

www.cingular.com - Customer Service - Phones & Devices
"Go to Phone & Device Support".
doesn't allow you to search for features, but it does let you look at the
specs for individual phones.

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HockeyZ39 - 16 Dec 2005 05:59 GMT

dold@XReXXWhatX.usenet.us.com Wrote:

> > What cingular phones offer EDGE, bluetooth, and full HTML support?
> > Thumbpad would also be nice, but dont want to spends $600 or have a
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> Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5

Thanks for the info! What speeds can I expect on my laptop whe
connecting to EDGE through bluetooth?

I want to be able to play online games on the go, would the EDG
provide a good enough connect to play online?

TIA

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dold@XReXXWhatX.usenet.us.com - 16 Dec 2005 06:27 GMT

> Thanks for the info! What speeds can I expect on my laptop when
> connecting to EDGE through bluetooth?

I see 30Kbps in GPRS areas, 90-100Kbps in EDGE areas.
Google this group for John Navas Shootout to find his results.

> I want to be able to play online games on the go, would the EDGE
> provide a good enough connect to play online?

I think not. The latency would kill you, not so much the speed.

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John Navas - 16 Dec 2005 10:58 GMT

>> What cingular phones offer EDGE, bluetooth, and full HTML support?
>> Thumbpad would also be nice, but dont want to spends $600 or have a
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>Free Opera Mini runs on the V551, giving a well-featured html experience.

Likewise the V557, a minor update to the V551 that has replaced it in the
Cingular lineup.

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dold@XReXXWhatX.usenet.us.com - 24 Dec 2005 18:44 GMT

> >The Motorola V551 offers EDGE class 4 and bluetooth, along with a typical
> >WAP browser.

> Likewise the V557, a minor update to the V551 that has replaced it in the
> Cingular lineup.

The Motorola V551 is Edge Class 6 - 2U/3D/ GPRS Class 10, so a little
faster than the V551.

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John Navas - 25 Dec 2005 05:41 GMT

>> >The Motorola V551 offers EDGE class 4 and bluetooth, along with a typical
>> >WAP browser.
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>The Motorola V551 is Edge Class 6 - 2U/3D/ GPRS Class 10, so a little
>faster than the V551.

You mean V557 is EGPRS(EDGE) Class 6, but that's no faster than Class 4 on
downlink, only on uplink, and then at the expense of some downlink speed.
[yawn]

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