ElGatoFlojo
08-27-2006, 04:48 PM
So, I'd just like to post my experiences on getting one of the new 3G phones from Cingular. First off let me state I bought this phone for one reason, and one reason only. The 3G network! So, no flames about how the phone sucks, drops calls, etc. I could give a toss. And I'm sure everyone's milage will vary. But these are my experiences based on using the phone in a very small area so far (Cupertino CA).
I picked up the phone from Cingular and after some serious googling was able to find the settings to put into the 770 for tethering. Soon enough the phone displayed some nice 'connecting' text and a nifty icon of a laptop and a globe. Then I was on!
Thus far I haven't done any speed testing with the Nokia itself but I did tether the phone to a laptop and got a pretty decent speed of around 384k coming down.
What I have done on the nokia is try some ssh sessions, and some streaming audio. One of my favorite streaming sites is BassDrive (bassdrive.com) so its in my favorites list. So, after tethering I clicked on 'play' on the nokia and started streaming the 128k stream...and it was beautiful! So, to further test it I plugged in some headphones to the nokia. Put the phone in one pocket, and the nokia in the other and rode my bike down to the bank, over to the park and back home. The music streamed the whole time!! I stopped at the park for awhile. Left the audio streaming and opened up a ssh session to a server and did a little bit of admin work. The ssh was just a tad bit sluggish at times, but nothing really all that bad, and not something that would really impede my work, even if something was critical and needed to be done in a hurry.
So, thus far the phone is great. The battery life isn't so good. But I plan on getting a second battery. The phone would have to suck really bad for me to get rid of it and the added speed I have now. Something like maybe shocking me once an hour when it was in my pocket. I live online, so to have something that can roam with me and provide high speed access is my number one goal. Short of the phone exploding and toasting my short and curlies, its not going back.
Should you buy this phone? I dunno, do you have to be hyper connected like I am? Do you want to be able to stream or access almost everything no matter where you are? Keep in mind that I have an unlimited data plan on my phone, I use it that much! I've had unlimited data on my phone for about 2 years now and never run out of minutes on my phone. So that should give an idea of what I use it for.
The phone also supports EDGE and then down to regular GSM so I imagine I'll be covered no matter where I go.
Thats about it. I don't have any good summary other than I'm very pleased to have this kind of high speed, mobile access that I can carry with me anywhere!
I picked up the phone from Cingular and after some serious googling was able to find the settings to put into the 770 for tethering. Soon enough the phone displayed some nice 'connecting' text and a nifty icon of a laptop and a globe. Then I was on!
Thus far I haven't done any speed testing with the Nokia itself but I did tether the phone to a laptop and got a pretty decent speed of around 384k coming down.
What I have done on the nokia is try some ssh sessions, and some streaming audio. One of my favorite streaming sites is BassDrive (bassdrive.com) so its in my favorites list. So, after tethering I clicked on 'play' on the nokia and started streaming the 128k stream...and it was beautiful! So, to further test it I plugged in some headphones to the nokia. Put the phone in one pocket, and the nokia in the other and rode my bike down to the bank, over to the park and back home. The music streamed the whole time!! I stopped at the park for awhile. Left the audio streaming and opened up a ssh session to a server and did a little bit of admin work. The ssh was just a tad bit sluggish at times, but nothing really all that bad, and not something that would really impede my work, even if something was critical and needed to be done in a hurry.
So, thus far the phone is great. The battery life isn't so good. But I plan on getting a second battery. The phone would have to suck really bad for me to get rid of it and the added speed I have now. Something like maybe shocking me once an hour when it was in my pocket. I live online, so to have something that can roam with me and provide high speed access is my number one goal. Short of the phone exploding and toasting my short and curlies, its not going back.
Should you buy this phone? I dunno, do you have to be hyper connected like I am? Do you want to be able to stream or access almost everything no matter where you are? Keep in mind that I have an unlimited data plan on my phone, I use it that much! I've had unlimited data on my phone for about 2 years now and never run out of minutes on my phone. So that should give an idea of what I use it for.
The phone also supports EDGE and then down to regular GSM so I imagine I'll be covered no matter where I go.
Thats about it. I don't have any good summary other than I'm very pleased to have this kind of high speed, mobile access that I can carry with me anywhere!