Hello!

I have been really busy at work since i returned, and I forgot to check this thread,
About the GPS, I'm using a bluetooth GPSlim260, I had no problems getting a fix on Beijing, but I forgot the charger and couldn't use in other places. I left my phone in Mexico because roaming prices where too high and used a prepaid card for calls, since I hoped to find WIFI at the hotels, but theres wasn't a single open network I could use for my tablet, except for the airports, and ethernet jacks on the room, shame I didn't brought a cheap router for my N800.

I "discovered" that the charger for my N800 it's in fact a travel charger and works perfectly anywhere with only a few adapters. You can download the maps for the places you are going to visit before leaving.

And I would get a unlocked phone and a Sim card if I really needed more constant Internet access or stay longer than a week.

Hi
I am moving to china shanghai this weekend , are there anything to be known about internet restrictions ? My n9 has configured openvpn on 80 port as survival backup solution , is it enough ?

Btw I'll be curious to met Gnu/linux geeks too ...

I guess it depends on are you connecting to a local internet provider or using a company intranet connected to the internet.

While I was there we had the normal unfiltered internet available at company internals, otherwice it was filtered with the great firewall.
Of course tor is always the option

Tor nodes are mostly blocked in China. VPN or ssh tunnel are safer bets.

FYI, the official repository of Jolla is blocked as well (depends on your ISP)

What about wifi hotspots ? are there some shops or restaurants known to provide free wifi ?


I dont know if this list is accurate :


http://www.danwei.org/china_informat..._hot_spo_1.php


Btw I expect to use it in hotels ...

Some companies may provide vpn connections for their employees.

Otherwise the Internet should be filtered by default.

There's a lot of "dead ends" on the internet in mainland China.
Things are tightly controlled.
Skype, WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Hotmail, Gmail* etc etc all blocked.

For communication in China, I used Tango.
Its one of the better ones out there. Its very popular, but I guess not popular enough to warrant a block.

I used it to communicate to back home, to my friend who was travelling with me, and to two other travellers that I met in Japan and Hong Kong.

Look for an alternative like that. Just in case, SMS is not an option/fails you.

http://www.tango.me/download

nothing for harmattan or linux

But I managed to create a qq.com email

Just came back from Shanghai, actually Skype and Outlook is working normally. There is a specific Chinese "Skype" but the rest of the world can just use their normal Skype as normal.

Recently Instagram get blocked due to HK Occupying central, to sum up Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, all Google services exc. GMaps, Flickr, Dropbox are NOT working. VPN is recommended.

Shanghai is having "dusty" fog at the moment (from north China wind), good luck.

The newly released Tor Browser 4.0 claims to work in China.