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daemon1
08-05-2006, 04:45 PM
Thinking on getting an MDA pro with T-Mobile in the UK with the walk n web unlimited internet, only catch is that it is UMTS. With the news that T-Mobile are upgrading the network to HSDPA wondering if there is a HSDPA universal due to be released anytime soon? If not, the other option is to wait for the Hermes in June.
lutzs
08-05-2006, 04:55 PM
The UMTS Notebook Cards can be upgrade to HSDPA with a new firmware, but i think the Universal haven't the necesary hardware for that. Wait for the Hermes...
thegadgetman
08-05-2006, 05:57 PM
Forgive the ignorance but what exactly is HSDPA?
loopback
08-05-2006, 06:14 PM
Forgive the ignorance but what exactly is HSDPA?

a quick web search would have brought a result...
anyway: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hsdpa
daemon1
08-05-2006, 06:36 PM
The UMTS Notebook Cards can be upgrade to HSDPA with a new firmware, but i think the Universal haven't the necesary hardware for that. Wait for the Hermes...

Thanks lutzs, only prob I have with the hermes is the small screen 320x240.. the small screen is big minus :( Im not looking to use it as a phone, but more for PDA and internet access... also plan to use it as a gateway (over bluetooth) for my mac to get to the net... thought about the pcmcia card, but need to lug laptop everywhere for that, whereas the pda itself is much more portable...

i think the tradeoff of speed over the usablility (screen, keyboard etc) might just be worth it for my needs...

another question, has anyone used t-mobile uk's web n walk with the above scenario of using it as a bridge for internet access for a laptop? the small print says that you can't do that blah blah... but don't see how that can tell if you're browsing through the pda or your computer? http is http...?
colonel
09-05-2006, 01:03 AM
haven't used tmobile, but the universal can be used as a modem. Via bluetooth should be fine (*99# etc.)

HSDPA is not part of the universal chipset. however I wouldn't get too excited. Mobile cells have to share bandwidth so the chance of anything fast is unlikely. Put it this way, by the time we actually get 384k sustained on any 3G network, that should be fine for web & email & online games.

I had an o2 xda mini s. but i gave it back. 320x240 is very limtied, adding that to the dismal 196 mhz omap was not usable.