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Reallllllllllllllly interesting card! download the PDF datasheet from the site...
UMTS with HSDPA: 1.8Mbps down 384Kbps up
Edge 216 down 108 up
Superior radio for fringe coverage use and has a removable external antenna

Simulatanious Voice and Data ( voice available Q1/06 ) ANYBODY KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS?
3G video support ( WHAT DOES THIS MEAN ??? via your pc/laptop? how?)
 
Mams said:
Reallllllllllllllly interesting card! download the PDF datasheet from the site...
UMTS with HSDPA: 1.8Mbps down 384Kbps up
Edge 216 down 108 up
Superior radio for fringe coverage use and has a removable external antenna

Simulatanious Voice and Data ( voice available Q1/06 ) ANYBODY KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS?
3G video support ( WHAT DOES THIS MEAN ??? via your pc/laptop? how?)
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Hmm, I'm starting to druel over this one. It seems if you wanna do a couple of hundred megs a month, you have to charge the 6680's battery too often for my liking :rolleyes:

I suppose Gauteng will get HSDPA first, then CT? Wondering about Stellensbosch...
V3g, any comments on planned coverage or rollout?
 
The new generation of cards will all support GPRS/EDGE/3G/HSDPA.

Some of the new 3G terminals allows a concurrent voice and data connection, so you should be able to make a voice call while browsing.

Again, the data cards can make CS calls, so you can do a video conference from your laptop to another laptop or a handset. This functionality will be included in a future release of the VMC.
 
I certainly hope that when we get cards they have a higher threshold than 1.8 Mbps. Once the technology is working stably i expect the upper threshold to increase rapidly and to be stuck with a card that can do max 2 Mbps when the threshold becomes 5 within a year or so is going to be fatal. Voice call using IP or current phone technology? Certainly this gets more and more interesting.

Bruce
 
bruceahibbert said:
Once the technology is working stably i expect the upper threshold to increase rapidly and to be stuck with a card that can do max 2 Mbps when the threshold becomes 5 within a year or so is going to be fatal.
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Wouldn't the cards be firmware upgradeable to higher speeds?
 
The obvious question and obvious fact that it's ignored

So, current 3G users, what wil happen to us when the new technology comes out?

Do we get an upgrade card for free because we acted as testers even though we paid for the service?

Can we just upgrade our current cards with software for free because we acted as testers even though we paid for the service?

Do we have to wait untill our contracts expire before we can upgrade, because we acted as testers even though we paid for the service?

:confused:
 
Firstly, the current cards won't be upgradeable as it's a hardware upgrade to HSDPA.

In general, see the data cards as another type of handset. You get a unit on contract and after the contract expires, you can get a new unit under a new contract. If you want to upgrade while still in the contract period, you normally can, by paying some kind of upgrade fee.

A stated, the above is how normal handsets work. I'll see what I can find regarding a data card upgrade, but I suspect it's going to be similar.
 
V3g a quick ques?

A question that was asked earlier in this discussion about the availability of hsdpa phones. Is the Sony ericsson V600 not able to, as the specifications for that phone say that the modem is unlimeted 3g. The Sonyericsson site says and repeats itself " NO LIMITS-3G " does this actually mean it will support the hsdpa speeds or not? :confused:
 
I'll check what the SE statement implies but I'll be very surprised if the phone supports HSDPA ot is upgradable to HSDPA as it requires different hardware.

Can you post the URL?
 
Bundy2005 said:
A question that was asked earlier in this discussion about the availability of hsdpa phones. Is the Sony ericsson V600 not able to, as the specifications for that phone say that the modem is unlimeted 3g. The Sonyericsson site says and repeats itself " NO LIMITS-3G " does this actually mean it will support the hsdpa speeds or not? :confused:
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From what I can see on both the below sites, the specs state that the UMT modem for this phone caters for 384kbps data and not HSDPA.

http://mobile.softpedia.com/phones/Sony-Ericsson/Sony-Ericsson-V600.shtml
http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_ericsson_v600-1189.php
 
vodacom3g said:
I'll check what the SE statement implies but I'll be very surprised if the phone supports HSDPA ot is upgradable to HSDPA as it requires different hardware.

Can you post the URL?
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Hi vodacom3g this is the direct url for this phone i agree with 3grox those sites are informative but for your average internet user will go to the sony ericson website when trying to find out about the phone this is where they have made this statement (Lets think basics.)
One of the sites under Genral dont even menssion the umts function untill modems they also state that it only has 256 colours on the screen. The sony ericsson site says that it has 262,144 tft,I know it dosnt actually say hsdpa but how many networks around the world use hsdpa 3,5G.

http://www.sonyericson.com/spg.jsp?cc=gb&lc=en&ver=4000&template=pp1_1_1&zone=pp&lm=pp1&pid=10290
 
How about updating the URL's of the links to the Vodacom site? Most of those no longer work ...

thanks!
 
Edge?

"Do I still need an ISP?: No Vodacom GRPS/EDGE/3G is your network connection."


Does Vodacom do EDGE?

By the way, if not why not?
 
New HSDPA service

I see that the new cards will support 3G, EDGE and GPRS too.

@v3g ... any idea if Vodacom might offer some kind of trade in option on existing 3G users for the datacards? I'd love to get the new HSDPA running, but with over a year still to run on my current contract, I wouldn't be upgrading anytime soon.
 
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