ubuntu-us-nj Openmoko Group Buy option

[Luis R. Rodriguez]

On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 2:23 PM, Joe Terranova <joeterranova at gmail.com> wrote:
> >  its at least some progress. I also want to throw out my regular
>  >  cell phone. I'm curious, I also have an n810, what don't you like
>  >  about it? It supports Edge and I think the data rate plan with AT&T is
>  >  35$/month or $65/month with tethering (sharing your connection with
>  >  your laptop).
>
>  The n810 does not support Edge, at least to any knowledge I have -- if
>  it did, I'd be using it full time, and I'd have thrown out my cell
>  phone. It supports Bluetooth and WiFi. So, it can be used linked to a
>  cell phone with Edge or 3G, but has no such ability built-in. There's
>  rumors that when Sprint unrolls WiMax (in like 8 cities), there will
>  be n810s with WiMax built-in, but I'll die of old age before WiMax is
>  ubiquitous. Anyone up for moving to Chicago?

My n810 does seem to come with Edge support.

>  >  Tanya: Our PDA plans support our 3G network and Edge.
>  >  Luis: Do you have any plans that only offer GPRS?
>  >  Tanya: That is great and if AT&T starts doing that, I am sure I will
>  >  be trained on it.
>
>  They aren't trained on GPRS because it's old as the hills. Why would
>  they train sales people on GPRS when they have EDGE (ie EGPRS)?

Point taken.

  Luis