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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
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Re: Pointless For Data

said by EPS See Profile :

Hm, well, most smartphones can't connect to Wi-Fi (though the almighty iPhone can), so if you wanted to use your smartphone inside...
Most modern smartphones have built in wifi support. For those that don't, an SD, MiniSD, and very soon MicroSD workarounds are available.

But even if your phone doesn't have wifi, if you are at home and you have broadband and presumably a computer, why would you want to use your phone for data?
said by EPS See Profile :

Also, on GSM, 3G is both data and voice.
True, but most phones do support fallback to EDGE or basic GSM for voice, both services are quite prevalent in the USA (although I know that in other countries they use 3G for everything).
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EPS

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reply to pnh102
Hm, well, most smartphones can't connect to Wi-Fi (though the almighty iPhone can), so if you wanted to use your smartphone inside...

Also, on GSM, 3G is both data and voice.


pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
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If the whole point of 3G is to provide high speed mobile broadband, why would someone need it indoors? Especially if that someone has a traditional broadband connection that the picocell would presumably use?
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