Hi. On Sun, 2008-06-15 at 18:55 +1000, NeilBrown wrote: > On Sun, June 15, 2008 2:54 pm, Nigel Cunningham wrote: > > I'd like > > to replace them both by one thing, and I want that one thing to be Linux > > based and open source. At the same time, though, I want it to be useful > > for a long time. 3G seems to me ignorant mind to fit that bill better > > than GSM. (They've just switched off CDMA here in Aussie; I don't know > > anything for certain, but assume that it won't be too many years before > > GSM goes the same way). Or maybe I am just ignorant. Can you do sending > > and receiving email and so on with GSM, or is that 3G only? > > How many years do you expect to get out of a 'phone? Some people > seem to change them every couple of years, and I'm sure GSM will last longer > than that.
Well, I've had the Nokia since about 2001. I've purchased a new battery in that time, but that's about all. Always prepaid, low usage up till now. > Yes, I would like 3G too, though I've heard it said on this forum that > 3G is somewhat of a catch-all term for several related technologies, and > it is not possible to have a single international 3G device. I don't > know how true that is. > > In any case, to answer your question: yes, you can send/receive Email > on GSM. GSM includes GPRS which is low-speed IP. Similar sort of > speed to a 56K modem. OK for sending Email, just bearable for web > browsing if that pages aren't too busy. Ok. So given that I'm subscribed to LKML and so on, I'd probably want to use webmail. Since we're saying 'low-speed IP' does that mean SSH would be possible? Would providers tend to let you use SSH? (If I could use it to do quick website admin tasks when away from home, that would be great). Nigel _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community