For Uganda's case 3G is still out of sight. I know one of the telcos has already activated it and is testing it but in reality it will take a while before it is introduced and even then it might not be countrywide. So it wont make much of a difference with the few available WiFi hot spots.
Wire On Wed, 2007-01-10 at 10:22 +0200, andrew colin wrote: > There is still the built in GPS and 5Megapixal camera to contend with > on the N95 as opposed to Google map and 2M camera on the iphone WIFI > restricts your to areas with hotspots with 3G and wifi together u are > in a much better situation as u can use wifi where there is a hot spot > and 3G when you are out and about. > > On 1/10/07, Paul Bagyenda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Disagree, as a user of a Nokia E60, which I could have sworn by until > > last night. (E- and N-series Nokia share the same OS version, broad > > feature set.) > > Sure 3G is great, but having WiFi (as E-series does) more than makes > > up for lack of 3G (particularly once you have EDGE). (When you've > > made that first VoIP call via WiFi, on a cellphone, you're converted.) > > Apart from all the 'cool' stuff with the iPhone (ex: why didn't > > anyone else think of the accelerometer thingie? Or dumping the > > stylus?) the real strength is going to be that he has Unix/OSX under > > the hood, and a platform that allows him to do desktop-quality > > applications on a cellphone-sized device. The opportunities are > > immense. Symbian/Nokia is quite nice, Linux cellphone is too, but it > > looks like an eclipse is imminent... > > > > On Jan 10, 2007, at 09:07, andrew colin wrote: > > > > > The only let down with the phone is it does not do 3G it uses EDGE > > > which is basically stepped up GPRS although it has WIFI, The iphone > > > may have the advantage of the built in ipod but with ever increasing > > > size of SD minicard sizes I think it is not in the League of the S60 > > > phones N80 and N95 so i dont think Nokia will be loosing sleep over > > > this one > > > > > > > > > On 1/10/07, Wire James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Kurup > > >> > > >> In the presentation the price was indicated as US$ 600 for a 2 year > > >> contract with a service provider. That gives you an indication. > > >> > > >> Wire > > >> > > >> On Tue, 2007-01-09 at 22:35 +0300, Hari Kurup wrote: > > >> > Surprised they did not come up with another name coz iPhone is a > > >> trademark of Cisco. > > >> > > > >> > But we can drool for now and hope that the price, when they > > >> announce it, won't be a shocker. > > >> > > > >> > K. > > >> > > > >> > On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 21:28:29 +0300, Paul Bagyenda wrote > > >> > > As revolutions go, this one is, in my humble opinion, pretty > > >> major. > > >> > > Nokia's sales may not suffer quite yet, but there will be more > > >> than > > >> > > just the cold winter weather to upset a number of important > > >> Finns! > > >> > > > > >> > > http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/live-from-macworld-2007- > > >> steve-jobs- > > >> > > keynote/ > > >> > > > > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > >> > > LUG mailing list > > >> > > [email protected] > > >> > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > >> > > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > >> > > > > >> > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them > > >> (including > > >> > > attachments if any). 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