> 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.
But Wire, I thought these Huawei CDMA phones that are all over the place are pure 3G. Then again, this 3G of ours means that your equipment is provided by the Telco. > So it wont make much of a difference with the few available WiFi hot > spots. > Still, these things are not necessarily mass market. They tend to target those few people who go to these hot-spots. N-series, I-pod & I-phone tend to be gadgets "to be seen with" on the larger part. The products that target the lower market segments are what make money for Nokia et al. > Wire > Bernard > 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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