On Thu, 2008-03-06 at 08:16 +0100, PEDRO MACANAS VALVERDE wrote: > De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] en nombre de Dan Williams > Enviado el: mié 05/03/2008 19:55 > Para: Will Stephenson > CC: networkmanager-list@gnome.org > Asunto: Re: ppp support naming > > >Just a quick point; _nothing_ should ever use or expose the 2G/3G/4G > names anywhere to the user. > > It could be shown optionally, if the user marks the option. > > >Where possible, we should display model and manufacturer strings in > the > UI because people usually know they have a Nokia or an LG or a Samsung > phone. They don't care if they have a Nokia CDMA phone or a Nokia GSM > phone. It's a phone.
Or you could just use the OUI from the Bluetooth address if via Bluetooth, or the USB data otherwise. > > For me and more people, this is important. It is not the same use a > GSM phone than a HDPA phone, that can upload and download quicklier > (broadband phone or broadband mobile modem, as Huawaei E220). > > Now, when I have to buy a new mobile phone I wouldn´t buy one older > than HSPA . You can't really know that, even if you know all the details about the phone, as even a phone with 3G, GPRS and all the whizzbang might not have contracts to allow that (As I can vouch for with the latest Sony Ericsson I got from Ericsson having a pay-as-you-go SIM card with 5 quid credit). _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list