FreeRunner and Rogers/Fido question

2008-07-03 Thread Todd Courtnage 
Hey all.

I live in Canada (Calgary) and am looking at buying the FreeRunner.
I've also noticed that there is no 3G support.  I presently have a
BlackBerry 8700 on Rogers EDGE network, with a data plan.  I'm confused
in whether EDGE is 3G or 2G.  On the Wikipedia page:
While EDGE is part of the 3G standard, some phones report EDGE and 3G
network availability as separate things, notably the iPhone.

However, on the same Wikipedia page, under the Mobile Communication
standard chart, they list EDGE under the GSM (2G) section.

Paint me confused.  :-)  Can I (in theory, at least) access Rogers' EDGE
network, and hence get data/internet access on the FreeRunner?  Or get a
data plan on Fido and use it with the FreeRunner (as my Rogers contract
is coming due in a month or two).

Thanks
Todd



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Re: FreeRunner and Rogers/Fido question

2008-07-03 Thread Todd Courtnage 
On Thu, 2008-07-03 at 20:58 +0200, Alexander Frøyseth wrote:
 Philippe Guillebert skrev:
  Todd Courtnage wrote:

  Hey all.
 
  I live in Canada (Calgary) and am looking at buying the FreeRunner.
  I've also noticed that there is no 3G support.  I presently have a
  BlackBerry 8700 on Rogers EDGE network, with a data plan.  I'm confused
  in whether EDGE is 3G or 2G.  
  
  Hi,
 
  Edge is often referred to 2,75G.
 
  To sum it up :
 
  2G is plain old GSM (9.6kbits/sec)
  2,5G is GPRS (about 50 kbits/sec)
  2,75G is EDGE (about 200 kbits/sec)
  3G is HSDPA (up to a few Mbits/sec)
 
  Neo Freerunner is GPRS-capable. Not awesome, but enough to check mails 
  or things like that.
 

 And thats exacly what I does on the mobile net :)
 Expect for calling and sms

Hey, thanks for everyones responses, that cleared up things immensely.
And, after I posted (and thought that I researched it thoroughly), I saw
on openmoko.com, it specifically says no EDGE support.  Silly me.

I am curious, would EDGE support be a potential software upgrade?  Or
does it require new hardware?

I'm torn between buying one now and waiting and see what comes out in
the coming months.  :-)

Todd



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