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steele Posts: 329

I have a Walkman W810i. And I used to own several SE phones too. I noticed that the usual blue triangle (gprs icon) has been replaced with white capital letter "G"...Sometimes it changes to a white capital letter "E".

I also noticed that if it's on "G", the browsing and downloading speed is slower compared to if it's on "E".

Is "G" for GPRS? "E" for EDGE?

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[ This Message was edited by: steele on 2006-08-17 04:01 ]
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Posted: 2006-08-17 05:01:01
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eskay Posts: 166

Yes if a phone supports edge as well as your provider than it will display E on the other hand if you have a phone that supports edge but your provider does not than your phone will display G only which stands for GPRS (GENERAL RADIO PACKET SIGNAL) This message was posted from a WAP device
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Posted: 2006-08-17 05:24:08
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steele Posts: 329

I think so. but how come sometimes the phone is using "E" and at times "G". Might be my location?
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Posted: 2006-08-17 05:32:11
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BobaFett Posts: > 500

Yes, it depends on local service. I do missed thd triangle too, dont get why se used the nokia solution This message was posted from a WAP device
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Posted: 2006-08-17 09:16:08
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kalleboo Posts: 218

Quote:On 2006-08-17 05:32:11, steele wrote:
I think so. but how come sometimes the phone is using "E" and at times "G". Might be my location?
Some transmitter towers might not be upgraded to EDGE yet, so it falls back to GPRS.
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Posted: 2006-08-17 09:17:11
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jasond Posts: 408

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On 2006-08-17 09:16:08, BobaFett wrote:
Yes, it depends on local service. I do missed thd triangle too, dont get why se used the nokia solution

I could go both ways on it. On my older Ericssons, I always thought the GPRS triangle muddied the signal bars a little. I think the new style is a lot cleaner, but only wish there was a more universal styling (on Sony Ericsson) for when in range of a 3G/Edge/GPRS network.

Currently on the K800 we get our 3G logo, our spinning globe, and our triangle above the signal bar - all indicating very similar aspects of data transfer.

It would be nice to combine it all with on icon, somehow.

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Posted: 2006-08-17 09:43:28
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BobaFett Posts: > 500

Imo triangle is enough, that icon show is pointless, umts icon and the triangle or just triangle is enough This message was posted from a WAP device
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Posted: 2006-08-17 10:39:59
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mf Posts: 13

An elegant option to me seems to just retain the triangle, but put in a different fill.

Like so:

Here I've embedded the UMTS icon inside the GPRS triangle.
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Posted: 2006-08-17 15:27:51
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